In the case of a “hard” Brexit some British culture could threaten the establishment. Because an exit from the EU also means an end to the European cultural promotion – it is a question of billions.
As the theaterlabor Bielefeld raised his “Café Europa” from the baptism, was a British Exit is not yet in place. Now a “hard” Brexit, even threatening. What are the consequences, not the culture of people in Bielefeld. In Scotland, on the stage of the “Leith Theatre” in Edinburgh, on 10. November, the curtain for “The last days of mankind” (article image). Rarely is the piece of Karl Kraus was current. Because of the Austrians has written the Drama between 1915 and 1922 as a “tragedy in five acts”, in which he deals with the inhumanity and absurdity of war. The piece in front of leads, where political turmoil.
Torn the table cloth between the EU Commission and the UK government acts now. The negotiations for a withdrawal agreement a standstill. If it succeeds, the Euro-British relationship on the official withdrawal date on the 29. To rules March 2019, reasonable? Doubts are appropriate. The German cultural Council speaks of a “mess”, especially on cultural issues so far at all has not yet been negotiated. “We have reason to be nervous,” says cultural Council managing Director Olaf Zimmermann of the German wave. “The less is regulated, the more difficult it will be for all!”
Theatre project “Café Europa” in danger
Christian Müller by theaterlabor Bielefeld
The “Leith Theatre” in Edinburgh, works with the theatre lab, Bielefeld. Except for the Scottish and the German Europe to make a “Café” but also theatre from Poland, France, Serbia, Ireland and Ukraine. After a “hard” Brexit, a British withdrawal without agreement, there would be “Café Europa” maybe, anyway, as a cooperation project of theatres from seven countries. Because after this Brexit, Scotland would no longer be here – it is part of the United Kingdom.
“Kraus’ literary template offered for this pan-European project”, says the Bielefeld theatre man, Christian Müller, “the Austrian cosmopolitan has created a horror painting of a truly European Dimension.” Performances of “The last days of mankind”, except in Edinburgh and Bielefeld in Poland, as well as Live Broadcasts from Ireland and France is planned. All know that When the curtain falls, the squire Brexit vote of the British from the 23. June, 2016. The Scottish voice is missing. “Everyone who goes,” says Müller, “is a loss”.
Brexit-graphic of the “Gruffalo”Creator, Axel Scheffler
EU funding dries up
Financially, the Theater, museums and other cultural institutions of the United Kingdom to be must Empire considerably weakened. Because, in the case of Europe, the promotion of culture – currently 1.46 billion euros for the period 2014 to 2020 – British applicant in the future will be empty. Money from the EU pot for cross-border culture and film projects, the EU program “Creative Europe”. Add to this the billions in Structural support of Brussels, which is suspended in the case of a “hard” Brexit.
By the EU’s culture funding pot not only EU countries, but the 43 qualifying States benefit. When you Tap into this source of money advisors such as Sophia Hodge. However, her “Creative Europe Desk” in Bonn, it is currently a lot of questions. So was still unclear, Hodge, to leave what conditions the UK, the EU. “Until then, we are to go sober with the situation and not panic!” In the meantime, to encourage cultural operators to plan with British partners.
Frustration in the British cultural scene is growing
Angela Kaya, 2018, the Director of the Goethe-Institut in London
The closer to the Brexit gets, the more frustration you are just making broad in the UK’s art and culture scene, observed Angela Kaya, the outgoing Director of the Goethe-Institut in London. Kaya, the changes to Athens, was at the beginning of the Brexit negotiations two years ago, skeptical. In the meantime, conversation had deepened the cleavage in the fields of business, politics, sports, culture and education, so Kaya in the DW. 84.1 billion pounds, the culture contributes to the economy – consisting of Film, art, trade, and television market to the British economy. Europe, a study by the non-governmental Association “Creative Industries Federation” (CIF), according to Britain’s largest export market in the field of culture.
An unregulated Brexit, so much is clear, would close off this market. However, Germany’s music industry would get to feel the consequences, such as René Houareau, Executive Director, law & policy at the Federal Association of music industry (BVMI) provides clear. “What’s with the music companies, creators, artists, their works and products?” he rhetorically asks in the German cultural Council magazine “politics and culture”. The warning of the Manager: “the main problem with The Brexit, the legal uncertainty – especially in the case of property rights such as copyright.”
Artists and students affected
Olaf Zimmermann, managing Director of the German cultural Council
For the purpose of optimism, on the other hand, what Charlie Redmayne, CEO of HarperCollins UK, and President of the British Publishers Association (PA) to kick off the Frankfurt book fair in the microphones said: “I am sure that it is, ultimately, to a kind of Deal will come up.” Both sides have too much to lose to let the Brexit in the Chaos. In his publishing house had played in the last few months, many of the scenarios are hypothetical, in order to be prepared for any case. “The free choice of the workplace is, in my view, very important,” says Redmayne. HarperCollins UK employees number of employees from EU countries, “to which we in any case want to miss!”
As the rabbit to the snake these days, even Wolfgang Tillmanns and Axel Scheffler on the Brexit negotiations. Both photographic artists Tilmanns as well as Gruffalo Creator Scheffler, both Stars of their industries, were drawn with drawings, posters and Interviews against the British EU-exit to the field. In the end, however, in vain. So it applies to you equally, the free movement of persons between the EU and England abruptly.
“London is one of the most important art places of the world,” points out Olaf Zimmermann of the German cultural Council, “we don’t have to deal with it, even if the UK belongs to the EU”. The same is true for the educational exchanges, to study young EU citizens in the United Kingdom. “Of course You can also as a Non-EU citizen to study,” says Zimmermann, “but that’s not only significantly more expensive, but much, much, much more expensive!”
Anti-Brexit-posters by Wolfgang Tillmanns
Europe, says the cultural Council speaker, should not write off the UK now. “The culture provides a great Chance to get more Connections to maintain, where it is in the economic area.” The Brexit should failure of negotiations between the EU Commission and the British government, were challenged by the national States. “Then the Federal government must conclude bilateral agreements, also for the culture!”