Cooperation Roundtable at FRESH   Sustainability on Friday 22 September 2023
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 22/09/2023

Friday 22 September: Sustainability
We started the day at Village de Cirque with a 20-minute keynote to introduce the concept of “sustainability” and spark some inspiration and reflections in a short, dynamic, and powerful session. Two artists continued our journey via a 30-minute conversation and dug a little bit deeper into the issues at stake for our sectors. A large round table closed the morning, in which five artists and cultural professionals discussed and shared ideas about how solidarity and cooperation can foster a more holistic approach to sustainability.

Roundtable: Cooperation: a platform for navigating the complexities of a sustainable world.
11:20 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. CEST (Paris, UTC +2) / 10:20 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. BST (London, UTC +1) / 5:20 a.m. - 5:50 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4)

Panellists:
Danielle Devery (AU),
Joris Janssens (BE),
Théo Mouzard (FR),
Olle Salorana Strandberg (SE),
Jin Yim (KR)

Facilitation:
Gwendolenn Sharp (FR)

To respond to the urgent need for environmental and societal sustainability, many artists and professionals are developing new skills and investing in new projects that integrate these issues and promote the concepts of sustainability, equity, social justice and ecology. It is therefore essential to ensure that the voices of professionals can be heard, as they propose solutions that are adapted to their own contexts and need to be heard in the face of an increasingly standardized discourse that is very often European-centric and localizing/localist. Each at their own level and in the light of their own specific contexts, the speakers talked about the forms this cooperation can take, how it is currently being translated (or not) in the contemporary circus and outdoor arts sector, and
what the prospects are for a systemic change in our sector.
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