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The ECX will be coordinated
by the European Cultural Backbone, a coalition of media cultural institutions
in Europe. For further information, please, contact Andreas Broeckmann,
V2_ Rotterdam, abroeck@v2.nl.
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ECX
- european cultural Xchange
the european cultural protection programme [developed during the Syndicate
Meeting, Budapest/HU, 23-25 April 1999]
Introduction The ECX is a programme intended
to provide selected artists, academics, curators, journalists and related
cultural practitioners from the European conflict regions with an opportunity
to continue their work in an open and secure environment. The military
and political circumstances in, for example, Yugoslavia, has forced those
individuals who were actively engaged in alternative and open cultural,
artistic and political production to radically curtail their activity for
fear of prosecution and harassment, endangering not only themselves, but
also their families, friends and relatives. Under the auspices of host
cultural and artistic organisations in Europe and beyond, the ECX will
act as a guarantor of continued cultural and intellectual activity during
and after the times of conflict.
ECX In the framework of the ECX
programme, internationally recognised cultural institutions will offer
residency places to artists and other cultural practitioners threatened
by conflict, inviting them to work on specific projects in a context of
increased personal security and guaranteed freedom of expression.
Aims The ECX will engage to actively support projects which: -- foster and maintain open
forms of artistic and cultural expression considered under direct
threat
Structure The ECX will establish a
framework to provide technical assistance, day to day support, and a social
space to allow networking with local artists, curators and academics as
well as with the public at large. This is considered as a fundamental function
of the programme, leading to genuine working connections among European
and international artists, cultural practitioners and media organisations.
In the framework of the ECX, host organisations provide: -- travel expenses to the
host organisation
Official Regulations Applications are processed by the host organisations. There is no age limit for participating in the ECX programme. Knowledge of English or the national language of the host country is preferable. Selections will be made by
the hosting organisations on the basis of their technical and organisational
possibilities and the suitability of the project to the host organisation
s work in accordance with the ECX s stated aims. Residency limits, per
diems and the scope of cooperation and support will be established on a
case by case basis.
Supporting Institutions and Hosts - Ars Electronica Center,
Linz/Austria, http://www.aec.at
(mid-May 1999)
The ECX will be coordinated by the European Cultural Backbone, a coalition of media cultural institutions in Europe. For further information, please, contact Andreas Broeckmann, V2_ Rotterdam, abroeck@v2.nl.
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