SOTA OPEN MEETING #01: Setting The Agenda What common (political) agenda could/should we as a community of artists and cultural workers defend together this year? Zoom in with us on Monday 17 Januari (19u-21u)! ZOOMLINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84104167386?pwd=R1V0cWtXSmUzQkJIRFo3eW1hRzJVdz09 Meeting ID: 841 0416 7386 Passcode: 084696 Many of us were present on that last Sunday of…
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CALL TO ACTION: #Greenlightforculture: see you tomorrow at Kunstberg, 14h!
Dear souls for culture and events, Not amused with the government’s Christmas present: culture canceled for weeks again? While we can offer people their last bit of imagination and pleasure in perfect safety? And so many other necessary jobs and sectors suffer from this random covid-policy as well? Let’s raise our voice: #Greenlightforculture, Sunday 26/12,…
SOS RELIEF: ONE MORE PUSH!
UPDATE SOS RELIEF The world is still in disarray, and new emergencies are appearing. Our goal of helping people in urgent need is proving ever more difficult because we still have a waiting list of receivers from the past waves of the crisis. ONE MORE PUSH! Since we started SOS Relief in April 2020, €230,000…
ALMANAC SESSION #9: PRESERVING ART AND HERITAGE: A QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP?
Friday 10th of december, 14.00 – 17.00 (application is not mandatory, the session starts at 14u!)Jubilee and State of the Arts (SOTA) present:Preserving art and heritage: a question of ownership?Reading room and discussion proposed by Jubilee within the framework of the Fair Arts Almanac session for State of the Arts (SOTA). Official language: English This session has two main…
Non/Ableism – How accessible is your institution?
SOTA in collaboration with Engagement Arts is providing a conversation about accessibility on the 20th of November. With the growing awareness of current ableist narratives in the arts, they are giving space to voices of people with disabilities in the arts to share their testimonies. Within the formal setting of an installation a close-up invitation to listen…
ALMANAC SESSION #8: POOLING WITH PUBLIC TECH
Dear artist, cultural worker, cultural organisation, friend of SOTA, In November, SOTA switches to the next gear: three Almanac sessions in four weeks! In which we question the ethics of digital devices, the services, platforms and software we use as artists, designers, organisers and people working around the arts, to compare them to our worldviews and…
SOTA IS BACK!
Dear artist, cultural worker, cultural organization, friend of Sota, …. How is it going there? Everthing allright? We mainly used the summer to think about our own structures. That process will continue into this fall, but we’re also flying back into it! The Almanac sessions continue, Door-to-Door moves to Antwerp, SOS-Relief continues into its second…
ALMANAC SESSION #7: FANCY FAIR
What is fair? Welcome to SOTA on TAZ! Hopefully you are enjoying a summer break and not reading this. Hopefully you are reading this and fancying an outing? We live on hope! We are hoping for you! Join us at our Fancy Fair in Ostend, on 2 August What do you consider to be ‘fair’?…
Register Now: Almanac Session #6 “Empowering Artist-Run Spaces”
State Of The Arts (SOTA)’s 6th event within the Fair Arts Almanac programme focuses on artist’s-run structures and how to empower them! 03/07/2021, 14-18hLocation: Het Bos, Ankerrui 5-7, 2000 Antwerp Reservations: https://stateofthearts-almanac-hetbos.eventbrite.be What do artists gain from running an organisation collectively? And how can these collectives empower surrounding actors? In an era of neoliberalism, it is…
SOS-RELIEF, Open Meeting in Antwerp, New Almanac Session & Your input is needed!
WEBINAR SOS RELIEF: JUNE 26TH SOS Relief is one year old! To mark this occasion, we are hosting a webinar, open to those who have already participated in the tool as much as those who are curious to know more. The focus of the webinar is to outline what SOS Relief is, where it came from…