The main objectives of the N.A.To project were to create a transnational network of artists, educators, and activists who could employ clowning methodology to raise awareness about climate justice and social change. Besides creating a sustainable European partnership among the participating organizations, a key outcome was developing an open-source toolkit to provide practical and theoretical resources for adult educators, artists, and activists. The toolkit helps them adopt creative, non-hierarchical methods of engaging their communities and reflect on the process of creating projects on their own. Another objective was to foster democratic values through radical imagination, empowering participants to realize their potential to contribute to systemic change and address regional political and social issues across Czechia, Hungary, and Austria.
The project N.A.To was designed in response to the pressing need for creative, socially-engaged approaches to tackle climate justice and social issues. The aim was to search for creative, non-violent ways of activism and innovative methods for public dialogue. The project brings together artistic expression and activism to foster empathy, awareness, and action within the broader public on topics such as climate change, and linking it to regional issues. By integrating clowning with activism, the project seeked to empower artists, activists, and educators to get into dialogue, to exchange their creative methods and testing them in public space. Clowning, both as an artistic and activist practice, has the chance to provide direct access to complex issues and helps to bring local communities into dialogue.