Open letter: Budgets are politics cast in figures

Cultural advisors from the province of Tyrol demand the maintenance of discretionary spending in the province’s cultural budget to prevent the insidious demise of cultural diversity!

Following the budget for 2024 presented by the Tyrolean state government on 14 November 2023, the cultural advisory boards of the state of Tyrol wrote an open letter drawing attention to the precarious situation of the independent scene; pleading once again for an annual indexation of discretionary expenditure in order to cushion ongoing inflation in the independent scene.

Signed by members of the Cultural Advisory Board for Visual Arts and Architecture, the Cultural Advisory Board for Literature, Performing Arts and Film, the Cultural Advisory Board for Music, and the Cultural Advisory Board for Cultural Initiatives.

Read full statement here (in German)