Quo vadis ars?

The situation in the cultural sector has been described and discussed in numerous interviews, corona diaries, comments and reports in the past few weeks. Our annotated collection of currently 193 sources gathers voices from different sectors and media. This creates a picture of the cultural landscape in crisis, whose temporal transformation can be explored interactively via a dedicated tag cloud.


 

Folge #4: Lutz Leichsenring . Happy Endzeit - der Popkultur Podcast
Series #4: Lutz Leichsenring . Happy end of time - the pop culture podcast

by Lutz Leichsenring, Marcus Mötz (28 May 2020)
Original source: Tonspion

"United We Stream" was launched very quickly at the beginning of the lockdown in March by the Berlin Club Commission. In cooperation with Arte Concert, live concerts have been streamed since March 18th from various clubs - at the beginning only from Berlin, currently also from 45 cities in Germany and worldwide. Spectators* can support the club scene with donations. Marcus Mötz talks to Lutz Leichsenring, spokesperson of the Clubcommission, about the club scene in Berlin and the "United We Stream" campaign.

tag Clubszene United We Stream Berlin Subkultur
Music Podcast

Corona und Kultur in Berlin . Im ganz falschen Film
Corona and Culture in Berlin . In the completely wrong motion picture

by Bert Schulz (23 May 2020)
Original source: taz

What better place to enjoy culture right now than in the open air? The virus does not like summer weather, so the risk of infection outdoors is low. While cosmetic studios and shopping malls are reopening, not even the ten open-air cinemas in Berlin have a perspective on when they will be allowed to play again. The cinema operators are prepared for this: In the Friedrichshain open-air cinema, for example, not only have benches been dismantled to create space, but the operators have also set up a space-saving online booking system. This would mean that the operator would voluntarily give up around three quarters of its seats in order to protect its visitors. Only a super summer would enable him to work economically. The idea of how to play in closed houses under such conditions is sobering. It is all the more surprising that the Berlin Senate does not give the green light for open-air cinemas, thus not only helping the operators to generate income, but also giving back a small slice of culture to Berliners.

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tag Film Freiluftkino Open Air
Performing Arts/ Cinema Kommentar

Eine Frage der Klimaanlage? . Corona und Kulturveranstaltungen
An air-conditioning issue? . Corona and cultural events

by Reinhard J. Brembeck (22 May 2020)
Original source: Süddeutsche Zeitung

Even before the crisis, the promotion of the independent art scene was not very lavish. Currently, the survival of the arts are not considered to be of relevance in politics. While aid for Lufthansa and the easing of restrictions for football matches are being discussed, support for artists is only hesitant. Even large orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra are going into short-time work. Although the concert halls don't want to become a virus hotspot, the ban on exercising their profession is ruining them financially. Houses like the Festspielhaus in B aden-Baden or the Berlin Philharmonic have to generate a large part of their income themselves. Even rich institutions soon go bankrupt. In this situation, the commentator asks the question whether the artists should not put forward their demands just as shamelessly as other commercial enterprises.

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tag Konzerthäuser Berufsverbot Fluggesellschaften Hygieneregeln
Music Kommentar

Wenn der Atem nach Freiheit dürstet . Endlich wieder im Konzert
When the breath thirsts for freedom . Finally in concert again

by Manuel Brug (20 May 2020)
Original source: Welt

For eight weeks and two days, Manuel Brug, the feuilleton contributor to the German newspaper Welt, did not attend any more cultural events. For the first live concert in Corona times he is travelling to Wiesbaden for the slimmed-down May Festival, which opens with the world-class bass and Corona rebel Günther Groissböck. Even though it was painfully experienced during the Corona era that culture is not relevant to the system and that politics is merely settling between gambling and brothel, this field report encourages the belief that the cultural industry can slowly reboot.

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tag Klassische Musik Konzert Systemrelevanz Günther Groissböck Hygieneregeln Wiesbaden
Music Erlebnisbericht

So könnte Theater . Kultur in München
This is how theater could become »Corona-compatible« . Culture in Munich

by Egbert Tholl, Reinhard J. Brembeck (08 May 2020)
Original source: Süddeutsche Zeitung

In Munich, Christian Stückl, the director of the municipal Volkstheater, and Anton Biebl, head of the cultural department of the city of Munich, presented a concept for a theater in corona times. They want to protect visitors and employees with corona-compatible pieces, little equipment, conversions in the auditorium and performances without breaks. The new season should start again at the end of July at the Volkstheater. In this way, loss of revenue from past spring could be compensated. After all, theaters, opera houses and orchestras will not survive another dry spell until autumn.

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tag Theater Zuschauer*innen Vorstellungen Hygieneregeln Christian Stückl Anton Biebl München
Performing Arts/ Cinema Bericht

Zeitenwende in der Klassik . Konzertveranstalter in der Coronakrise
The turn of an era in classical music . Concert management in Corona times

by Karsten Witt, Eckhard Roelcke (08 May 2020)
Original source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur

The classical music scene is facing a structural change as a result of the Corona crisis. Eckhard Roelcke talks with music manager Karsten Witt about the scenarios and what opportunities the crisis might bring. He is concerned that not only the event management for concerts will change radically after the crisis. He also predicts that all artists, ensembles and orchestras that are not subsidized will hardly be able to hold their own on the market in the future.

tag Klassische Musik Ensembles Konzerthäuser Veranstalter Konzertagenturen
Music Interview

Kultur in der Corona-Krise . Erwacht endlich aus der Schockstarre!
Culture during Corona Crisis . Finally wake up from freeze mode!

by Marco Frei, Christian Wildhagen (01 May 2020)
Original source: Neue Züricher Zeitung

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tag Klassische Musik Konzerthäuser Gleichbehandlung Bundesliga Großveranstaltungen Onlineangebote Hygieneregeln
Music Beitrag

Wie Corona die Kunst demokratisiert . Historisches Missverständnis
How Corona Democratizes Art . A Historical Misunderstanding

by Richard Kämmerlings (27 Apr 2020)
Original source: Welt

tag Aura Kunstgenuss Streaming Walter Benjamin
Visual Arts/Design Beitrag

Die Aussichten: grau bis düster . Künstler und die Corona-Krise
The prospects: grey to gloomy . Artists and the Corona crisis

by Eva-Maria Magel (22 Apr 2020)
Original source: Frankurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The Hessian Minister of Economics Tarek Al-Wazir has written to the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmeier. He is not only concerned that many artists are currently falling through the ranks of emergency aid, but also that there are no uniform regulations for the industry in the individual federal states. This is all the more dramatic because it is precisely the cultural and creative industries that will be affected the longest by the effects of the crisis. A solution to the problem hasn't appeared at the horizon so far. Municipal aid funds and p rivate fundraising campaigns are a current attempt to prevent the worst from happening.

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tag Hessen Soforthilfe Hartz IV Großveranstaltungen Tarek Al-Wazir Peter Altmaier
All sections Bericht

Musik gegen die Stille
Music against silence

by Jens Lehmann (13 Mar 2020)
Original source: rbb24

All concerts are cancelled, but the orchestras want to play and consequently relocate their concerts to the net. The helplessness of the organisers can be seen on these online presentations, however, and Simon Rattle sums it up at the concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: At a time when people have to keep their distance, you want to give comfort with music. Nevertheless, the excellent range of concerts on offer should not hide the fact that musicians and ensembles find themselves in a situation that threatens their very existence.

tag Neue Musik Geisterkonzert Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker
Music Kommentar

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