[microsound-announce] Instant Chavires

[Kim Cascone]

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>     Suspended Instants
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> On Thursday July 2nd 2009 we were shocked to learn that the balance of 
> the operational subsidy allocated to our Association by the General 
> Council of the Seine-Saint-Denis Department had been slashed by no 
> less than 25,000€ – a drop of more of 19%. This in addition to a 
> 7,000€ cut in our municipal subsidy (at the beginning of the year, the 
> town of Montreuil had announced a reduction of 15,000€, 7000€ being 
> the amount eventually decided upon by the end of June). This means 
> that we have lost 32,000€ in 2009.
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> The lack of funding has forced us to cancel our Autumn season of 
> concerts, video projections and exhibitions, in its entirety. Even 
> maintaining a strict minimum of programmed events would lead to a 
> budgetary deficit that we simply could not contemplate.
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> We have serious questions regarding how the Council reached its 
> decision, and what factors might have influenced it in so doing, and 
> to date do not know on what opinions or analyses the said decision was 
> based. We also deplore that the decision was taken so late.
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> It would seem that the Department has deliberately adopted a policy 
> designed to weaken our Association, resulting in a slow asphyxiation 
> that will put the entire future of the Instants Chavirés in jeopardy. 
> How are we to plan for a 2010 season in such conditions?
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> "Art must be where it's indispensible, which means everywhere" - 
> Claude Lévêque, artist
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> We maintain that an intermediary cultural space like the Instants 
> Chavirés is an essential complement to existing institutions, and that 
> it has made a major contribution to the diversity of the cultural 
> offer, playing an essential role in discovering and promoting art for 
> over 18 years.
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> Does the Seine-Saint-Denis Department still have the political will to 
> maintain an internationally acclaimed artspace dedicated to 
> contemporary creation, however modest it may be?
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> We demand the setting up of a round table with all our institutional 
> partners to rehabilitate a relation which is clearly deteriorating. It 
> is essential to redefine the financial framework together, regarding 
> the unique nature of our artistic commitment as well as our 
> geographical and structural specificity.
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> We urge you then to sign the online petition 
> (*http://instants.mollo.fr*), and write to Claude Bartolone, President 
> of the General Council of Seine-Saint-Denis, and / or to the Mayor of 
> Montreuil, Dominique Voynet, to inform them of what the Instants 
> Chavirés represents in the local, national and international cultural 
> landscape, and express your own commitment to the lasting nature of 
> this project.
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> You can address your correspondence directly to us at the following 
> email address *soutiens at instantschavires.com 
> <mailto:soutiens at instantschavires.com>*, or by regular mail to 
> Instants Chavirés, 7 Rue Richard Lenoir 93100 Montreuil - France. We 
> undertake to forward it to the parties concerned.
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> Please circulate this communiqué as widely as you can, amongst 
> everyone you know. Thank you.
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> Association Muzziques – les Instants Chavirés
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>     PÉTITION ON LINE
>     http://instants.mollo.fr
>     THANK YOU
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