This year’s edition of the annual conference and meeting of IAMIC (International Association of Music Centres) will be dedicated to sustainability. In recent years, this issue has increasingly come into focus, particularly in the ecological sense – we also extend this concept to social and psychological levels.
CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH MUSIC: IAMIC is an international network of organisations that collectively and collaboratively provides information and promotes the music of their countries or regions.Facilitating relationships among members and creating networking opportunities that increase capabilities that support greater access to and appreciation of music.
program:
Wed., November 20th, 2024, 10:00–14:00
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN CULTURE
Brunnenpassage, Brunnengasse 71, 1160 Vienna, Austria
10:00 Opening (Ulla Pilz moderator)
10:30 Gordana Crnko: Transformative Art Practices at Brunnenpassage
12:30 Martina Gollner / Christina Riedler: Accessibility All Areas. Improving Participation Opportunities for Visitors With All Types of Disabilities
13:15 Daniel Courtney: Tuning In: Addressing Mental Health Challenges in the Music Community
In order to enable access for as many people as possible, both on- and backstage, cultural events must rethink their approach. That’s why we cordially invite you to join us at the Brunnenpassage, a location that stands uniquely for diversity-conscious event conception. Enabling access to cultural events for disabled persons will be discussed, as will the question of the significance of mental health in the cultural sector.
Registration by 18 November 2024: office@musicaustria.at
Co-production Brunnenpassage | Co-operation Wien Modern
Thu., November 21st, 2024, 17:00
HOW TO ENABLE RISK-TAKING IN CURATION
Wiener Konzerthaus – Wotruba Salon, Lothringer Straße 20, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Panel discussion (in English) with Judith Fliedl (violinist, artistic researcher, audience researcher), Bernhard Günther (Wien Modern), Irena Müller-Brozović (Bruckner Universität Linz), Shilla Strelka (curator, concert promoter, culture journalist), Ulla Pilz (moderator)
The decision of what, in what form, makes it to the stage and is presented to the audiences lies, in part, in the hands of event organizers: they are the people who make artistic work possible and provide channels to audiences. However, not everything can be realized. This discussion will consider the following questions: what are the different views and approaches to curation; what role do mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion play? How can a framework be created that allows space for artistic experimentation, instead of always playing it safe in programming? What role does the audience play in this context? To what extent can we work sustainably, both artistically and psychosocially?
Registration by 20 November 2024: office@musicaustria.at
Co-production Wiener Konzerthaus | Co-operation Wien Modern
Supported by Stadt Wien Kultur
