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wife gives us something to live for that is more than just eating drinking survivor . every time there's a crisis creativity comes out. chorus is essential for society. and i would welcome 221-2020 is drawing to a close and not a moment too soon i'm sure many of you are thinking but let's call someone back to january this should have been a great year for culture i am celebrating 250 years of beethoven.

a new bond movie was to tell screens. and german metal legends i'm stein of the u.s. stadium. i was going to attend my 1st ever your song contest this year things that got well award season was underway with parasite making history the oscar goes to parasite why is the 1st of a foreign language. the 3rd international film festival that theory ended up being one of the last big cultural events to carry on more or less normal this year and then then came the pandemic dominating headlines ever since and bringing with it a virtual standstill in the culture scene across the world. culture ground to a halt road wide. coronavirus close these eons cinemas and theaters. venice normally flooded with tourists was

empty. its world famous vietnamese canceled. the venue of the international architecture exhibition deserted. the film and the streets here so ready to knock down from hollywood to bollywood. the green factory for indian fairytales wound down its productions to a bare minimum many performers no longer know how they'll make ends meet next week the house she snuck. or the company lockdown i had lots of work one or 2 shoots per month and around $18000.00 or $250.00 a month at a time and conveyed my family over the last 6 months there's been absolutely nothing for us to do. in south africa the government imposed a national lockdown in late march in the months that followed i want to talk with a chaplain. talking. what the crisis meant for people in his township of soweto in

johannesburg one of the uncertainty of loneliness and hunger. to talk a 5th was this time you know i want to freeze that experience i want people wounded even been years later to get the feeling of how the people who feel real and so we had to do with living with their experiences during commitment to. also here in sweat oh and n.g.o.s providing children with food it's often the only meal they get for the day solidarity is the word of the day. was more interested in the composition and one of the common problem going to relate a lot of people going to fool and that made me to question my role as a photographer with the proceeds from sales of his photos to the successful artist wants to support the community to which he has deep roots. from york city looked like a ghost town the pandemic hit the city that never sleeps very hard in the summer

chelsea a district home to many galleries was still emerging from hibernation the most challenging at the at the at the front end with just not knowing it feels like we've moved from fear to functional. but functioning with a completely unknown set of what's out. the metropolitan museum of art had planned big celebrations to markets 150th anniversary this year instead the met is facing an uncertain future. to think in which this year and i don't think we'll see tourism it come back before we really have a vaccine and to find our way back to anything even remotely like it was before will probably take 2 to 3 years. so we need to stick. out of course that's easier said than done especially when it

comes to money the pandemic of cultural institutions and the livelihoods of artists around the world under threat many have looked to germany as a positive example with the government offering financial support to artists early on in the crisis and yet the creative industry has still found itself under a huge amount of pressure germany known as the land of poets and thinkers is a nation of culture it hosts the largest book fair in the world and is home to 6800 museum. nearly half of the world's professional orchestras have their home here and the club scene is world famous. but since the pandemic hit the arts have been in crisis the arts sector got its own aid package with a new start for culture that normally i have a large budget of $2000000000.00 euros per year and i received another 1000000000 in the middle of the year in order to alleviate the plight of those working in the arts you can't solve all the problems with 1000000000 euros and that was of course

a very clear declaration of solidarity with the arts sector by the entire federal government an expression of appreciation. the government commissioner for culture launched the a program in june. those employed in all areas of the arts can apply for support through their professional association. so far more than 600000 euros into the arts sector under this scheme. rehearsals for an uncle americal satire berlin's oldest camper a fine of invested much of its aid money and state of the art equipment for air purification just one of the measures aimed at complying with hygiene regulations. and the we've installed plexiglas barriers at the bars and the coach check the contact lists for us it's for the washrooms. we've presented and partially

implemented a digital concept that allows us to stream productions so we've implemented this hygiene concept and we're very happy about that in the dark about there looking. but so far not everyone has received assistance the commissioner for culture has now called for another 1000000000 euros for the arts there are many other aid programs as well as solo artists groups and venues can apply for emergency aid special funds bridge loans and much more. economic impact on germany's far reaching arts and culture scene has been immense. by holding benefit concerts world famous violinist ana sophie mucha has collected funds for freelance musicians. she appeals to policymakers not to leave artists in the lurch. i hope that the politicians will take notice of the many studies which show that cultural events

aren't super spreader events this is if you do that they'll find a solution somewhere between on and off and that aid reaches its destination with less bureaucracy copt it's certainly make more sense for everyone involved both economically and psychologically to find a happy medium so that people can experience music while adhering to strict tied to measures. countless events have been canceled and cultural institutions have been closed for months many artists have used creative means to protest the silencing of the arts. to all the arts help us deal with the big questions of course august they are the critical corrective of any living democracy and we need the arts because they hold up a mirror to us survives because they create a space for discourse because they deal with that seriousness of the ultimate questions with values that give meaning its initiative we need the. it's more than

ever right now to help us make sense of everything we're dealing with one type. the coronavirus inspired mexican art students gonzalo through a loss to make these images which he painted during the 1st lockdown in germany. he recently held his 1st exhibition for friends only on the outskirts of berlin. somewhere it's very important for this so. it's important to have a. fit by a book. negative or positive the 2nd more extensive lockdown means private initiatives like this are also no longer possible during the cultural. being put to the test. let's talk now to someone who knows plenty about the difficulties facing artists here in germany and abroad he's recently

released a new album titled on vacation. and while he would normally be on a very tight performing all over the well. today i'm lucky enough to be joined by jazz musician. it's great to have you with us thanks for that thanks for coming so playing the trumpet requires quite a lot of puff is not quite a dangerous thing to be doing during the current pandemic well we've learned that aerosols spreading around especially with wind instruments but there's been some scientific studies i think saying their bras instruments in the trumpet is a brass instrument. and not so dangerous you know so everything stays pretty much where you are. and i think that been some you know some some good cases you know walk us was good really organized you know how to solve these kind of things and it

of course it has to do with distance as always these days it's been a bizarre and difficult year for people all over the world but what is your experience been like and how it's not done affected here when your what. i played my last concert in 2020 the end of february and that was it basically i think i played 3 concerts 2 of them were outdoors and it was it was fun of course and you could already tell the people were really really moved by the fact that you know we're attending a concert after quite a long time. a 3rd concert was indoors and it was a remarkable hygenic concert that was organized beforehand so even though the concert started an hour later we felt we felt so welcome and it was the same feeling and most most of all there's not one registered case by now in the entire business that's a remarkable fact i think yeah that's true yeah and of course with the current news

of the vaccines we've got a little bit of hope perhaps that an end to this might be in sight so chemical to see and simply go back to normal afterwards i actually doubt that we will go back to normal so the question really is you know how does the current situation also of the economic situation affect future projects and culture and how are we looking at ourselves specially in a cultural nation like germany you've also suggested that the cultural scene itself has been too silent during the pandemic so what exactly can artists like yourself do. first of all i think artists are not necessarily a collective of course orchestras can be but the challenge even there is you know to to to make a collective out of a lot of lot of talented artists and of course individuals so how can an artist be on strike that's the question that we have to raise and i think the pandemic is

more than a good reason to get together and think how to protect the cultural scene for the next decades and the artists have to get together and that's basically what we do you know we raise. voices and there's been so many examples in the pause and exactly that standing up and speaking out has been another theme of 2020 in many countries we've seen protests both for and against coronavirus national but that's far from any topic on the agenda all across the globe people including many in the cultural sphere of been shining a spotlight on issues of injustice and discrimination demanding to be heard. hong kong's pro-democracy movement has vowed to fight on but after a year of unrest that rocked the territory street protests fizzled out in june when mainland china and used to tongue traversal new national security law. beijing has since launched a campaign against dissent pressing legal charges against leading opposition figures including activist joshua long in early december he was handed his 3rd jail

term hong kong's autonomy appears to be crumbling. dello russo has been gripped by the biggest protest in its history since the disputed presidential election in august for months tens of thousands of opposition supporters have turned out for peaceful weekend rallies against the vote that's widely believed to have been rigged undeterred by a brutal police crackdown protesters are calling for authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko to step down one of his most outspoken critics is the nobel prize winning author alexia bitch she has consistently warned against violence. and we must stick together they must not back down and for god's sake we must not be the ones to still drive to a government but we must win with our spirit in the strength of our values that we

would stick with bring peace to her against him harassment and intimidation at home instead plan a legacy of it arrived in berlin for medical treatment in september the celebrated writer was received by the german president. she insists she will return to bella reuss if the authorities let her. in poland women took to the streets a law banning most abortions triggered the biggest protests in the country since the collapse of communism. the documentary the battle for our voices the company's women fighting for their rights in the capital warsaw. here because how do you feel you are now positive if you have all. the other. goodies have ingenuousness said. the hope is to show that activism can inspire women everywhere like the chance and dance moves that have resonated across

the globe. in the u.s. protesters demanded an end to police violence against african-americans which they say is rooted in systemic racism. and. after the killings of eric garner in george floyd director spike lee undercut footage of his 989 do the right thing with other images of arrests that ended in death. do you write that it was based on real life chokehold murder. and then again. not just by strangulation. shadegg. the drug lives that are movement sparked worldwide protests statues were toppled and streets renamed it triggered an impassioned debate on

racism and the legacy of colonialism. the calls for more diversity and equal opportunity will echo with artists and into. for years to come. up magazines recently named the black lives matter movement as the most influential force in art in 2020 so i'd like to bring this back to tijuana you're a jazz musician how is this protest movement going to affect the music scene. i think jazz music comes out of protest that's the main message behind that and i think it's important to find out you know what cultural influences you know in the art business we have been noticing this year because it has been very slow in fact thinking about the black lives matter movement you know as a. as an artistic influence that's a good that's a good idea and i believe it i want i want to go into it myself you know let's find out what could you imagine taking away from from the purchase culture. i think

musicians have a long tradition of protesting look at live aid you know which is like decades ago and people are listening to artists it's actually are it's is about to be unusual think it's going outside of reality to be able to come back into reality that's one of the main laws in the arts but in the so protest is one as well so good at the end here we've had less art we actually are losing something from from the social side and society. i'm very much afraid that the business which is not only a business it's a culture will suffer badly from what we're going through right now i'm a teacher to myself at the university so there's young students female male all of them asking ok how am i going to to build a profession out of this know looking up what's happening around me i don't see much of a future and i have to have an answer to that so i tried to spread enough optimism

. as good as i can but it's different. well they were a little more for children and later of course raising your voice doesn't necessarily mean taking to the streets during lockdown people all over the world have used social media to join the debate and to release some of their pent up creativity one of the newest platforms in town ticktock began essentially is a bit of fun but in recent months the entertainment factor has taken on an increasingly political edge.

2 doubt i will not have my hair i will not blow. personally i think one of the most heartwarming things to come out of lockdown is teenagers doing dance routines with their parents. music and dance have been powerful tools this year in terms of spreading some much needed positivity and also bringing people around the world together take the curious about my dance challenge for example which is all firefighters medical stuff and even nuns joining in the fun. of course all of this reminds us that 2020 is also the year we all went digital from online classes to business meetings even doctor's appointments so much of our

daily lives have now moved online artists have had to get particularly creative to make their audiences digitally but also like. usually people come in crowds to see star organised cameron carpentering concert. but this year in the pandemic he decided to go on tour performing outside care homes and he's electronic church organ. cultural life gives us something to live for that is more than just eating drinking survivor. ok dr along dr del aparna this is the time to be creative she's brought together a group of star musicians from 14 countries to play in the impossible to construct music. it's impossible orchestra because of an

almost situation if i had called them up they would have said that sounds great but they have this concert and that concert and we can play and for 2024 have someone would have not been possible without it but suddenly everyone was 3. 100 l. . he's using this fund raising project to draw attention to the plight of women in her native mix it was also supports all female bands coming from one haka usually depend on income from live concerts this year they recorded an album. though that we're in what i because of the expenses for the recording studio we were hoping to start paying off our debts with these performances or by selling our silly these guys this is what we had planned there with. them. in austria the annual celts book festival took place in the summer braving the

pandemic with strict hygiene measures in place and heavy financial losses. it might have been ashamed of our faint hearted ness if we hadn't held the festival this new fish the festival was founded in even harsher times directly after the 1st world war when hunger and hardship were widespread with the still very eyes. but there. are few the salzburg festivals the 100th anniversary ended up much smaller and shorter than planned but for conductor yolanda mows it's despite the difficulties involved in performing in a pandemic there's a positive side the unique atmosphere tom looks most there was a complete silence and it stayed that way for the entire duration of the performance so maybe the sense of returning to what's important making

a big fasts less talking planned on opening night parties and receptions just music . parties. because it. live music that was even possible at the south spoke festival this year was a little short of a miracle what's it feel like brought us right now you can't what are you missing the life performance. it's my profession on one hand but that's really what i do even if i wouldn't. make a living out of it you know that's what i do i mean musician so it's being on stage performing live in front of an audience feeling positive sort of pressure that comes along with it is a great thing to do i miss it very much we miss it. and of course we're all hoping for much more real life culture in the near future and i can't quite believe my luck i'm about to close out 2020 with

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