Throughout 2011 and 2012, the not-for-profit organization European Alternatives had been running Transnational Dialogues, an exchange project between Europe and China.

On that occasion, a group of young artists, researchers, curators and thinkers from China and Europe engaged in the Transnational Research Caravan (27th September -- 6th October 2012), a research and production trip to map innovative cultural practices, foster new and existing relationships, document, and work towards a sustainable continuation of exchange between cultural innovators. From the opening of the Shanghai Biennale to the cafés of Beijing, from the rural villages of Sichuan to the urban undergrounds of Chongqing, the group made art the common ground for everyone to exchange their views and develop new thoughts on issues, such as economic development, democracy, freedom of expression, urbanization, commons, independent art spaces, the role of the artist, etc.

More information and material on the project are available on www.transnationaldialogues.eu.

Giulio Rubino and Cecilia Anesi are journalists and video-makers. In 2011 they co-authored the investigative journalism documentary Toxic Europe, which won the "Best International Organised Crime Report" Award 2011. Today they are both members of the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI.eu), and work mainly on transnational projects.

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