Berlin Performing Arts Program Symposium “Collaborations & Co-Productions” (Dr. Nishant Shah (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg), Sebastian Brünger (Kulturstiftung des Bundes), Friederike Landau (Technische Universität Berlin), Janina Benduski (Vorsitzende des Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste))

Within the framework of the first Performing Arts Festival, the LAFT Berlin Performing Arts Program will host a symposium for the industry professionals attending the festival and all other interested parties dealing with the topic of collaborations and co-productions.
An increasing number of artists find themselves working in collaborative structures which often grow successfully for decades. Co-productions between artists working in the performing arts and other industries and institutions are also increasingly present in the world of dance, theater and performance.
The goal of this symposium is to observe these developments, come to terms with them, develop joint strategies as well as to discuss them.
Please note! The number of participants is limited and registration is required. Please register by May 25 by sending an email to: fachtag2016(at)pap-berlin.de
Program

10:30 am Admission
11:00 am Welcome address by the Agora Collective
Welcome address by the board of LAFT - Landesverband freie darstellende Künste Berlin
Introduction by Julian Kamphausen
Dr. Nishant Shah (Leuphana University) speaks about “Collective Commons” (in English).
11:45 am Parallel table conversations regarding collaborative and co-producing networks:
1. Aenne Quinones (HAU - Hebbel am Ufer) for the Produktionshäuserverbund (association of production houses)
2. Marie Bues (Theater Rampe) and Michael Müller (Theaterdiscounter) for the Spielstättennetzwerk (network of performance venues)
3. Mareike Urfels (theater wrede+) for the flausen network
4. Maike Tödter (Zwei Eulen) for the network Gastfreundschaften
5. Anne Schneider (Hauptsache Frei) and others for the Netzwerk freier Festivals (network of independent festivals)
1:00 pm Shared lunch
2:00 pm cobratheater.cobra speaks about his experiences in collective theater making.
2:10 pm Sebastian Brünger (Kulturstiftung des Bundes [German Federal Cultural Foundation) presents the experiences regarding cooperations in the
Doppelpass program.
2:20 pm Janina Benduski (Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste [German Federal Association of the Independent Performing Arts]) examines the
ability of envisioning associations as collaborative networks using the Bundesverbands Freie Darstellende Künste as a model.
2:30 pm Friederike Landau (Technical University of Berlin) presents her qualitative study comparing collaborative production forms in the independent
performing arts.

This will be followed by a get-together.

Beginning around 3:00 pm, the ITI (International Theater Institute) will provide information about the funding program for international co-productions “Szenenwechsel” and the platform “touring artists” and the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste will provide information about the funding program “Tanz und Theater machen stark”.

Reservation:

Email: fachtag2016(at)pap-berlin.de

Phone: 030 33 84 54 51

Price: Eintritt frei.

Announcements:
Attention: due to the interest and the very large response unfortunately we can not accept further registrations. In the case of inquiries please contact Anna Kalbhenn and Julian Kamphausen: fachtag2016@pap-berlin.de oder 030 33 84 54 51

Dates:

Fri.

27.5.

11:00

ca. 240 Min.

Venue:
Agora Collective, Mittelweg 50, 12035 Berlin

Credits:

The Performing Arts Program symposium is supported by the State of Berlin - Senate Chancellery (Cultural Affairs) from funds of the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) within the program "Promoting the Innovation Potential in Culture II (INP II)" and the European Social Fund (ESF) within the program "Qualification in the Culture Industry (KuWiQ)".

Participants:

» Dr. Nishant Shah (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

Nishant Shah is a Professor at the Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media, at Leuphana University, Lüneburg and the incoming Dean of Research at ArtEZ University of the Arts in The Netherlands. He is the co-founder of the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, India and a fellow at the Centre for Internet & Human Rights, Berlin, Germany. His work is at the intersections of technology, affect, identity, and social and political movements and configures the ways in which we learn to become human in the midst of technologies.

» Sebastian Brünger (Kulturstiftung des Bundes)

Sebastian Brünger hat Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Mannheim und der Johns Hopkins University Baltimore studiert sowie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin über den Umgang deutscher Unternehmen mit ihrer NS-Vergangenheit promoviert. Von 2005 bis 2015 arbeitete er als Dramaturg im Autoren-Regie-Kollektiv Rimini Protokoll und recherchierte Themen und Personen für Projekte wie "Wallenstein, Karl Marx: Das Kapital, Hauptversammlung oder Qualitätskontrolle." Seit Februar 2016 ist er wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei der Kulturstiftung des Bundes und leitet das Förderprogramm Doppelpass – Fonds für Kooperationen im Theater.

» Friederike Landau (Technische Universität Berlin)

Friederike ist politische Theoretikerin und Stadtsoziologin.
Seit Januar 2015 promoviert sie über den Entstehungsprozess der spartenübergreifenden Koalition der Freien Szene in Berlin und deren a(nta)gonistisches Verhältnis zur Berliner Kulturverwaltung. In einem größeren Zusammenhang erforscht Friederike politische Organisationsformen von Künstler*innen und neue Formationen kollaborativer Politikgestaltung. Zudem interessiert sie sich für die Schnittstelle zwischen Kultur- und Stadtentwicklungspolitik, (künstlerische) Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum und Momente des Politischen im potenziell postpolitischen Zeitalter.

» Janina Benduski (Vorsitzende des Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste)

Venue Info:

» Agora Collective

Agora is a project space based in Berlin-Neukölln that welcomes people and projects based on a philosophy that reflects the values of its community: diversity, self-organisation and social ties. Agora hosts two floors of Coworking, rentable Event Spaces, Garden, Cafe & Restaurant. It defines new ways of interactions and working in today’ s context, developing formats that work as means of researching and producing collectively in the fields of Food, Sustainability, Art & Learning.