BAK is receiving an overwhelming amount of messages of support after the advice issued by the Utrecht Advisory Committee. Please read them below!
BAK is receiving an overwhelming amount of messages of support after the advice issued by the Utrecht Advisory Committee. Please read them below!
8 April 2024 | Chapter two, reading groups and online publication | 6 June 2024 | BAK is a crucial basis in the cultural ecosystem of Utrecht! | 3 July 2024 | Utopia*Art*Politics Sessions | | Responses to our Solidarity Call Out | 6 July 2024 | The Lands Testimony | 24 July 2024 | Research Interrupted | 26 July 2024 | Research Interrupted: workshops and events | 24 July 2024 | Research Interrupted: works on display |
8 April 2024 | Chapter two, reading groups and online publication | 6 June 2024 | BAK is a crucial basis in the cultural ecosystem of Utrecht! | 3 July 2024 | Utopia*Art*Politics Sessions | | Responses to our Solidarity Call Out | 6 July 2024 | The Lands Testimony | 24 July 2024 | Research Interrupted | 26 July 2024 | Research Interrupted: workshops and events | 24 July 2024 | Research Interrupted: works on display |
Statement
BAK is a crucial basis in the cultural ecosystem of Utrecht!
With shock and disbelief we have received the news that Raad voor Cultuur (Council for Culture) has advised the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to stop funding BAK, basis voor actuele kunst for the period 2025–2028.
6 June 2024
Program
Responses to our Solidarity Call Out
After the advice issued by the Utrecht Advisory Committee to defund BAK, we are receiving an overwhelming amount of messages of support.
Program
Utopia*Art*Politics Sessions
From 3–5 July 2024, the Urban Futures Studio and Community Portal at BAK convene 30 artist-researcher-practitioners to explore this question. Three moments of the event are open to the public and free for registration below.
3 July 2024
5 July 2024
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The Lands Testimony
BAK Young Fellows cohort 2, 2024 invites you to experience The Lands Testimony—an exhibition where land is listened to and sprouting seeds are investigated.
6 July 2024
7 July 2024
Program
Research Interrupted
Research Interrupted is a week-long presentation of the BAK Fellowship for Situated Practice 2023–2024, where the artists invite the public to engage with their ongoing research.
24 July 2024
28 July 2024
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht is a base for art, theory, and social action. BAK is committed to the notion of art as a public sphere and a political space, and provides a critical platform for aesthetico-political experiments with and through art. BAK brings together artists, thinkers, and other members of the precarious classes to imagine and enact transformative ways of being together otherwise.
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