Slow Traveling Concept
Merlijn Twaalfhoven | TrainCamp Project
The exchange of ideas and the connection between people of different nations is crucial for sustainable development and cultural creation.
As a composer, program director of Citizen Artist Incubator and initiator of The Turn Club, I love travelling and international collaborations.
But the pollution of air travel and the stressful planning of such trips are bothering me.
I am dedicated to develop inspiring forms of green, slow travel to conferences, festivals and during concert tours.
Not just booking trains, but also creating forms of networking and sharing knowledge along the way.
During the Green Culture Train Camp to Montenegro, I will collect ideas, experiences and tools for green, inspiring journeys for busy people.
With The Turn Club, we will develop a method to make international travel convenient and inspiring.
Contact us if you are the organizer of a conference, if you want to join an international event with your team or if you are an artist considering to create a green tour.
JOURNEY
I want to get thousands of people out of the plane. Because it is enriching, fun and relaxing to go by train. Unconvenient? Not if you know how to do it.That is why The Turn Club is developing a method to make international travel fun and inspiring.
For everyone who attends conferences, goes to festivals or has to give performances in the middle or far away in Europe.I will join TrainCamp to experience what is needed and collect the best ideas.
PITCH (in Dutch)
Merlijn Twaalfhoven
composer and initiator of The Turn Club
Merlijn Twaalfhoven is the founder of The Turn Club, a collaboration of art professionals and bridge builders who tackle social issues with an artist’s mindset.
He works as a composer and designer of music projects in unusual locations such as nature reserves, refugee camps, a gypsy ghetto, the favela of Rio de Janeiro and in living rooms of East Jerusalem.
He breaks through existing boundaries between genres and styles and chooses current events as the subject. He brought writers in Aleppo and Syrian musicians in the Netherlands together with members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra for an interactive piece of music in which direct contact was made with those left behind in occupied Aleppo.
He wrote Kunst in de Wereld (Art in the World), a plea for a direct connection between art society and received a UNESCO award.
With The Turn Club, he is committed to breaking through established patterns in society and creating new connections between art and social issues.
REFERENCES
“An open mind sees opportunities and possibilities instead of bears on the road. An open mind does not think from fear and suspicion, but from curiosity and interest. And yes, the world could use more of it.”
“Composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven changed his mind about striving for a masterpiece.”
“Inventing everything on your own and motivating yourself every day. It is not always easy. Ideas and inspiration are usually lacking, but then … how further? How does that plan become concrete? For that phase, Merlijn Twaalfhoven founded The Turn Club, a joint venture in which creative thinkers and makers exchange knowledge and feedback and join forces.”