2019,

TROPEZ

2019,

2017

Sommerbad Humboldthain

Wiesenstraße

1

Berlin

13357

tropeztropez.de

AMOUR, 2018, Foto: Ink Agop

New Noveta, Mid Sparagmos, Performance, 2018, Foto: Ink Agop

Wenn die Stadt verkauft ist, erübrigen sich alle weiteren Fragen.Funding and access to funding is a key element in sustaining project spaces. There are many funding tools that project spaces can use to cover the costs of labor, materials, and rent. But the options are competitive and usually involve a lot of effort and paperwork. In our opinion, there needs to be a change in the funding system that includes simplifying the application process and shortening the waiting time between submission and announcement of the result. Only like this can the project space keep the momentum and focus on artistic and curatorial projects.These try-outs should be understood not in abstract terms, but in the light of the current struggles with labor, housing, racism, homophobia, and anti-fascist positions. If politicians can facilitate these processes for us to work, that would be great. We would wish that the situation wouldn’t look as somber but reality is also knocking on the door of the art sphere. Can politicians regulate the price for studios and project spaces? Can they facilitate real financial support for diversity? Can they push a little bit further and understand the complex situation of art practitioners during and after the pandemic, and give some more support?