"Flemish Culture today and tomorrow: the foreign policy of our arts""Be 29. Be Flemish. And love it. Think out loud. Talk the talk. Of arts and culture. And Flanders abroad. Tell tales. Of a new generation. Of writers and think-ers and do-ers. Be an actor. Be a manager. Be a diplomate. So write and think and do. And get the word out. That our art is our product. The economics of "Cultuur". How romantic a manifest can be.
I guess romance is our middle name." (S.C.)For the promotion of young Flemish artists abroad! Art, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cinema, Fashion, Architecture... Flanders has held an avant-garde position on the global contemporary scene for years. Most of this has been made possible by private initiative only. Flanders holds only ONE cultural centre in another country: "De Brakke Grond" in Amsterdam. "Thanks" to the communal seperation of our country, not one Belgian embassy in the world can today present a cultural department. With the coming of "Flanders House New York", a first brick has been laid to hopefully construct a road to international recognition. Our government MUST invest in a foreign cultural policy plan that helps young artists broaden their world-wide networks. Many Belgian/Flemish companies abroad would be more than interested in investing in their own young art scene. After all, next to our beer, chocolate, technology and endives, couldn't our culture be among our top export products?[LOVEMYFLASH]
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