Tangent Space Assembly, adding to the many artists, groups, associations and individuals in the cultural and social world, supports the statement on the state of culture in Burgos. In addition, we encourage you to achieve your maximum dissemination.
STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF CULTURE IN BURGOS
In recent years we have observed that in the name of culture is establishing a real speculative process. This arbitrary use of public money not only affects the cultural field but to all citizens.
witnessing a proliferation of foundations, contemporary art centers, cultural centers run by private companies, festivals and other events for which funding and justification is completely opaque and does not count with the participation of those directly involved. In this context
of cultural exuberance is the other side of the "currency", where you can find artists, associations and groups in an extremely precarious situation, often due to lack of institutional support for culture is not considered as consumption or propaganda .
In the case of Burgos, perfectly extrapolated to the rest of the community of Castilla and León, this situation is reaching alarming levels. In the framework of a European candidate to the culture capital in 2016 (which was also chosen, among others, Segovia) numerous associations, groups and artists are affected by delays in entering the agreements or the resolution of aid projects they are expected to develop during the year. Given that we are in October, the situation is hardly sustainable, being impossible to carry out the planned activities.
understand that this attitude of contempt for the institutions, to what we might call the basic culture and not mere entertainment, it is within the scandalous if we look around and watch the weather as "buoyant" institutional culture.
is earmarked for large lots of money to hire consultings to study the strategies of a European cultural capital that seems too complicated, or pay in advance shows that they spend a couple hours in the budget that some groups receive in a year or more, or in the case of Castilla y León, creates a Century Foundation which spends hundreds of millions of euros to the culture if no political control, among many other examples.
To avoid all these violations would require a greater management control by institutions of public money, with real mechanisms for citizen participation and advice from those cultural agents who have long demonstrated their capacity to manage. We call
revive and enhance the proposals and initiatives on social consensus, such as the Cultural Advisory Council, to encourage participation with the right to review of decision Commissions for Culture of local actors more competent and involved, taking up and the voice of organizations, associations, social groups and the general public that is active in cultural and social life of our city.
support the local culture would go through a regulation of contractual relationships between artists and groups with the institutions, which set deadlines for grant aid, the signing of the agreements, the payment of contracts, etc. and does not adhere exclusively to how to justify the cost be in the administration, all currently regulated by law. We urge
Finally, and call the social and cultural forces so that we coordinate a joint effort in this direction and develop a creative, fresh, open and claiming that motivate, encourage and create the illusion of a city and an environment where we recover our voices.
