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…
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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…
An Ultima for SOTA: help us redistribute it!
Perhaps you heard the news: SOTA has just won an Ultima! A Flemish Culture Prize worth 10,000 euros, awarded by our Minister of Culture. Not something to celebrate unambiguously… We are happy with the recognition for SOTA by an independent jury. Nevertheless, we did not go and collect the prize. We see little reason to…
Un Ultima pour SOTA: aidez-nous à le redistribuer !
Peut-être vous avez entendu : SOTA vient de gagner un Ultima ! Un prix culturel de la Communauté Flamande d’une valeur de 10 000 euros, décerné par notre ministre de la culture. Ce n’est pas quelque chose à célébrer sans équivoque … Nous sommes heureux de la reconnaissance de SOTA par un jury indépendant. Néanmoins,…
Een Ultima voor SOTA: help ons hem herverdelen!
Misschien hoorde je het al: SOTA heeft zonet een Ultima gewonnen! Een Vlaamse Cultuurprijs ter waarde van 10.000 euro, uit handen van onze cultuurminister. Niet iets om ondubbelzinnig te vieren… We zijn blij met de erkenning voor SOTA door een onafhankelijke jury. Toch zijn we de prijs niet gaan ophalen. Wij zien weinig reden tot…
SOS-RELIEF IS 1 YEAR OLD: KEEP THE FIRE BURNING!
Dear Sota Community, SOS-Relief is one year old! During that year, almost 200,000€ changed hands, using this person-to-person solidarity tool. People helped other people to pay the rent, pay the bills and cover basic living costs. THANK YOU to EVERYONE who participated. But it doesn’t end there. People are still in need. Look out for our…
Come and celebrate Sunday’s occupation of La Monnaie
Dear home sitters, To reopen or not to reopen, and when? It has been the question of the week for six months now. For us, the key question goes deeper: in what kind of sector are we going to create and show art again? And in which society? And for whom? That’s why SOTA is…
History is right here, right now
(Speech State of the Arts bij de bezetting van De Munt) Ik ben Gosie, performancekunstenaar, ik woon in Brussel. Je vous adresse en néerlandais et en anglais parce que la scène artistique bruxelloise dont je fais parti est internationale, et on en est fière. Ik ben dankbaar om hier vandaag te zijn. Het voelt goed…