31/07/2024
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CARRYING Q***REEOKÉ AND IN THE RECENT YEARS, WHO GAVE THEIR BEST TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE OUR AUDIENCES CAN BECOME ONE WITH US AND THE MOMENT THROUGH THE POWERS OF MUSIC, DANCE AND PERFORMANCE. IN OUR OVER A DECADE LONG TRAJECTORY WE WELCOMED NEW MEMBERS AND WE SAID GOODBYE TO SOME, BUT WE ARE PROUD OF EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED: PERFORMERS, AUDIENCES, DRAMATURGS, FESTIVAL TEAMS, THEATRE TEAMS, TECHNICIANS AND ALL THE CURRENT AND FORMER FANS. WE MADE MISTAKES AND WE MADE MAGIC. SO WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING Q***RSTORY WITH US.
AS YOU ALL MAY WITNESS AT THE MOMENT, TIMES ARE NOT EASY AND IT IMPACTS A LOT OF US. ALL OUR MIGRANT SIBLINGS STRUGGLE WITH GETTING WORK PERMITS, VISAS AND RISK EXPULSION AND SOME DEPORTATION. OUR SIBLINGS FROM MUSLIM AND JEWISH BACKGROUNDS FEAR FOR THEIR BIOLOGICAL AND CHOSEN FAMILIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IN EUROPE AND THE REAST OF THE WORLD. OUR TRANS SIBLINGS FACING EXTREME DAILY DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE. WOMEN KEEP LOSING THEIR RIGHTS AS WELL.
BUT NOW WE ARE ALSO REACHING THE POINT WHERE GERMAN DISCRIMINATORY POLITICS AFFECT THE FIELD OF ARTS: THE FREELANCE ARTS, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO CUT THE FUNDS TO THE ONES WHO CONTRIBUTE THE MOST POWERFUL MESSAGES AND PERSPECTIVES, ART THAT DOESN’T FALL VICTIM TO INSTITUTIONAL CENSORSHIP, ART THAT ISN'T SILENCED.
WE WOULD KINDLY ASK YOU TO HELP SPREAD THE NEWS AND SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION
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PLEASE LET'S MAKE IT A LOUD OUTCRY JUST AS LOUD AS WHEN WE'RE SERENADING TO THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART. PLEASE HELP THE FREELANCE ART SURVIVE. WITHOUT FREE ART WE RISK LOSING THE PLATFORMS OF AND FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, THE ONES WHO TRULY ARE THE CORE OF HUMANITY.
THANK YOU!
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