The Declaration of the Plaça Catalunya AcampadaBCN Culture Commission is a document of principles which were discussed, voted on and written up in two months of assemblies in Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona, within the framework of the 15M Camp. We consider this document to be permanently open and in progress.
DECLARATION OF THE BARCELONA CAMP CULTURE COMMISSION, PLAÇA CATALUNYA BARCELONA.
Cultural policy is not culture.
Public institutions are not the makers of culture.
Public institutions manage public resources given to culture.
Culture is a common asset and a process in constant transformation which reflects social dynamics. It does not necessarily produce works or commercial products.
Culture should be free and plural, and cultural policies should reflect, encourage and guarantee this freedom and plurality.
Cultural policy should provide resources for cultural research, production, exhibition, distribution and education with sustainability and social value as basic principles.
Cultural policy cannot be oriented simply towards achieving economic gain.
Inclusive, participatory, sustainable, exploratory cultural models need to be developed for the long term.
1.0 – For a social redefinition of cultural policies.
1.1- The rethinking of the cultural policy model furthered by the Government of theGeneralitat de Catalunya via the so-called Lleis Ònmibus, (Omnibus Laws), which penalise non-mercantile cultural processes and favours forms of cultural production aimed at the sensationalising of culture and the obtainment of economic gain through the commercialisation of collective imaginaries. The fundamental benefits of culture are social and collective; any economic profit is complementary to this.
1.2- The setting up of an independent organism for cultural management through horizontal, transparent, participatory discussion with all sectors involved. Existing entities’ (CoNCA) history of failure cannot be used as justification for a return to political interventionism in cultural policies, nor as a reason for structuring cultural resources and networks purely around the concept of Cultural Industries.
1.3- Reinforcing support for cultural practices involving research and for platforms which support “emerging” art, rather than those focused on cultural production for mass consumption. Cultural policies should also take into consideration the time needed for cultural investigation and production.
1.4- Favouring an investment policy in which cultural Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I) works as the driving force behind a socio-cultural model not necessarily based on the creation, exhibition and distribution of works. Forms of investment which take into account cultural realities - and the new areas that they open up - should be encouraged, eschewing investment in new infrastructures and making use of latent or existing resources such as, universities, etc. in order to obtain maximum benefits from them.
1.5- Empowering creators with the management of public resources for their work using flexible, transparent forms of protocol. Public organisms for cultural management do not own our resources; they manage them. Public administration should work to serve culture, not vice versa.
2.0 – For a new model of public resource management.
2.1 – Rescale current budgeting adjustments so that instead of being oriented towards cutting down cultural activity, they contribute to sustainable, long-term distribution of resources and prioritise the maintenance of basic cultural structures and networks.
2.2- Rescale salaries of directors of public institutions, aligning them with the current socio-economic reality.
2.3- Return public resources invested in culture to the public domain. Work carried out by cultural producers using public funding should return added social value to society. This return might take the form of the socialisation of processes and results by allowing free access to them, by ensuring free licenses are used, or by publicly sharing them.
2.4- Limiting the privatisation of any profits obtained through public funding, and stopping funding of projects, companies or cultural entities that can fund themselves. Funding of companies or cultural entities that generate a disproportionate amount of profit should be reconsidered, and the possibility of limiting aid, or part of the profits being returned to the public domain, should be taken into account.
2.5- Any private cultural institutions receiving public funding should be subject to the same types of protocol as public entities. We denounce those instances where entrance fees to private cultural institutions prevent a large segment of the population from using them, when the same peoples’ tax money is being used to finance the institutions.
2.6- Outsourcing of cultural services should not imply a veiled privatisation of these, or their being commercialised, or precarious conditions for cultural workers.
2.7- The application contemplated in the Ley de Patrimonio Histórico (Law of Historical Heritage) of 1,1% for Culture – which states that 1.1% of funds for public works should be destined to the conservation and enrichment of historical heritage and support for artistic creativity – should be transparently realised and co-managed with local cultural structures and networks.
2.8- Publicly funded public and private cultural entities should programme a significant portion of local, regional or national productions, basing their choices on contextual criteria.
2.9- Giving support to departments that organise activities with non-institutional collectives– as compared to exhibition departments – in public cultural centres, as a window on emerging social phenomena that emphasises institutions’ vocation to serve the public.
2.10- Considering the possibility of a new patronage law to foster support of artistic creation from private entities.
3.0 –Towards a model for a free culture.
3.1- Immediate, complete abolition of the Disposición Final Segunda de la Ley de Economía Sostenible (Second Final Provision of the Law of Sustainable Economy), without this implying the loss of the right to make copies for private use or the imposition of a tax on Internet connections.
3.2- Prohibiting copyright collectives from charging royalties or taxes to non-members.
3.3- State, regional and local audiovisual archives belonging to public radio and television corporations should be made available to the public under free licenses.
3.4- State, regional and local public institutions should use and encourage free software and free operating systems.
3.5- Establishing legal mechanisms which guarantee compulsory return to the public domain, and support the use of free licences, for publicly funded work. Stipulating programmes of public funding for projects legally covered by free licences.
3.6- Fostering by public administrative bodies of the cultural paradigm of the “commons”, support for social projects inscribed within the community and for the commons. Carrying out institutional projects which aim for social sustainability and the sharing of resources: for example, by using disused infrastructures and spaces, or by setting up warehouses for reusable materials for the creative community and centres.
4.0- For transparency in cultural policies.
4.1- Total transparency in the management and distribution of resources in both public and private cultural institutions, and the criteria used in granting scholarships and funding. Transparency in budget allocation.
4.2- Holders of high positions in civil service cultural bodies should be competent in their knowledge of their local cultural context.
4.3- Directors of public and private institutions receiving public funding should be recruited through open, public selection processes.
4.4- Articulating legislation that would regulate movements of cultural managers between the public and private sectors in order to prevent conflicts of interests.
4.5- Compulsory application of the “Codi de Bones Pràctiques Professionals a les Arts Visuals” (Guide to Correct Professional Practice in the Visual Arts) in public and private cultural institutions. All cultural entities should draw up contracts with creators and producers, and their fundamental role in the production of their work should be reflected in the global budget.
5.0- For a redefinition of public space
5.1- Abolishing municipal policies which privatise public space. Activities run by private or profit-making initiatives and taking place in public space should be given less support by public administration.
5.2- Abolition of the l’Ordenança Municipal de Civisme de Barcelona (Municipal Ordinance on Civil Conduct, Barcelona) and rewriting of the cultural uses of public space in order to foster plural, inclusive forms of cultural practice, particularly initiatives working without the supervision municipal or administrative bodies.
5.3- Changing the legislation on the design of public space and street furnishings to regain social usage of public space.
5.4- Changing management and the property model of public broadcasting space. Opening up television and radio channels with free production and access.
6.0- Resources for encouraging sensitivity towards culture in education
6.1- Fostering an experimental approach and plural recognition of sensibility in education rather than consumerism and sensationalism.
6.2- Transforming and broadening primary and secondary school arts programmes and forms of cultural praxis to encourage a spirit of criticism and freedom of expression, and a cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary approach. Fostering an exploratory, questioning approach towards cultural heritage.
6.3- Reviewing the application of the Bologna Plan in universities, and its categorising of students according to how successfully they may sustain the market, severely sanctioning any disciplines considered to be “unproductive”.
This document is continually being rewritten and is open to participation.
Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona, on the stairs behind the monument to Macià.
19 July, 2011
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PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH THIS DOCUMENT SO FAR
| Adrià Raurich Parareda | Gelida | Educació |
| Agnès Font Baldellou | barcelona | Cultura |
| Aimar Pérez Galí | Barcelona | Artes escénicas |
| Alba Bruguers Rosado | Barcelona | Recerca |
| Albert Grabulosa | Barcelona | editorial |
| Albert Vilà Reche | Sabadell | Músic |
| Amaranta Velarde | Barcelona | Performer |
| Andrés Duque Bernal (Cine) | Barcelona | Cine |
| Angel Luis Vico Gandara | Coma-ruga(El Vendrell) | En Paro |
| Angela Peris Alcantud | Barcelona | Artes Escénicas |
| ANNA BATLLE I AMAT | GIRONA | ARTESANIA |
| Antic Teatre Espai de Creació | Barcelona | Artes Escénicas Contemporáneas Multidisciplinar |
| antonio ortinez diez | la bisbal girona | antiguedades |
| Ariadna Serrahima | Barcelona | Disseny grafic |
| Arnau Garcia Padro | Barcelona | Astroleg |
| ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL “LA VIRGEN-DESPACHO CULTURAL “ | BARCELONA | CULTURA LIBRE |
| BEATRIU DANIEL FERRER | BARCELONA | GESTIO ARTISTICA |
| BEATRIZ FERNANDEZ | BARCELONA | DANZA / COREÓGRAFA |
| Blanca Velez Duserm | La Bisbal d’Empordà | Cultura/Educación |
| brumaria | madrid / berkeley | arte / edición |
| Carles Vercher Ferrer | València | art |
| Carlos Pina Sales | Barcelona | Performance |
| Carlota Polo | Barcelona | art i educació |
| carlotta betbesé vilageliu | Barcelona | publicitat |
| chivi muñoz layunta | Barcelona | traductora |
| Clara Gari Aguilera | Camallera | Arte Contemporáneo |
| club8 difusió de la performance | Barcelona | Performance |
| Colectivo Las Santas | Barcelona | Danza |
| Colectivo Turismo | Barcelona | arts visuals / art sonor |
| Col·lectiu Stidna| | Barcelona | Art |
| Cristian Finoia | Udine/Italy | Theatre |
| Cristina Núñez Pradas | Barcelona | artes escénicas |
| Cristina Pastrana | Barcelona | disseny gràfic |
| Daniel G. Andújar | Barcelona | Artista Visual |
| Daniel García Antón | Barcelona | Producción audiovisual |
| david chevalier | barcelona | arte y educación |
| David Diaz | Barcelona | Internet |
| David Mallols Tomás | Barcelona | Artes Escénicas |
| David Martí Linares | Barcelona | Recerca |
| David Viaña | Barcelona | |
| Diana Gadish | Barcelona | Artes escénicas/performer |
| Eduard Martínez Piracés | Rubí | indefinido |
| EMMA AVILES THURLOW | BARCELONA | ACTIVISTA |
| Espacio Practico | Barcelona | Arte doméstico y autogestionado |
| Estela Palacio Montejo | Barcelona | digna |
| Esther Giberga | BARCELONA | MUSEOS |
| Eulàlia Rovira Solanas | Barcelona | arts visuals |
| Eva Cabré | Barcelona | Actriu |
| Eva Caro Marín | Valencia | Arte contemporáneo |
| Eva Legido Quigley | Castelldefels | Cultura |
| Eva Sans Ramos | Barcelona | Dinamitzadora i performer |
| Ezequiel Gallo | Barcelona | Musíca |
| Federic V Strate Pezdirc | A Coruña/Madrid/Londres | cine |
| Fermí Lorenzo | Barcelona | teatre |
| Fernando Laq | Barcelona | Retoque/Fotografía/Ilustración |
| Florenci Guntin Gurgui | Cabrils | arts visuals |
| Francesca Llopis. artista visual. presidenta de la www.uaav.org | Barcelona | artista visual y presidenta de la www.uaav.org |
| Francesco Russo | Barcelona | Gestor Cultural |
| Francisco Ruiz Montserrat | Barcelona | Arte |
| FURA (PILAR CERVERA RUEDA) | BADALONA | ARTISTA |
| G33G RECORDS | STª Mª DE MIRALLES | EDICION, DISTRIBUCIÓN, PRODUCCIÓN DISCOGRÁFICA. ORGANIZACIÓN DE CONCIERTOS Y MANAGEMENT. |
| Gabriel Sacasas | barcelona | Musica teatro |
| genaro morcillo lopez | ulea | parado |
| Guillem Fdz. de Villavicencio Maese | Barcelona | Músic |
| GUILLEM MONT DE PALOL | BARCELONA | ARTE |
| Imma Prieto | Girona-Barcelona | Crítica Art/ Docent |
| Inés Lambisto Castro | Hospitalet de Llobregat | Arts escèniques |
| Ingrid Guardiola/ UdG, UPF, CCCB, freelance | Barcelona | docencia y gestión cultural |
| Inmaculada Villa García | Barcelona | Técnicas pictóricas |
| Irene Molina Carmona | Barcelona | Intérprete |
| Irene Ruiz Perez | barcelona | estudianta |
| Isaac García Mainar | Barcelona | Audiovisual |
| Jaime Camara Peña | Barcelona | Comercial |
| Jaime Lopez Hernandez | Sant Andreu de la Barca | Pensionista |
| Jaume Ávila Estivill | Tarragona | Cinema |
| Jaume Ferrete Vazquez | Barcelona | Arte |
| Javier Cuevas // Caro Ceice | La Laguna, Tenerofe | Creación musical y escénica |
| javier martín | coruña | coreógrafo |
| Javier Vaquero Ollero | Barcelona | Danza |
| Jeroni Rodriguez | Barcelona | lliure |
| Jezabel Goudinoff | Barcelona | Educación |
| Joan Giral Armengol | Avinyonet de Puigventos | Docencia |
| joan yago garcía | Barcelona | Artes escénicas |
| Jonathan Bretos Elbaz | Barcelona | Art i educació |
| Jordi Balaguer Pujol | Barcelona | Cultura |
| Jordi Esteve Gracia | Barcelona | Traducción |
| Jordi Llamas Campoy | barcelona | cocinero |
| Jordi Rafael Diaz | Barcelona | Particular |
| jordi riera selas | martorell | educacion |
| jordi salvadó isern | barcelona | actividades sonoras |
| jorge dutor noguera | barcleona | artes escenicas contemporaneas |
| Jorge Luis Marzo Pérez | Barcelona | investigador privado |
| JOSÉ CASTAÑO GAT | BARCELONA | MUSICO – TECNICO DE SONIDO |
| Josep Pueyo Ros | Sarrià de Ter | Geògraf |
| juan navarro de castro | barcelona | teatro |
| Juan Pablo Caja Forteza | Barcelona | publicista |
| Julijan Tomic Fajdetic (Semolinika) | Barcelona | Teatro físico Multimedia |
| Kamen Nedev / Waiting for Cargo | Madrid | I break things |
| Kay Patru | amsterdam | Performing arts-artiste |
| L’Horitzó Dansa | Barcelona | Artes Escenicas |
| LA PODEROSA | Barcelona | artes escénicas |
| La Porta associació dansa independent de barcelona | barcelona | arts escèniques |
| Lali Álvarez Garriga | vilaür | escriptura / arts escèniques |
| Lali Álvarez Garriga | vilaür | escriptura / arts escèniques |
| Lídia | Vic | Internet |
| Lluís Nacenta | Barcelona | musicòleg i comissari |
| loscorderos.sc | Vallgorguina | Artes Escénicas |
| Lúa Coderch | Barcelona | arts visuals i sonores |
| Lucas Mesalles | Barcelona | Estudiante |
| luisa ortinez diez | barcelona | comisariado arte contemporaneo |
| M. Antònia Ferragut Carreño | Calvià | gestora cultural de la adminsitración local |
| Malena Sessano Goenaga | Valencia | Cultura |
| Manuel Moreno Romero | Barcelona | Dibujante y pintor |
| Mara E. Martínez Morant | Barcelona | Educación |
| Marc Prades | Barcelona | Edició |
| Marc Torres Ciuró | Barcelona | Arts plàstiques |
| Marc Trias | Barcelona | Músico |
| marcel borràs hernández | barcelona | actor |
| Maria Cosmes Román | Barcelona | Artista |
| Marina Lopez Planella | Barcelona | Públic |
| marTa 10 | bcn | alternativo |
| Marta Capdevila Felipe | Barcelona | Editorial |
| Marta Cazorla Rodríguez | El Prat de Llobregat | Estudiant i treballadora precària |
| Marta Miquel Iriarte | Barcelona | Investigacion |
| Marta Sureda | Girona | profesora/investigadora |
| Mercè Moreno Tarrés | Barcelona | Gestió cultural |
| mercedes pelacals olea | barcelona | CAJERA |
| Mercedes Pino López | Málaga | Artes Plásticas |
| Miquel Barcelona Palau | Barcelona | creador emergent |
| Miquel Marti freixas -Blogs&Docs | Barcelona | Cine, audiovisual |
| MIREIA BOU BLANCO | Girona | Educadora Social |
| Miriam Marcet Farreny | Barcelona | arts escèniques |
| Montse Romaní | Barcelona | Arts Visuals |
| Montserrat Cosidó Soley | Barcelona | Art i educació |
| Montserrat Moliner | Flaça, Girona | artes visuales |
| NATALIA BALSEIRO RODRIGUEZ | a coruña | gestion cultural |
| natalia casanovas bausili | girona | udg |
| Nerea Garmendia | Barcelona | Gestió Cultural |
| Núria Guell Serra | Vidreres | artista |
| nuria pau vallverdu | barcelona | educacion |
| Oriol Fontdevila | Barcelona | crítica d’art i comissariat |
| Orlando Fernández | Gijón | Cultura |
| Oscar Abril Ascaso | Barcelona | Producción cultural |
| Oscar Merino | barcelona | arte |
| Pablo Gisbert Donat | Barcelona | Musical |
| Pep Fargas | Olot | Gestió Cultural |
| Pere de la Fuente i Collell | Barcelona | Ensenyament |
| pere faura gay | barcelona | performance |
| Pia Mazuela | Barcelona | Artes Escenicas |
| Projecte Margot | Barcelona | Artes escénicas |
| Rafa Gómez López | Sant Joan Despí/Barcelona | Music |
| Rafel Forga Artigas | Barcelona | Artes Plásticas |
| RAI ART | Barcelona | espai de creació |
| Raimundo Ayuso Pérez | Barcelona | Edición |
| Raquel Cupull Delclós | Castelldefels | Estudiante |
| Raquel Labrador Cuéllar | Barcelona | Arte |
| Raquel Loscos López | Barcelona | radio i teatre |
| Reyes Pérez – Pujazón Millán | Barcelona | Artística |
| Ricardo Corduente Abad | Barcelona | En paro |
| Rocio Berenguer / Creaciones inpulso | Barcelona | Arte |
| Rocío Cabezas Manzano | Barcelona | Artes escénicas |
| roger sala reyner | mataro | artista |
| Rubén Martínez Moreno | Barcelona | Investigación en cultura |
| Rubén Ramos Nogueira / Director de TEATRON | Barcelona | Arts vives |
| Sabel Gavaldon | Barcelona | Arts visuals |
| sabel gavaldon | Barcelona | Arts visuals |
| sasha agranov | barcelona | musico |
| silvia genoves parrondo | barcelona | artista visual |
| Simon Williams | Barcelona | Musico |
| Sofía Asencio/ Societat Doctor Alonso / Cèl·lula-Pontós | Pontós | Arte |
| Sons de Barcelona | Barcelon | Pedagogia / So |
| Sons de Barcelona | Barcelona | Pedagogia / So |
| Sua Urana | Barcelona | Artes Escenicas |
| Tanya Beyeler | Barcelona | theatermaker |
| Té a tres, S.C. | Costitx – Mallorca | Teatre |
| Telmo Moreno Lanaspa | BCN | Docent |
| teresa garriga vilar | barcelona | jubilada |
| TIAGO OLIVERIO | Barcelona | ARTES |
| Tjasa Kancler | Barcelona | Arte |
| toni crabb | barcelona | artista |
| Toni Gonzalez | Barcelona | Consultor cultura |
| Tracy Sirés Neal | Barcelona | Gestió Cultural |
| Txalo Toloza Fernández | Barcelona | Videasta y ciudadano |
| Valentín Roma Serrano | Barcelona | Historiador del arte y profesor de Estética |
| víctor sunyol | vic | literatura |
| virginia sánchez | barcelona | atur |
| Xarxaprod | Catalunya | Producció Arts Visuals |
| Xavier Antich | Barcelona | professor universitat |
| xavier ramon nuin | Lleida | estudiante |
| Xus García | Mallorca | Profesional de dansa contempóranea |
| Yaiza Hernandez | Barcelona | Investigadora |
| Yolanda Diaz | BCN | actriu |
