IMAGINING FUTURES
A future focused peer network and European co-commission experiment.
At a moment of continued uncertainty, EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) brings together independent performance festivals from across the UK and mainland Europe and invites them to rip up the festival rule book as they explore what the future of producing festivals will look like.
Imagining Futures connects nimble and adventurous festivals and fosters collaboration between the sectors, in line with EUNIC’s cultural relations values. It aims to spark new connections, support artistic development and encourage porous, international dialogue at a time when barriers seem to be increasing.
The festivals will discuss the most urgent themes impacting on artistic choices and festival logistics and explore innovative formats for the future. Topics may include climate change, care, representation, sustainability, artist development, funding, pace, rhythm and risk.
Key conversations will be documented and shared with cultural colleagues as these crucial discussions develop. The festivals will also have funding to initiate collaborative, experimental commissions that respond to the shared values and emergent themes being discussed.
The network includes festival leaders from 5 UK festivals and 5 festivals from EU countries as a core group. A further 4 festivals from EU countries are also involved as associates, alongside London-based cultural institutes:
- Gateshead International Festival of Theatre, England
- Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Northern Ireland
- Take Me Somewhere Festival, Scotland
- Transform Festival, England
- Submerge Festival, England
- Alkantara Festival, Portugal
- Baltic Circle Festival, Finland
- Batard Festival, Belgium
- auawirleben Theaterfestival, Switzerland
- Theaterformen, Germany
- Undercloud Festival, Romania
- Buffer Fringe, Cyprus
- Tanec Praha, Czech Republic
- ImageTanz, Austria
- Goethe-Institut London, England
- Finnish Institute, UK and Ireland
- Embassy of Switzerland, London
- Flanders House, UK
- Portugese Embassy, London
- Czech Centre, UK
- Austrian Cultural Forum, UK
- Romanian Cultural Institute, London
- High Commission of Cyprus, London
EUNIC GLOBAL
Funding for Imagining Futures is secured through EUNIC Global (European Union National Institutes for Culture), the European network of organisations engaging in cultural relations, spanning 90 countries across the globe. The nine EUNIC London member institutes who are actively working on the programme represent Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland.
© EUNIC
PARTNERS
© Romanian Cultural Institute
© Finnish Institute
© Cyprus High Commission
© Flanders House
© Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua Portugal
© Austrian Cultural Forum London
Czech Centre London
©Prohelvetia