Today we invited our Young Curators for the coming year to the library where the mayor of Kópavogur welcomed them to the project. He encouraged them to think big as no idea is too vast, nor too small for that matter. “I am very happy to welcome you here today and look forward following your creative process and learn about the festival you are about to create,” said the mayor as he put on his Water Drop t-shirt.
The Young curators for 2022 in Kópavogur were selected through an open call during fall of 2021. The application called for an explanation on how the 8-15 year-olds would save the world if they had that power for one day. How they chose to present their ideas was up to them and we received numerous videos, illustrations and/or written answers. One applicant said she would call Pippi Longstocking, the strongest girl in the world, to help correct the world’s injustice, while others would call their friends to help clean up the ocean. Free health care and education for all was also among their suggestions.
From January to April the Young Curators will meet regularly to discuss the festival, inform us on how they want to develop it and what kind of specialists they want to meet. We might not be able to call Pippi but we are sure we can find other good candidates.
