2 September – Webinar: The future of international cultural cooperation

COVID-19 has put international cultural cooperation as we know it on hold, the cultural sector is suffering and mobility is still very limited or even non-existent. Important cultural projects have been cancelled. This means we have to reinvent the way cultural and creative institutions and artists cooperate toghether. On September 2 from 14:00-15:30, DutchCulture presents the results of the exploratory survey we have conducted on the future of international cultural cooperation, during our webinar Internationale Samenwerking: in Pauzestand of Stroomversnelling?. Please join the livestream via the website of De Balie. (Dutch)
 

17-20 September: Forum on European Culture: We, the People

Over the past two decades, Europe’s future turned out to be far less secure than we imagined. Collaboration within Europe turns out to be anything but self-evident. It is under enormous pressure, just like Europe’s other collective crown jewels: arts and culture. At the upcoming Forum on European Culture 2020, the focus is on the European demos, the European people. DutchCulture and De Balie will once again invite artists, activists and thinkers to come together and imaginatively explore new horizons. We welcome you to come and join us September 17-20 in Amsterdam or online via YouTube.

Some highlights:

• Power to the People: this evening, leaders of Europe’s most important protest movements converge to discuss activism, strategies and giving a voice to Europe’s people;
• European Literature Night: Literature, the [removed];A EUNIC Netherlands project, brings together both celebrated authors and promising literary talents from all over Europe;
• Afropean – an evening with Johny Pitts: an often invisible part of Europe’s cultural life is revealed and celebrated by the British author and broadcaster;
• Charl Landvreugd – The Utopia of the Normal Space: is it possible to create a space in which ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality and social background have no influence on the perception of someone’s behaviour? 
• Today’s European Cinema: a Female Perspective: for a long time international film was a mostly male-dominated industry. During this programme we look at today’s European cinema through different eyes.

Want to know more? Find the complete programme here.
 

Recap Infected Cities Cairo, São Paulo, Shanghai, Johannesburg and Tokyo

In the Infected Cities series, DutchCulture and Pakhuis de Zwijger organised cross-cultural and cross-national conversations about art in corona times. Have you missed it? Watch the videos back and read the recap of #3 Cairo, #5 São Paulo, #6 Shanghai, #7 Johannesburg and #9 Tokyo. We still owe you #8 Istanbul: to be continued!

Photo: Yong He
 

10 September: DutchCulture on Tour – edition Brabant

BrabantStad en DutchCulture invite all makers, artists and cultural organisations with international ambitions to join us for DutchCulture on Tour – edition Brabant. The meeting was supposed to take place last March, but was cancelled due to corona. This time we hope to see you on September 10. Obviously, the pandemic raises all the more questions on the futuure and practical hurdles of international cultural exchange, wich we will address during our presentations and in personal meetings. Interested? Please register here.

Photo: Karin Jonkers
 

Art and culture in the fight against racism

DutchCulture is searching for a right sustainable way to support to the recent Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and subsequently all over the world. As a network and knowledge organisation that operates within the international cultural sector, we often find ourselves inspired by the power of art and culture and believe that art, culture and grassroots projects are crucial tools in the fight against racism and inequality. We think that it is most important for us to share projects and works by artist, writers and other cultural makers from The Netherlands that inform and educate on the subject matter of anti-black racism, (post-)colonialism, African diaspora and what it means to be black in a western society. With this article we want to offer tools from the field of art and culture that can offer new perspectives on anti-black racism.

Photo: Thierry Oussou, ‘Impossible is Nothing’
 

No Seat at the Table: a graphic novel on gentrification in Turkey and the Netherlands

No Seat At The Table is a fictional graphic novel about the local and global influences of gentrification on citizens in Turkish and Dutch cities. The book highlights four neighbourhoods where this phenomenon is occurring: Piyalepaşa in Istanbul, Ismetpasa in Ankara, De Kolenkitbuurt in Amsterdam, and Lombok in Utrecht. An interview with initiator Minem Sezgin about the impact of gentrification, the effects of COVID-19 on her project, and her response to the crisis.

Illustration: Rajab Eryiğit. Photo: Minem Sezgin
 

Art in Times of Corona

The corona crisis has shaken the cultural sector to its core, not only affecting the established cultural institutions, but smaller, local initiatives as well. FAAM Utrecht is the perfect example of such a locally rooted initiative that, due to the pandemic, went out and found digital solutions to pursue its mission. Globally operating on the other hand, is the Prince Claus F[removed];Guided by its primary principle of culture as a basic need, the fund sets out to support, connect and celebrate artists in areas where cultural expression is under pressure. Its grantees and partners being situated all over the world, connecting them is a true challenge. However, they still find ways to make a positive impact. 

Photo: Atdhe Mulla
 

28 September – 2 October: Embassy Culture Days

The Embassy Culture Days will take place digitally this year, from September 28 until October 2. DutchCulture is busy organising an exciting online programme, that will allow all Dutch cultural attachés to virtually meet and exchange experiences after all. We will keep you [removed];
 

Renewed Online Magazine 

During the past months, we have been updating our website. We have implemented a filter in our Online Magazine, which allows you to easily find articles by theme, discipline, country or year. However, you may not find all articles yet by using the filter, since we are still busy tagging all of our news items of the past 4 years. An elaborate work in progress! Meanwhile, you can find all the articles by searching our main search tool, situated on every page (top left), using [removed];