Ruhrtriennale-festival Director Stefanie Carp remains, despite the criticism of their fickle handling of the Israel-critical Band “Young Fathers” in the office. For better organization, you get a Deputy.
Director Carp (photo above) had the Scottish Band “Young Fathers” for the programme of the Festival in the last August and September, first -, then -, and finally re-invited. The Band has close ties to the controversial Israel-critical movement BDS. In spite of the massive criticism of your course, the Supervisory Board of the Kultur Ruhr GmbH has now decided at an extraordinary meeting, for the remaining duration of their term of office to Carp hold – so up to and including 2020. However, you will put a proxy on the page, this is a “better preparation of the next two seasons should be ensured,” it said in a statement.
Said finally of the “Young Fathers”
The artistic Director of Dresden
The Position of Jürgen Reitzler, who was since 2009 at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and for the 2017/18 season at the Berliner Ensemble as Artistic Director. The artistic Director of the Ruhr cycle is occupied Triennale every three years, on carp’s successor, starting in 2021 is expected to be decided in the spring of 2019.
Carp is supposed to have said, in dealing with BDS supporters in the future to a Resolution of the Landtag of North Rhine-keep-Westphalia. In this, the groups described the move as “clearly anti-Semitic”.
tla/nf (Ruhr Triennale, dpa, epd)