Whilst THEATER DER WELT moves from city to city every three years, the ITI programme acts as a link between the individual editions and offers insights into the core themes of the International Theatre Institute.
During THEATER DER WELT, 18 young people from the arts, academia and civil society come together for a week from all over the world. They engage in dialogue on the festival’s artistic approaches, discussing topics such as artistic freedom and censorship, practices of collective care, fair collaboration and decolonisation.
How does a festival shape the city in which it takes place, and how does the city shape the festival in turn? This year THEATER DER WELT is coming to Chemnitz. With a focus on the temporariness of the festival, the archive, and the theatre, this exhibition dares to look behind the scenes.
How can artistic exchange across continents succeed – and what are the necessary conditions for it? What kind of intertwining of art and politics empowers us to forge new paths? Over a period of four years, 12 organisations and their partners in Europe and Africa collaborated on these questions as part of the EU project DECONFINING. This conference explores the cultural and political insights gained.
In Cooperation with DECONFINING Arts, Culture and Policies in Africa and Europe and Goethe-Institut Madrid.
A concert as an archive: voices, beats and loops make Moldova’s fragmented history audible and visible. / Following the event, Nicoleta Esinencu will be awarded the ITI Prize.