T E X – Finnish Theatre Exports Project

Q-teatteri & Baltic Circle Theatre Festival, Theatre Centre, Produforum and their partner Finnish Theatre Information Centre present:
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T E X

• makes Finnish theatre better known overseas
  
• increases the demand for Finnish theatre
  
• provides international, hands-on mentoring training for producers
  
• organizes seminars that explore cultural export and enhance cultural export training
  
• produces Finnish theatre showcases abroad in co-operation with Finnish cultural institutes
  
• creates theatre production export models that are suitable for Finland
  
• started in autumn 2009 and ends in autumn 2010
• is supported by the Ministry of Education - Cultural Exports Division

Jukka Hytti
Project Manager
TEX - Finnish Theatre Exports Project
jukka.hytti(at)Q-teatteri.fi
 

TEX NEWS June 2010

Simply put: We were looking for partners and co-producers who might have been interested in showing top Finnish theatre on their stages and venues 2010-11. Unfortunately this pilot project was funded only for one year. Thank you for your interest. Please note the next international BALTIC CIRCLE theatre festival 17.-21.11.2010. See you there?
  

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T E X – Finnish Theatre Exports Project

Teatteriesitysviennin pilottihanke. Tuottajien mentorointia.

T E X

• vahvistaa suomalaisen teatterin kansainvälistä tunnettavuutta ja kysyntää
  
• luo Suomen oloihin soveltuvia teatteriviennin malleja
  
• on käytännönläheistä kansainvälistä tuottajien mentorointia
• avustaa ulkomaille kutsuttuja teattereita rahoitusjärjestelyissä
• tuottaa suomalaisen teatterin katselmuksia Suomessa ja ulkomailla
• tarjoaa teknistä ja promootiotukea ulkomailla vieraileville suomalaisteattereille
• järjestää kulttuurivientiä tutkivia ja alan koulutusta vahvistavia seminaareja
  
• käynnistyi syksyllä 2009 ja päättyy elokuussa 2010

UUTISIA KESÄKUU 2010

Valitettavasti hanke jäi vain yksivuotiseksi kokeiluksi. TEX-hanke etsi aktiivisesti ulkomaisia yhteistyökumppaneita ja osatuottajia ja tiedotti suomalaisen teatterin tuoreimmista suuntauksista yhteistyössä ulkomailla toimivien Suomen kulttuuri-instituuttien kanssa. Esitysviennin kärkihanketta tuki Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön kulttuurivientiyksikkö.

Hankkeen taustavoimina olivat Q-teatteri / Baltic Circle, Teatterikeskus ja Produforum yhteistyössä Teatterin tiedotuskeskuksen kanssa.

Jukka Hytti
Project Manager
TEX – Finnish Theatre Exports Project
jukka.hytti(at)Q-teatteri.fi

TOIMINTAKERTOMUS 2009

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Production as a Product – kansainvälinen TEX-vientihankkeen KICK-OFF seminaari

Aika: Perjantaina 20.11.2009 klo 13:00
Paikka: Universum / Baltic Circlen festivaali-lounge, Perämiehenkatu 13

Seminaari on suomalaisten ja ulkomaisten ammattituottajien kansainvälinen kohtaamispaikka. Viisi alan ulkomaista tuottajaa ja festivaalijohtajaa esittelee työtään kansainvälisissä yhteistuotannoissa. Seminaari käynnistää TEX-teatterivientihankkeen, jonka taustalla vaikuttavat Q-teatteri / Baltic Circle, Teatterikeskus ja Produforum yhteistyössä Teatterin tiedotuskeskuksen kanssa.

Seminaariaikataulu – pienet muutokset mahdollisia:

Osa 1 – yleinen
13:00 Jukka Hytti, Suomi (TEX-hanke) – seminaarin avaus ja TEX-esittely
13:10 Eva Hartmann, Saksa (Gob Squad -teatteriryhmä)
13:25 Milan Lučić, Serbia (Dom Omladine -kulttuurikeskus)
13:40 Nika Garkalina, Venäjä (SounDrama -teatteriryhmä)
13:55 Sven Birkeland, Norja (BIT-teatergarasjen, Meteor-festivaali)
14:10 Priit Raud, Viro (Baltoscandal-festivaali, Kanuti Gildi Saal -näyttämö)

Osa 2 – ryhmätyöt
14:25 tauko – jakautuminen viiteen pienryhmään (kutsutut osanottajat)
14:40 pienryhmätyöskentelyä (omat aikataulut)

International KICK-OFF seminar of cultural exports

Friday 20.11.2009 at 13:00-15:30, Universum, Helsinki
(part of the international Baltic Circle theatre festival program)

Seminar is for professional producers, arts managers and cultural managers, with a maximum 25 participants.  Seminar part one consists of five short (10–15 min.) introductions / key speakers’ point of views into co-productions, curator’s work, promotion, funding/fund-raising, touring and programming. Seminar part two will happen in smaller groups (5 groups, each led by one key speaker).

The seminar schedule is:
Part one (public)
13:00 Jukka Hytti, FIN (TEX project) – opening the seminar
13:10 Eva Hartmann, GER/GBR (Gob Squad)
13:25 Milan Lučić, SER (Dom Omladine)
13:40 Nika Garkalina, RUS (SounDrama)
13:55 Sven Birkeland, NOR (BIT-teatergarasjen, Meteor-festival)
14:10 Priit Raud, EST (Baltoscandal-festival, Kanuti Gildi Saal)
Part two (private)
14:25 break – gathering to small working groups (invitation only)
14:40 group works (own scheduling)

The organizer of the seminar is TEX – Finnish Theatre Exports Project
in co-operation with Baltic Circle theatre festival.

Theatre FESTIVALS IN TRANSITION (FIT)

MOBILE LAB OF THEATRE AND

COMMUNICATION

An initiative of ten European theatre festivals

Ten European festivals focusing on contemporary theatre creation have come together to create a travelling laboratory to explore, develop and test drive innovative practices of discourse, critical writing and communication between artists, programmers and audiences in response to contemporary performance.

We face the fact that much of contemporary art, and more specifically contemporary theatre and performance is not regarded as part of the public discourse within European and local cultures. On the one hand, the audience often has preconceptions about the elitist character of contemporary theatre and is afraid of “not understanding anything”. On the other hand, there is a paucity of language to engage with and communicate a contemporary theatre practice to a wider audience because journalists and theatre critics do not have the tools can find it difficult to follow and adapt to the fast development of new theatre forms. MOBILE LAB FOR THEATRE AND COMMUNICATION proposes that given the theatre is a communicative art form it contains the possibilities to re-enforce a dialogue between artists, programmers and audiences in response to contemporary artistic expression.

The objectives of this initiative are
• to promote the creation of contemporary performance with a special focus on the communicative aspect of theatre
• to search for the tools to re-enforce a bridge of understanding and dialogue between artists and audiences
• to encourage a wider discussion on contemporary performing arts and their discursive potential, creating a space for critical reflection from the audience
• to develop a new generation of skilled journalists and theatre critics who can engage with the language of contemporary performance and are internationally competent
• to activate the involvement of local and national media in reflecting performing arts and reinstalling contemporary art in the public discourse.

Through carefully developed artistic programmes, public discussions, collaborations with the media and Mobile Lab workshop programmes for young theatre critics and writers, the project aims to facilitate a deeper and more wide ranging communication around contemporary art to a wider audience.

The festivals of the FIT network:
Baltic Circle, Helsinki, Finland
Baltoscandal
Divadelna Nitra
Exodos
Homo Alibi
Krakow Theatre Reminiscences
LIFT
Sirenos
SPIELART
4 x4 Days in Motion

The network Theatre FESTIVALS IN TRANSITION (FIT) was founded in 2005. Between 2005 and 2006 FIT organised a series of contemporary theatre projects and highly regarded symposia on ‘festival policy’, which took place at the network festivals.

The notes of the symposia can be found at www.theatre-fit.org. The summary Theatre festivals – why? can be ordered also from info@spielmotor.de.