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Post by pjotr on Nov 21, 2010 23:41:53 GMT 1
 A nation wide protest in The Netherlands against bugdet cuts. The government wants to spend twenty percent less on culture. That means that subsidised organisations like museums and theaters have one fifth less income. They fear less activities and even closure. Also: the taxes on tickets have been raised, so the cultural organisations think people won’t go to their activities any more. In sixty cities in the country people gathered to protest against the new government policies. In some cities people just shouted out of protest, in Middelburg people came to a central square to make music. ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-520593?ref=feeds%2FoncnnAmsterdamArnhemRotterdamHow is culture funded in Poland. Do you have a large art and culture market?
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Post by pjotr on Nov 22, 2010 0:07:40 GMT 1
Trompetist of the Residentie orchestra 'shouts' for culture playing the last Post
Musical protest
Rehersal for dance protest in Arnhem
Cute protest in Apeldoorn by little girls in the city hall
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Post by pjotr on Nov 22, 2010 0:29:50 GMT 1
 21 November 2010 Last updated at 11:15 GMT Dutch celebrities in arts cuts protest Protest in Utrecht Some 2.500 musicians performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Neude square in UtrechtDutch singers, theatre people, dancers, musicians, classical orchestra, painters, sculpturists, writers, people of the Dutch movie world (actors and actresses) Public TV presenters and people who love theatre, cinema and the fine arts have demonstrated in the Netherlands against government plans to slash arts funding. The Dutch government has pledged to cut 200 million euros (£171m) from its arts budget over the next five years. It has also approved plans to raise sales tax on theatre, cinema and concert tickets from 6% to 19%. Organisers said the cuts had been justified by lawmakers who argued the arts were only for the " wealthy elite". " A 13% rise in sales tax hits all of the public because tickets get more expensive," organisers said in a manifesto published online. " By cutting culture budgets and raising tax on tickets, culture will become an elitist pastime and less accessible for people with less money." In Amsterdam, around 20,000 people gathered on Saturday afternoon on the Leidseplein to listen to music and give protest speeches against the proposed cuts. Some 2.500 professional and amateur musicians gathered at the Neude square in Utrecht to perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. At The Hague, members of the public held a late-night gathering after theatres and cinemas closed to listen to a trumpeter from a local orchestra play The Last Post and hold a minute's silence. The slogan for the protests was " The Netherlands screams for culture", where protesters were encouraged to scream to show their anger at the cuts. The proposed cuts are part of the government's 18 billion euro (£15.4bn) austerity package. |
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Post by pjotr on Nov 22, 2010 0:38:25 GMT 1
Roger Scruton about the importance of Culture
The British philosopher Roger Scruton was in the Netherlands in June 2008 to promote the Dutch translation of his newest book 'Why culture is important'. He gave a lecture in the Universitybuilding in Utrecht. According to Scruton our traditionele culture is in danger.
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Post by tufta on Nov 23, 2010 14:46:01 GMT 1
Is the Culture sector in Poland private or state funded like in the Netherlands? [/b][/quote] It is funded from both sources. Part of funding still comes from the state. Large part of culture is as 'saleable' as anything else. Those parts of 'high culture' (read unsaleable) that are decided as worth support are state-supported. I depicted an ideal situation, we are far from that (far as human beings, not that we are far as Poland). |
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