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Playwrights and cultural exploration (2) Sophie Kassies: 'A pool of plays that don't find an audience is an erosion of the profession'

The previous cultural exploration among playwrights gives cause for further exploration. From the earlier article, we take away that further privatisation only partially captures public money and objectives. See also from elevation ideals to efficiency thinking. We also take away that a public as all-important leads to one-sided popular culture, entertainment and false competition with the free circuit. It all has very little... 

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Of Thrillerschrijver Tomas Ross (73) na tientallen boeken het schrijven inmiddels onder de knie heeft? ‘Soms huiver ik van mijn eigen zinnen’

Tomas Ross, ook wel de godfather van de Nederlandse ‘faction’ genoemd, sluit met zijn nieuwe thriller Het verdriet van Wilhelmina zijn trilogie over Nederlands-Indië af. ,,Lezers zeggen vaak: bij u weten we nooit wat waar is en wat niet waar. Dat kun je een bezwaar vinden, maar ik vind het een compliment.’’   Arnie Springer De nieuwe thriller van Tomas… 

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Good news for Urban artists in need of money. Three cultural funds are proposing eight 'Matchmakers'. (But at least 12 are needed)

Opinions differ on the size of the pot of money waiting for them, but 'urban' makers in particular do not yet know how to find their way to our art subsidy system. That is why the three cultural funds that deal mainly with performing arts have appointed ambassadors in a number of Dutch cities. These 'Matchmakers' should narrow the gap between The Hague and 'the region'.... 

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Why a universal basic income is necessary for the survival of the arts

A hopeful experiment has begun in Finland. The Netherlands is also trying to get something off the ground, although the government is thwarting the plans for now. Why is unclear. Because even big-capitalists like Elon Musk (Tesla) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) are now saying it: a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the only way we can advance our society, and with it our civilisation... 

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ZEP takes on the sacred cows of love with comedy HABIB. (Why Rascal should just come and watch)

So certain words are taboo. Moroccan Said explains that his ideal woman has to be a virgin, chaste, and so should not let him ... well, that is. That word you are not allowed to say. The Turkish Evrim thinks that's big nonsense again. Why not call a spade a spade? In Habib, the latest performance by theatre group ZEP, it is all about... 

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Marieke Nijkamp wrote an American bestseller, and her next book is also going like a rocket: 'Young people shy away from not much'

This young writer from Hengelo - she turns 32 in January - sold over a quarter of a million copies of her debut novel This Is Where It Ends in the United States. It spent 64 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. So Hengelo-based Young Adult writer Marieke Nijkamp did feel slight pressure while writing her second book, Before I... 

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When words become weapons, listening is pointless. Frank Westerman at festival Winternachten on negotiating with terrorists.

In de jaren zeventig trok een golf van terreur door Europa. Een golf die in onze contreien veel meer slachtoffers maakte dan het islamitische geweld tot nu toe. Tijdens literatuurfestival Winternachten, van 18 t/m 22 januari in Den Haag, gaat het over vrijheidsstrijd, over wij tegen zij. Op zaterdagmiddag 21 januari gaan Frank Westerman en Mohsin Hamid met elkaar in… 

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2018 in the arts: the year we finally choose our bubble and let the masses be the masses.

We are going to live smaller. It is not only in the popularity of the TinyHouse movement that young people and seniors can shake hands. We want to de-clutter, but we also want to have less to do with the big bad outside world. This applies to older people, but certainly to those in their twenties as well. This movement has been going on in the arts for a while. Small ... 

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Our readers' list. What we should all never forget from 2017.

Well, we're not big on hypes and traditions here, but still. The dark days around Christmas are very dark this year, so why not something with lists. This year, no list of toppers from the editors, but random entries from random readers, in random, if slightly alphabetical order. Motto of the reader question was: which things... 

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More diversity in the cultural workplace? 'They are not there' does not exist. The ball is now in employers' court: look outside your own box and show guts. #LinC

When I write job postings in the cultural sector, I receive wonderful letters. Candidates are usually graduates in an arts-related subject from a college or university and have internships or work experience at cultural institutions of repute. They are usually female, white and have completed their studies with fine grades. Yet I struggle with a problem: I live and... 

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Jouman Fattal, volgend jaar op tv, nu al te zien in Kikker’s ‘Wintercollectie’

De Wintercollectie heet het, en het is een vijfdaags minifestival vol verrassingen. Het Utrechtse Theater Kikker heeft er inmiddels een traditie van gemaakt om elk jaar rond Sinterklaas voor een paar echte surprises te zorgen. 10 voorstellingen van jonge makers, van video-art, tot ruige dance performance, van een stille monoloog tot postdramatische cyberpunk, voldoende om elke theaterliefhebber even wakker te… 

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Mirjam Koen, Adorno, why on earth theatre about Adorno!

Beethoven and Bach brought the true music. Karl-Heinz Stockhausen the future. The rest, from Beatles to hoempa, was 'jazz', commercially capitalist and therefore pernicious. Very briefly, this is what we should know Theodor Adorno from. Paul R. Kooij now plays this art-philosophical sharper in a performance by Mirjam Koen. Just when the division based partly on Adorno's thinking between... 

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The current distribution of grants across genres and institutions

Culture Council: 'No more distinction between high and low art' (and much more)

Musicians are no longer allowed to perform for a pittance. At least, not if the club they work for, or in which they perform, receives a subsidy. In a sector opinion released today, the Culture Council argues that the structural underpayment of workers in the creative sector is no longer sustainable. 'If that means fewer programmes can be made (or that there... 

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IDFA 2017: digital pioneer Jonathan Harris switches to analogue

With a 500-million-year-old pebble, Jonathan Harris began his lecture. IDFA presents the first international retrospective of this artist. As IDFA's chief guest, Harris gave the 'Master Talk' on Friday, about his life and work. His remarkably analogue vision was also the common thread during Sunday's well-attended DocLab conference. Fundamentally analogue Harris, who once started out in computer science... 

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Dear Minister @ivanengelshoven, my dream is that the Dutch government would have a real cultural vision.

'What do you desire from Ingrid van Engelshoven, the Minister of Culture?" asked Culture Press in a newsletter to subscribers. Good question! Especially after that first nod she made by generously pledging an extra 10 million to the Performing Arts Fund for the well-performing but not yet receiving anything, 'because the money had run out'. Very nice that band-aid, but... 

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The only one - review in letter form (Why Peter Perrett is a true survivor)

Hey H., Tonight I went with J.P. to see Peter Perrett & Band at Paradiso, Small Hall. Sold out! I've told you about J. before, he was the deejay who gave me a 'crash course' in sincere music at the Eindhoven Bakery when I was 15 (1988). Before I tell you about Peter Perrett and why his music is worth... 

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Minister Ingid van Engelshoven (midden) superieur in eerste cultuurdebat (Foto: screenshot livestream Tweede Kamer)

Kamer: ‘Minister van Engelshoven heeft vuurdoop doorstaan.’ (waarom de VVD een nieuwe cultuurwoordvoerder moet zoeken)

Het debat over de cultuurbegroting 2017 op maandag 13 november was een verademing. Niet omdat er opeens veel meer geld uit enige hoge hoed kwam, maar wel omdat er een minister zat met visie. En met ruimte om die visie ook te kunnen uiten. Na zeven jaar vol duwen en trekken en afgewezen moties, kasschuifoperaties en fietsbelhandel was er eindelijk… 

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10 million back. Van Engelshoven means business.

Dit is natuurlijk echt eigenlijk beter nieuws dan wat er al in het regeerakkoord stond. De vorig jaar bevochten 10 miljoen extra voor podiumkunstinstellingen die wel goed genoeg waren, maar onder de zaaglijn vielen wegens geld op, krijgen structureel geld erbij. Goed nieuws voor een paar clubs die het anders echt niet meer zouden rooien, zoals Orkater. Het goede nieuws… 

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New leaders in arts and culture: fourth generation of LinC graduates.

A new generation of leaders in culture rose at the Utrecht Academy Building on Thursday 9 November. The 39 leaders come from the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam to Schunck in Heerlen and from the VPRO in Hilversum to the Utrecht festival Le Guess Who. In a year and a half, they discovered new working methods and formulated new vistas for the arts. That could ... 

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4 reasons why 'cultural entrepreneurship' and subsidy don't mix.

Afterwards, it actually dawned on me what had gone wrong at No Man's Land. The event, a sort of combination of networking drinks, symposium and mega workshop was set up from the best of intentions. Initiated by The Cooperative, the club not to be confused with The Cooperative. The latter De Coöperatie is based in Amsterdam and is an alliance of freelance... 

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Debris, grit and zona rossa in Umbria. Italy a year after the earthquakes

What would Italy be like a year after the earthquakes, we had wondered. What would be left of the centuries-old cultural heritage in this beautiful region on the border of Umbria, Marche and Lazio? Why do you never really hear about it in the news anymore? We ourselves, Vivian de Gier and Marc Brester, residents of just... 

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Good that the Amsterdam Arts Council wants to invest in culture, but more is needed.

Ruim voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van maart 2018 is de Amsterdamse Kunstraad gekomen met een Advies Culturele Investeringsrekening. Het advies komt eigenlijk net te laat om te dienen als input voor de verschillende verkiezingsprogramma’s van de belangrijkste Amsterdamse politieke partijen. Het is wel is ruim op tijd om mogelijk een rol te spelen bij de coalitieonderhandelingen die zullen volgen op de… 

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Kill the West in Me – muziektheater over botsing Oost-West

We worden tegenwoordig doodgegooid met opinies over de voor- en nadelen van multiculti. Al naargelang politieke voorkeur zijn mensen bijzonder enthousiast dan wel zeer negatief over de toenemende ‘verkleuring’ van onze maatschappij. Het gamelanensemble Gending, het Doelen Kwartet en Het Geluid Maastricht besloten de koe bij de horens te vatten. Zij baseerden Kill the West in Me op feministische brieven van… 

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