On 8 November 2024 Aura of Puppets is hosting a seminar on current and future strategies for sustainability in the performing arts. The seminar takes place during Turku International Puppetry Festival.
The event is also live streamed and can be attended via IMPULSE! -project’s Youtube.

The event will approach this theme from the perspective of international festivals that host performing artists. The focus is on what is happening in-between the events we call festivals; what kind of collaboration is needed to build long-term collaboration between artists and organisations. How to make space for projects that enable social impact beyond the spectacle?

At the start of the seminar, project coordinator Jesper Dolgov will provide an overview of the IMPULSE! initiative and introduce the soon-to-be-published handbook on sustainable touring, which is part of the project. The seminar will then explore the theme of broadening the impact of festival collaboration, featuring invited speakers Hanna Parry, Artistic Director of the Baltic Circle Festival (Helsinki, Finland), and Anni Sundbacka, Managing Director of the New Performance Turku Biennale. Following these introductions, there will be an open discussion session for all participants, facilitated by TIP-Fest Artistic Curator Ishmael Falke.

Time: Friday 8 November 2024 at 15:00–17:00 EET
Place: Tehdas Theatre, Itäinen Rantakatu 64, Turku

Free entry
Read more on IMPULSE! – New Focus on Puppetry and Visual Theatre project website