ECA Annual Conference 2007

Artist, Creativity, Society - Challenges for the Status of the Artist in the beginning of the 21st Century


28-30 September in Sibiu, Romania

Arranged in cooperation with ANUC (the National Alliance of Creators' Unions) and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs of Romania

Draft programme:

Friday 28 September
Arrival
Reception in the Town Hall, Opening dinner

Saturday 29 September

Morning
1. panel: The Status of the Artist
Speeches by
Ion Caramitru, president of the Actors' union and former Minister of Culture, Romania
Invited to debate: representatives for Culture Ministries: Norbert Riedl, Austria, Irena Soldat-Vujanovic, Republic Srpska and Rasida Zygiene, Lithuania
Moderator: Vivan Storlund, researcher, Finland

Afternoon
Visits to cultural institutions/workshops with local artists
4 thematic groups.

Evening
Faust by Goethe, production by Sibiu National Theatre "Radu Stanca".
Direction by Silviu Purcarete


Sunday 30 September

Morning
2. panel: Mobility
Speeches by
Liviu Danceanu, composer, Romania
Konstanze Breitebner, actress, Austria
Moderator: Ovidiu Gant, MEP, Romania

3. panel: Authors' and performers' rights
Speeches by Philippe Kern, researcher, Belgium
Eugen Vasiliu, Director General, Romanian office for Authors' Rights
Moderator: Pia Raug, composer, Denmark

Afternoon
4. panel: Status of the Artist - cultural policy or legal instrument?
Speeches by
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, MEP and former Minister of Culture, Luxembourg
Kornelijus Platelis, writer, president of the Lithuanian Association of Artists
Serban Dumitru, sculptor, president of the Romanian Ass. of visual artists
Moderator: Ludwig Laher, writer, president of ECA, Austria

Final debate. Resolution. Closure