Reshaping and rewiring European cultural projects and networks
Republished by ECBN from: Idea Consult
For ten years, some major shifts have put a lot of strain on the cultural sector in Europe. After the near-collapse of the global financial system in 2009, most European countries cut their budgets for contemporary performing arts. This put severe pressure on the collaborative practices in the performing arts, which – as a result of international networking – had turned into a transnational system for production and presentation (international coproduction and touring). The performing arts sector looked for answers, but short term solutions have proved not to be sustainable on the longer term. Strategies were developed to work more efficiently and remain visible in a system under huge pressure. Today, one of the main issues in the field is the socio-economic precarity of artists.
Currently, there are a number of initiatives in the international cultural field to rethink current unsustainable practices and develop alternative models via transition thinking frameworks. IDEA is involved in two of them. Both are good examples of how the corona crisis also helped their reflections shifting into the next gear.
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