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The Allianz Foundation supports artists and art projects that provide fresh ideas for social change and create new perspectives on urgent questions – for today and the future. How can cultural and social divides be bridged? How can we create more sustainable and equitable forms of coexistence?

Art is always a reflection of the conditions of its creation. Art is inscribed with a society’s potential as well as its restrictions. By reflecting on these inequalities and questioning them, art can contribute towards overcoming exclusions and triggering a different way of thinking and acting.

The art we are dealing with speaks to everyone instead of being elitist. It is challenging in an enriching way and opens up perspectives that we could not or did not want to previously perceive. This art acts as a mediator between what exists and what is possible, conveying through sounds, words or images the experience of a world as it could be. It provides ideas, courage and hope to face the fundamental upheavals we are facing as humanity. 

We are certain about one thing: a world without art would be less livable.

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Tandem-residencies in Tarabya: Ongoing open call

How does nightlife in Istanbul becomes an expression of identity and solidarity? In an interview, Yelta Köm and Ulya Soley reflect on their time as Tarabya fellows: from artistic research and publications to the “Sound Kitchen”. Find out what they experienced and how you can apply for the Open Call for tandem-residencies.

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Zad: Miles for Connection

The right to freedom of movement is essential for a generation of artists who had to relocate to Europe. Zad promotes the mobility of artists, individuals, and groups by offering financial support to showcase their work in new venues. This assistance can cover travel costs within their current country or across Europe. The program is open for applications year-round.

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Exploring Afro-European Identities at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2024

From July 1st to September 29th, 2024, Institute Contemporary presents its inaugural exhibition, "On the Vastness of our Identities", at Les Rencontres d’Arles, featuring diverse perspectives on Afro-European identities through photography. Join us for the accompanying panel discussion with the artists and our Allianz Foundation network.

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ASSEMBLED: Performance & Polling Booth of the Future

Join Allianz Foundation Fellow Love Ssega for ASSEMBLED, an immersive promenade performance developed in collaboration with Good Chance Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiering on July 5th and 6th, 2024, at the RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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Earthquake Solidarity Fund: Rebuilding and Connecting Communities

On the first anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria in 2023 the Allianz Foundation, together with its Hubs partner Postane, launched the "Earthquake Solidarity Fund". The fund supports eight projects in the earthquake-affected regions of southeast Turkey, aiming to promote long-term reconstruction, incorporate cultural aspects, and support women and the next generations.

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Future workshops of the Klima-Allianz Deutschland: Climate Protection Needs Many Voices

When considering culture and climate, the focus is usually on two different perspectives. What has been lacking in Germany so far is an interdisciplinary exchange that focuses on the transformative potential of culture in all its diversity. The Klima-Allianz Deutschland (Climate Alliance Germany) has brought together a wide range of stakeholders in four future workshops to explore this question.

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Recyclart: our Hub in Brussels

Recyclart: where art, social economy, and urban coexistence converge. Based in a former industrial site in the densely inhabited Molenbeek district of Brussels, the multidisciplinary arts center focuses on experimental, underground, and socially engaged forms of artistic expression. Recyclart Fabrik offers job experiences to people facing challenges in its workshops for wood, metal and upcycling. Bar Recyclart brings people together under the motto “Veggie, vegan or halal, we are all sitting at the same table”.

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INLAND: our Hub in Spain

INLAND is a collaborative platform started in 2009. It provides a platform for diverse actors engaged in agricultural, social, and cultural production and questions the center-periphery dynamics so prevalent in the arts system. It also aims to strengthen the rural as a space for change.

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Autostrada Biennale 2023: Art touching life

With the fourth edition of the Autostrada Biennale, our Hub partners in Prizren continue their quest to bring art to the people, involve young Kosovar people in the production process, and heal the wounds of a country scarred by war and conflict. A review by our colleague Nino Klingler.

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Performing Exiles Festival: Berlin as the Capital of the Exiled

During the 20th century, Berlin was a place from which people were forced to emigrate – now, however, the city has become a place of the exiled. The interdisciplinary festival “Performing Exiles” examines the concept of exile in the light of continual global changes and multiple migration movements.

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EUROPEAN IMAGES: Strengthening European Documentary Photography

We feature parts of the latest newsletter by EUROPEAN IMAGES, a project by n-ost, in collaboration with Athens Live (GR), Kajet (RO) and Pismo (PL) to strengthen documentary photography and photographers. The current issue deals with FOOD.

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Kickoff for the Residency On The Road

The "Decolonizing Food: Water, Land and Heritage" residency is a collaboration between three members of the Allianz Foundation Hubs Network. The program focuses on food-related practices and topics, questioning conventional food practices and exchanging knowledge. Get to know the participants here.

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Climate Cultures Call: Our Grantees

From eco-playwriting programs for Algerian students to building a climate justice network in Europe - Get to know our ten Climate Cultures grantees!

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For all Islanders: The Chios Music Festival 2024

The summer edition of the Chios Music Festival returned for the eighth consecutive year from July 31st to August 13th 2024 to connect the cultural heritage of the greek island Chios with sounds from around the world. During the festival unseen sites of Chios were the natural backdrop for the festival’s concerts.

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Outernational: EXT INC / REMEMBER ME

Transtraditional Concerts – We are living in one of the greatest species extinctions in history. But not only species, also sounds, languages and music are disappearing. The project «EXT INC / REMEMBER ME» is part of the transtraditional concert series «Outernational».

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Four months in Tarabya

“Even small stories can turn into big movements and trigger bigger change" – Read a testimonial from Özge Açıkkol and Güneş Savaş from „Oda Projesi“ in Istanbul and the Berlin-based artist Nadin Reschke about their experience and learnings from a four-months tandem-residency in Tarabya.

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Pangea on a plate: Food culture, grilled okra, and pumpkin purée - this is foodculture days

What happens when artists, scientists, farmers, cooks, and winemakers come together? And when they are joined by philosophers, activists, and local experts who are all interested in food as a research subject and as a medium for convivial interaction? The results go way beyond the taste.

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Constantly Continue Writing – Weiter Schreiben

In 2017 the collective “WIR MACHEN DAS” (“We’ll Do It”) asked authors from areas of war and crisis seeking refuge in Germany what they wished for. The most common answer was that they wanted to continue writing. Weiter Schreiben makes that possible. And we like to present one such text here.

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The Europasinfonie: A Concert for a Continent

An interview with Markus Rindt, Artistic Director at the Dresdner Sinfoniker.

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Studio Rizoma: our Hub in Palermo

Fondazione Studio Rizoma is an international hub advancing an independent cultural and social program while serving the wider development of its surrounding ecosystem, with a focus on the city of Palermo. Here you can read their self-description.

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Autostrada Biennale: our Hub in Prizren

Autostrada Biennale was established as a non-governmental organization in Prizren, Kosovo. It plays a key role in understanding today’s society through contemporary art, strengthening the local community and stimulating creative ideas for a more inclusive and more sustainable future.