EUROPE ON FIRE – How Politics impacts Arts and Culture in Europe
Expert Workshop

EAIPA Expert Workshop / May 26-27, 2025, in Vienna, Austria

EAIPA invites peers and experts to explore the impact of an increasingly difficult political climate for arts and culture and to discuss what tools can be used to effectively address this issue.

Please click here to register for an online participation!

MONDAY, MAY 26 // 14 h: INPUT DAY

Semi-public event for EAIPA members and invited guests. Online participation possible.

1. Keynote: Bianca Kämpf, Expert from the Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance on the mechanisms and methods of right-wing politics (live)
2. Interview with Hannes Heide, member MEP of the Cultural Committee, about work priorities, information sources, challenges in the EU cultural policy (recorded interview)
3. Report from Christian Autengruber, Head of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Budapest/HU, about the developments of the Hungarian culture politics affecting artists, artistic work and education (live)
4. Overview from Klara Koštal, Head of Department Diversity of Cultural Expressions at the Austrian Commission for UNESCO: Overview of current reports on artistic freedom in Europe (live)
5. Thomas F. Eder: “Illiberal Aggressions against Independent Performing Arts” (video feed)
6. Kulturanalys Norden: „Threats, violence, and harassment against artists and authors in the Nordic countries” (video feed)

TUESDAY, MAY 27: WORKSHOP DAY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 // 11 – 12 h

Venue: Funkhaus – Headquarter Vienna Festival, Argentinierstraße 4, 1040 Vienna 

Public presentation of the insights and results of our Expert Workshop

Speakers: EAIPA President + Board, EAIPA General Manager
Public event, online participation possible

The event was made possible with the generous support of BMWKMS – Federal Ministry of Housing, Art, Culture, Media, and Sport of the Republic of Austria

Quelle: https://eaipa.eu/europe-on-fire-expert-workshop/