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Overview of the sub-studies

The research program of the Fonds Darstellende Künste examines mechanisms of action and potential of cultural policy instruments. In 12 thematic sub-studies, scholars from 10 colleges and universities from across the German-speaking world examine the systematics of the German federal funding architecture.

  • Portrait of Prof. Dr. Kai van Eikels at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    I.1 – Funding of artistic productions under changed conditions

    Prof. Dr. Kai van Eikels, Laura Pföhler & Christoph Wirth
    Ruhr-University Bochum

  • Portrait of Dr. Philipp Schulte at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    I.2 – Research, project, concept – A comparison of short- and medium-term funding for artistic working practice

    Dr. Philipp Schulte
    Hessian Theater Academy Frankfurt am Main

  • Portrait of Prof. Dr. Veronika Darian at the lectern during her lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    II.1 – Funding of cooperations

    Prof. Dr. Veronika Darian, Melanie Gruß, Verena Sodhi
    University of Leipzig

  • Portrait of Dr. Özlem Canyürek at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    II.2 – Funding of diversity

    Dr. Özlem Canyürek
    Hildesheim/Berlin

  • Portrait of Dr. Maximilian Haas at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    II.3 – Funding of sustainability

    Prof. Dr. Sandra Umathum, Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin
    & Dr. Maximilian Haas, University of the Arts Berlin

  • Portrait of Micha Kranixfeld at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    III.1 – Funding of the independent performing arts in a socio-spatial context

    Micha Kranixfeld & Marten Flegel
    University of Koblenz-Landau

  • Portrait of Dr. Hilke Marit Berger at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    III.2 – Artificial intelligence as a potential for innovation in the independent performing arts?

    Dr. Hilke M. Berger
    CityScienceLab/Hafen City University Hamburg

  • Portrait of Dr. Henning Mohr at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    III.3 – Funding an art of mediation: The audience in the digital world

    Dr. Henning Mohr & Svenja Reiner
    Institute for Cultural Policy of the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, Bonn

  • View of the symposium hall: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt is connected to a large screen for his lecture. The audience is seated in several rows of chairs in front of it. © Dorothea Tuch

    IV.1 – City, state, federal government – Proposals for the coordination of funding instruments in a multi-level political system

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt
    University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt am Main

  • Portrait of Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    IV.2 – Canons of funding for the independent performing arts at the federal level

    Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke & Johanna Kraft
    University of Hildesheim

  • View of the symposium hall: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt is connected to a large screen for his lecture. The audience is seated in several rows of chairs in front of it. © Dorothea Tuch

    IV.3 – Funding of theater development plans

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt, Melina Eichenlaub, Vanessa Hartmann, Rebecca Rasche & Esther Sinka
    University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt am Main

  • Portrait of Dr. Aron Weigl at the lectern during the lecture. An illustrative projection can be seen in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    IV.4 – Regional perspective(s): Regional associations of the independent performing arts

    Dr. Aron Weigl
    EDUCULT Vienna on behalf of the Federal Association of the Independent Performing Arts