Avignon
04.05.2012
Éric Serra, 52, is a well-known musician and composer - even if you might not find his name in the charts. Yet every cinema fan knows his film music: Even more than his dark, technoid and thus controversial Bond soundtrack for "Golden Eye", we know his congenial soundtracks for Luc Besson
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30.03.2012
The digital revolution controls us all. This permanent availability via computer in the internet or on mobile phones does something to us. Will we all become indifferent consumers directed by a flood of information and commercials? And how will we tell that to our children? The best to do is what
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21.03.2012
Artist and professor Jochen Geerz led a bitter baseline story of reality into the field at Forum d'Avignon 2011: Today, culture is mainly threatened in its existence by three main factors - risk, fear and administration.Jochen GerzWith regards to today's work reality of artists, professor
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16.03.2012
On 8th and 9th March, Forum d'Avignon Ruhr took places in Essen - the heart of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. The cultural think tank met at the UNESCO Wold Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein at the renowned SANAA building on the Folkwang University campus. An international audience of
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09.03.2012
Can I make a living from this? Art and creativity should also be profitable. Together with the Forum d’Avignon, French president Nicolas Sarkozy fights for good and legal conditions for art, culture, and science, and a fair payment for jobs in those fields, thus bringing up the big
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03.03.2012
We have arrived in Avignon, at the foot of the Rhône, in the venerable rooms of the Palais du Pâpe which now serve as a congress centre for the Forum d`Avignon. Culture needs the economy, but does the economy need culture? The Forum D`Avignon is a dialogue platform for politicians, singers,
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24.02.2012
In spite of economically hard times, the Think Tank for culture, the Forum d`Avignon, reminds us of the importance of culture, and the current French president Nicolas Sarkozy also agrees with that. This importance must also be reflected by economical commitments like extensive public and private
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12.02.2012
At the Forum d’Avignon 2010, Catalan politician Ignasi Guardans Cambó (former director of the Spanish institute for cinematography and audio-visual arts, ICAA Spain) explained why European cinema will still be in need of public funding for a longer time. Why this protectionism in times of
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07.02.2012
Within the last few years, national policy has deteriorated due to budget cuts, and the “General Restructuring of Policies and Administration” (RGPP - Révision Générale des Politiques Publiques) which was implemented in 2007 led to a certain reduction regarding the scope of action for
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01.01.2012
“Investing in Culture”, “Urban Futures”, “The Future Of Entertainment”, “Transmedia Storytelling“ – this were some of the main topics of this years conferences and festivals 2010LAB attended as a media partner to report on current discussions
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