CASE STUDIES
In May 2006 the EU DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities awarded a grant to Mobile.Home, a mobility awareness raising project run by European partners IETM, the Finnish Theatre Information Centre, Pearle, Goethe-Institut, Visiting Arts, on-the-move and their associated partners.
This was a year-long project celebrating the “European Year of Workers’ Mobility 2006”, which looked at obstacles, solutions and case studies regarding the movement of arts and artists across European borders - as guaranteed by the European union treaties. It gauged the phenomenon of “mobility” from all technical, philosophical and artistic perspectives, and took place in the shape of four main strands:
HELPDESK
The MOBILE.HOME Helpdesk, set up by Pearle and its project partners, ran from 16 June to 16 October 2006. It offered effective and accessible information related to the administrative, legal and social aspects of performing arts mobility within Europe.
REPORT
During the Spring and Summer of 2006, Richard Polacek (on behalf of PEARLE) researched the topic of 'mobility' through 100 face-to-face and telephone interviews with performing arts companies from over 20 European countries, discussing and collating issues around taxation and social security and intellectual property rights and financial issues, especially related to Culture2000 projects. Richard feedback at the conference on mobility in October 2006, and in March 2007 published the report entitled: Study on Impediments to Mobility in the EU Live Performance Sector and on Possible Solutions
DIGITAL PORTRAITS
Goethe-Institut (Brussels), Visiting Arts and Fondazione Fitzcarraldo presented stories from artists who have worked and lived in different EU countries. (Click to view ours on the right hand side of this page)
CONFERENCE
The above strands were brought together in a major cross-sectorial conference held in Helsinki, November 2006, where arts organisations, employers, public administrations, networks and others were invited to discuss and debate key topics, good practice models and practical solutions to issues around mobility. It coincided with IETM's annual meeting and included group sessions, training sessions, presentations, information points and networking events.
PARTNERS
Finnish Theatre Information Centre
Goethe-Institut
IETM
On The Move
Pearle
Visiting Arts
ASSOCIATED PARTNERS
Fondazione Fitzcarraldo
European Music Council
European Culture Foundation
Trans-Europe-Halles
Relais-Culture-Europe
Centro Dramatico Aragon
ELIA
EFAH
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Grzegorz Bral
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“I know already after three weeks that this experience (the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) has changed our existence as a company” |
Jonathan Chadwick |
“Mobility for artists is not just to do with crossing geographical, political or cultural frontiers… The internationalisation of artistic work involves both an 'inner' and 'outer' mobility.” |
Wolfgang Hoffmann |
“In my capacity as both a performer and organizer I have traveled throughout Europe and beyond and have encountered many people who have helped shape my artistic identity...” |
Jonathan Meth
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“It struck me that cultural mobility and cultural diversity, once you escape the tyranny of tick boxes, pragmatically they are the same thing” |
Stefan Shankland
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“My aim is to propose a set of images that prompt thoughts and questions relating to the notion of mobility (transit, transport, transpose, transform, transcend…)” |
Digital portraits presented by the Goethe Institut, Belgium
Digital portraits presented by the Fitzcarraldo Foundation, Italy
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