14.11.2022 | OPEN LETTER: Million dollar festival – run by major corporations?
The bbk berlin informs:
The Club Commission in Berlin has posted an Open Letter with a detailed statement on the funding of a planned multi-day creative festival in 2023 by the Senate Economic Administration:
OPEN LETTER: Million dollar festival – run by major corporations?
"We need your support!
What is it about? The Senate Department für Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises is funding a multi-day festival project by a constellation of major corporations in Berlin, in which players who have been involved in Berlin’s cultural scene for several years are not only left out, but could suffer considerable financial damage. We don’t understand how an event concept can receive funding without a call for proposals, while there are already events in Berlin that pursue an identical claim but have received hardly any support so far. It is important to us to draw attention to this and offer all people who support our position the opportunity to sign an Open Letter on the subject. You can find the link here."
You can find the statement here (german): Funding for planned multi-day creative festival 2023
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