ResiliArt Debate: Celebrating 15 years of Diversity and Creativity

Hvordan ser en robust økonomisk modell for den kreative sektoren ut? Året 2020 lå an til å bli et merkeår for den kulturelle sektoren, men nå er kreative yrker under press, og UNESCO inviterer til et digitalt arrangement om beskyttelse av kunst og kultur.

Dato: 21. oktober 2020
Tid: 14:00 – 15:30
Sted: Online fra Paris, Frankrike. Link til YouTube under
Kontakt: Laurence Mayer-robitaille. Epost: l.mayer-robitaille@unesco.org

Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/unesco/posts/10158813566758390

ResiliArt ble lansert på verdens knustdag 15. april. ResiliArt ønsker å mobilisere til global innsats for å støtte kunstnere og sikre tilgang til kultur for alle.

Prosjektet setter søkelyset på kreative yrker i en global krise hvor kunst og kultur er blitt satt under press.

Flere som har bidratt til UNESCOs arbeid med kunst og kultur har spilt inn hilsener:  Pascal Rogard (Frankrike), Nina Obuljen Koržinek (Kroatia), Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe (Saint-Lucia), Katerina Stenou (UNESCO) and Pascal Lamy (Frankrike). De har arbeidet med 2005 konvensjonen for å verne og fremme et mangfold av kulturuttrykk, UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist i 1980 og skapelsen av International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD).

Det blir også debatt med kunstnere om kreativitet før og nå og i framtiden som en pilar i UNESCOs arbeid. I panelet sitter Deeyah Khan, artist, dokumentarskaper and aktivist (Norge), Nabil Ayouch, TV- og filmregissør, produsent and skribent (Marokko), Ferne Downey, skuespiller and president av FIA (Canada), Didier Awadi, rapper and musiker (Senegal), Shirley Campbell, skribent og poet (Costa Rica), samt en representant fra en digital plattform.

Arrangementet kan følges på YouTube:

Mer informasjon om ResiliArt og UNESCOs arbeid for kultur og kunst:

In the context of the 10th anniversary of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD), the 15th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005 Convention) and the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist (1980 Recommendation), UNESCO will host a special edition of ResiliArt on 21 October 2020.

While the year 2020 was set to be a major anniversary year and a moment of reflection for UNESCO and the culture sector, the COVID-19 crisis has changed the cultural landscape forever, threatening to undo gains achieved over the last 40 years. While the celebration takes place in the “new normal” unimaginable when the anniversary year began, today’s culture crisis has only increased the importance of the three UNESCO instruments, each of them representing an important milestone in international cultural policy and creative economy.

As art galleries, theatres, concert halls and libraries were forced to close around the world, the current health crisis has impaired the entire creative value chain – creation, production, distribution and access – and considerably weakened the professional, social and economic conditions of artists and cultural professionals. The music industry is expected to lose about 43% of its forecasted revenue, and according to a WOMEX report published in June 2020, 87% of events were cancelled and only 39% found an online alternative for their performances. As the arts and cultural professionals struggle for their survival, the pandemic has posed an existential question: is the current social and economic model of the cultural sector working?

The discussion will focus on the role of the 1980 Recommendation, the 2005 Convention and the IFCD in order to lead the recovery and flourishment of the cultural and creative industries in 2020 and beyond. In particular, the panelists will highlight the achievements of the three instruments and what cultural policymakers today may learn from these examples. In other words, the discussion will investigate the role of UNESCO’s normative work for a more resilient, diverse sector in the next 10, 15 and 40 years.

This panel will also offer an opportunity to collectively imagine a new economic system for the creative sectors in general, drawing upon lessons learnt in order to propose innovative ways to reinforce the status of the artist, artistic freedom, preferential treatment and international cooperation in the field of culture.