A press conference was held at the Teatro Valle in Rome on 18 September 2013 to present the first foundation for the common good in Italy: Fondazione Teatro Valle Bene Comune – created by the occupants of the Teatro Valle Occupato. Enrica Flores d'Arcais, Head of Business Development and Communications at ECF, spoke during the event.
Read MoreFifth ECF Princess Margriet Award laudation for Lia & Dan Perjovschi
Duke University Professor of Art Kristine Stiles, who has worked with the Perjovschis for the past 20 years, introduced the couple at the fifth ECF Princess Margriet Award ceremony.
Read MoreFifth ECF Princess Margriet Award Jury statement
Read fifth ECF Princess Margriet Award's jury statement.
Read MoreFourth ECF Princess Margriet Award Laudation
Jury member Jan Dibbets praised Akomfrah's film oeuvre - begun so spectacularly with the groundbreaking Handsworth Songs - for having cast an honest eye on Europe's migrants. He also praised Esche, Director of Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum, for expanding our ideas of what a museum can be, and proving that culture is a living system of values that is forever changing as we enter into conversation with it.
Read MoreFourth ECF Princess Margriet Award annual address
The prestigious annual public award ceremony was hosted by ECF’s Director Katherine Watson and was attended by HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium and ECF’s President HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. Read Princess Laurentien's opening speech.
Read MoreThird ECF Princess Margriet Award speech by Charles Esche
Guest speaker Charles Esche, Director of the Van Abbemuseum, identified good artists as being 'social seismographs' whose work reveals how we can live together, free of fear.
Read MoreThird ECF Princess Margriet Award annual address
In the annual address, HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands address, noted, "we must acknowledge diversity, and do so in all honesty." She praised the laureates for helping us to arrive at a better understanding of our own complexity so that we fear the complexity of other people and cultures less. Guest speaker Charles Esche, Director of the Van Abbemuseum, identified good artists as being 'social seismographs' whose work reveals how we can live together, free of fear.
Read MoreBorka Pavićević's acceptance speech
Read the award acceptance speech of third ECF Princess Margriet Award laureate Borka Pavićević. As the Director of Belgrade’s Centre for Cultural Decontamination, Pavićević has continued to sustain public discourse under truly difficult conditions. She has devoted her career to all art forms, and particularly theatre as a podium for debate and public expression that acts against intolerance and cultural homogenisation.
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