ICE, Innovation Culture Europe...

What is ICE ?

Innovation culture Europe, ICE, is an association created in the autumn 2007. ICE wants to improve knowledge between European countries and cultures and to bring forth values such as awareness, engagement and openness through art and cultural projects.

ICE initiates and produces transcultural European art projects but also collaborates with other actors in the cultural sector that share the same goals and values. You can see examples of this under the headline “projects”.

ICE also promotes certain artists and other professionals in the cultural sector who we believe are worth highlighting. You can see more about who they are under the headline “ICE presents”. More creators to come soon! In some cases ICE also act agent.

ICE Consulting is a company well separated from the activities with the association. ICE Consulting offers consulting services (communication, marketing and logistics) in the cultural sector mainly between Sweden and France; please read more under the headline ICE consulting.

Who is behind?

ICE was founded by Johanna Suo. She lives in Paris since 2005 when she came to manage one of her own projects, a cultural exchange between four artists; France Vs Suède. This was in collaboration with the branch of the Swedish Institute in Paris; le Centre culturel Suédois.

Before this she had been working for 6 years as artistic director for the Swedish theatre company Teater Overground, in Stockholm. They worked on a long-term project, PRO.N.S.T about new, modern Swedish texts and writing. “Listen to the society and create from what you hear.” Workshops were organized, texts produced and then adapted for the stage.

PRONST generated four plays:
Hej alla djävlar ; about the fantasy world of 10-year-olds.
Som en taggboll, typ; about the reality of 15-year-olds.
Strålande Tid ; about people touched directly or indirectly by cancer.
Det vackra har en hemlig baksida; about the reality of female police officers’ work.

This company’s last production was France VS Suède, a cultural exchange between Swedish and French artists. Johanna was also a key person in the creation of the theatre: “Scenen Pipersgatan 4“in Stockholm. The idea with ICE was born after some time passed in France; Sweden and France are two countries geographically so close but culturally rather separated. So she thought there were many interesting things to be done also on a European level.

Johanna is Swedish and considers France as her second home; she has always been a francophile. After high school she worked and studied in Ireland for a year. She loves to undertake things and manage her own projects. ICE is of course a project that makes her heart beat. She loves challenges and she hates when her apartment is not tidy. She loves Indian food, she is a gourmand and loves calf liver. Interests are, among others, learning new things, travelling, sea sports and jogging. She absolutely wants to learn Spanish.