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Solidarity with Krzysztof Głuchowski

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Theater directors and organizations from Germany, Austria and Switzerland have written a joint letter expressing solidarity with Gluchowski and protesting against his planned removal as artistic and managing director of the Juliusz Slowacki Theatre in Cracow: “We, the undersigned colleagues, strongly support Krzysztof Głuchowski, the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, and the right to artistic freedom in Poland which has repeatedly been threatened or suspended in similar cases since 2016. We demand from the Board of the Małopolska Region to not remove Krzysztof Głuchowski from his office as Artistic Director, and from the Polish Ministry of Culture to not withdraw its financial contribution previously designated to the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre.”

The letter has been sent to the Marshal of Malopolska Voivodeship last night. ITI Germany as one of the signatories as well as the European Festivals Association (EFA) and the European Theatre Convention (ETC) have distributed the letter in their networks. Several European ITI centres, among them Sweden, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Swiss, have already sent signs of support.

Update: Kirill Serebrennikov Fired From Gogol Center

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The Moscow city department of culture will not renew Kirill Serebrennikov’s contract as the director of the Gogol Center. The contract ends on February 28. Serebrennikov was appointed as director of the Gogol Theater in 2012 and reopened the venue 2014 as the Gogol Center. The Serebrennikov case started in May 2017, when the Center was raided by the Russian Investigative Committee, followed by a “theatre trial” over 3 years (see also our several posts).

Source: Moscow Times

Study on the Status of Artists in the EU

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The European Commission’s Expert Network on Cultural and Audiovisual (EENCA) has published a new study on the on the status and working conditions of artists, cultural and creative professionals in the EU member states. The study includes the examination of career paths, nature of income, also under the condition of the COVID 19 pandemic, influence of the market, access to finance, social security and cross-border mobility, including artistic freedom/restrictions to creation, and the aspect of working conditions of disadvantaged groups.

The European Commission conducted this study in close collaboration with several sectoral stakeholder organisations, including The International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM), On The Move, PEARLE – Live Performance Europe, Freemuse and Culture Action Europe (CAE).

Source and download: The study is no longer available  (03/2024)