EAIPA Expert Workshop / May 26-27, 2025, in Vienna, Austria
EAIPA invites peers and experts to explore the impact of an increasingly difficult political climate for arts and culture and to discuss what tools can be used to effectively address this issue.
Online participation for Monday via Fairteaching
MONDAY, MAY 26 // 14 h: INPUT DAY
Semi-public event for EAIPA members and invited guests. Online participation possible.
- 14:00-14:10 Welcome, Introduction, Ulrike Kuner
- 14:15-14:35 Keynote: Bianca Kämpf, Expert from the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance on the mechanisms and methods of right-wing politics (live)
- 14:40-15:10 Interview with Hannes Heide, member MEP of the Cultural Committee, about work priorities, information sources, challenges in the EU cultural policy (recorded interview)
- 15:15-15:40 Report from Christian Autengruber, former Head of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Budapest/HU, about the developments of the Hungarian culture politics affecting artists, artistic work and education (live)
15:35-16:00 Coffee Break
- 16:00-16:20 Overview from Klara Koštal, UNESCO ARGE Cultural Diversity: Overview of current reports on artistic freedom in Europe (live)
- 16:25-16:45 Video feed: Dr. Thomas F. Eder: “Illiberal Aggressions against Independent Performing Arts”
- 16:50-17:10 Sofia Arkhede, researcher and statistician at Kulturanalys Norden: „Threats, violence, and harassment against artists and authors in the Nordic countries”(video feed)
- 17:15-17:25 Sum-up and Goodbye
TUESDAY, MAY 27: WORKSHOP DAY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 // 12 – 13 h
Venue: Funkhaus – Headquarter Vienna Festival, Argentinierstraße 4, 1040 Vienna
Public presentation of the insights and results of our Expert Workshop
Speakers: EAIPA President + Board, EAIPA General Manager
Public event, online participation possible
The event was made possible with the generous support of BMWKMS – Federal Ministry of Housing, Art, Culture, Media, and Sport of the Republic of Austria