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Art is not: 'If you're hungry, eat. Measurable result: toilet visit.'

The stupidest question I come across all too often is THE question: what is the tangible outcome of your projects for audiences? Or more broadly drawn: what can art & culture measurably add to lives? Add that question together with the current clamour for 'utility in art' and I get accutely red pimples from these non-answerable questions. And I am not the only one. Take a moment to read this correspondence between theatre-makers, for instance.

THE question was also (at the time) on the grantaa...

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Brechtje Roos

listen differently . hear more . set people and organisations in motion . stage person . presentation . social-artistic Brechtje Roos (1972) is a music storyteller. Speaker. Programme maker, publicist & founder of Hoor! Originally a musician. Speaks, writes and enthuses from music. She cares about the position and image of performing artists and likes to make herself heard. Making it clear in a seriously light-hearted tone how things work behind the scenes is her mission for the time being. That can only make the world a more beautiful place. A suivre!View Author posts

The stupidest question I come across all too often is THE question: what is the tangible outcome of your projects for audiences? Or more broadly drawn: what can art & culture measurably add to lives? Add that question together with the current clamour for 'utility in art' and I get accutely red pimples from these non-answerable questions. And I am not the only one. Take a moment to read this correspondence between theatre-makers, for instance.

THE question was also (at the time) on the grantaa...

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