Why cooperate internationally?

With AlarmTheater (Bielefeld, Germany) & Cia. Arthur-Arnaldo (São Paulo, Brazil)

Kulturforum Alte Post (Neuss, Germany) & Helen Harris (Windhoek, Namibia)

Videonale (Bonn, Germany) & ArtVilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)

kainkollektiv (Bochum, Germany) & Teatr Nowy (Krakow, Poland)

Why should we work internationally or cooperate at all? What happens when people from different cultural backgrounds create culture together?

For 10 years cultural players from all over the world have been meeting in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) through the International Visitors Programme, which focuses on the cultural interests of both, the international guests and their partners from NRW. Many meetings have led to lasting networks, partnerships and cooperations. International and local partners will introduce four of these alliances and they will talk about their experiences of international exchange, its possibilities and its obstacles.

These impulse presentations will form the starting point for group discussions to explore together some of the country and sector-specific challenges of international cultural work, finally returning to the question, ‘Why cooperate internationally?’

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