Merlijn Twaalfhoven at "Apeldoorn Conference" in Liverpool, Nov. 2015
Channel: Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Date: 2015-01-28

Statement: "We don't need any masterpieces from the artists. We need to create openness and space for doubt. Artists can help with this tremendously, but should not act on their own." 

At the thirteenth annual Apeldoorn: British-Dutch Dialogue Conference, which will be held at St George’s Hall in Liverpool (UK) from Sunday 16 to Tuesday 18 November 2014.

The theme of this year’s Conference is Art Works: Exploring the Social and Economic Value of Culture. Fifty British and fifty Dutch delegates, from the worlds of the arts, industry, science, academia, politics, government and civil society, came together for three days to share ideas on how culture can contribute to the economic and social structure of cities and societies at this time of economic uncertainty in Europe.