After 1,5 years of pandemic life, a new normal is taking shape, placing public health and biological survival at the centre of global discussions. Our daily habits, working practices, and social interactions have been subjected to the common priority of halting the propagation of the virus. A regulated way of life is acquiring a kind of seasonal pattern, with summers of controlled freedoms and winters of isolation and restricted movement. Despite the sacrifices, the end is not near, as talks about the day after the pandemic co-exist with new waves and new Covid variants.
In October 2020, the 1st Freiraum Festival & Online Summit offered a wide perspective of reflection on the emergent situation. A year later, the curated programme of the Freiraum Festival & Online Summit 2021 aims to delve deeper into some of the systemic issues the pandemic has revealed, and to question the amalgams of hope and pragmatism populating the in-between.
The Freiraum Festival 2021 programme includes:
In October 2020, the 1st Freiraum Festival & Online Summit offered a wide perspective of reflection on the emergent situation. A year later, the curated programme of the Freiraum Festival & Online Summit 2021 aims to delve deeper into some of the systemic issues the pandemic has revealed, and to question the amalgams of hope and pragmatism populating the in-between.
The Freiraum Festival 2021 programme includes:
- Two keynote contributions and four discussion panels on:
Demo-crisis and the future of protest (Panel 1, 19 November)
New political subjectivities, social movements, and solidarities (Panel 2, 19 November)
Art in the Digital Public Sphere - Curating and Live Arts (Panels 3 & 4, 20 November) - Artistic Interventions that comment on the themes and formats selected through an open call.
Applications open until October 24. More info below. - Local events in 20 cities around Europe and presentation of best-practice examples from the Freiraum Members.
NOW OPEN! CALL FOR ONLINE ARTISTIC INTERVENTIONS
DEADLINE: 24 OCTOBER 2021
Freiraum Festival invites young, emerging and established artists from around the world to contribute to the discussion and to the exploration of new formats, with short, standalone works -video, sound, performance or other experimental formats- that will be presented as part of the online Summit.
FREIRAUM FESTIVAL FORMAT
The Freiraum Hybrid Festival & Summit has been developed as a digital, local, sustainable and solidarity-based event, a decentralised collaborative festival held simultaneously online and in physical locations around Europe, shaped jointly by the Freiraum Platform members. The live-stream combines the possibilities of a tv-studio and teleconference platform, seeking to create meaningful interaction between the Members, their communities, and arts producers from around the world. The curated online programme is broadcasted live according to a clear-cut schedule, so that everyone can watch at home or at organised Freiraum events and contribute to the live discussion.
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FREIRAUM FESTIVAL 2020 - HIGHLIGHTS
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FREIRAUM PLATFORM 2017-2021 - OUR STORY
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Freiraum is a space for Freedom; a space for one to feel safe, angry, critical, accepted, included, respected and empowered. A space where Freedom, Democracy, Community and other shared, collectively determined ideals become actionable verbs, through the practice of which citizenship and belonging happen. As a space of creative confrontation and political imagination, Freiraum wishes to be an agent for positive change, through inclusive collectivity, solidarity, exchange, and negotiation. More ...
