Audiovisual Internet site on the cultures of Europe
(2008 07 17 12:14)
The National Audiovisual Institute (INA) and Culturesfrance have created an internet site in order to mark the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It contains about 300 videos on the artists, creators, objects, places or significant cultural events that have marked each of the 27 European Union countries over the last fifty years.
There are several ways to get the videos: an interactive chronological frieze; maps for each country and a simple and advanced search engine. There is an explanatory note with each video as well as its historical and artistic context and a full transcript.
The encounter between French culture and the cultures of the other member countries, as well as the emergence of a ‘European culture’ is shown on the site thanks to French television archives. Everything that contributes to European culture is presented on the site - architecture, the entertainment arts, plastic arts, comic strips, cinema, urban cultures, cultural events, literature, music, heritage, photography, the art of living, fashion and design.
The site has been available free of charge from 1 July 2008.
The link to the web site