These days the mets are soprano chiara trying to launch tends to look at manhattan from a distance. Be like the city her job came to a standstill because of the covert 19 pandemic she cant wait to get back to broadway where a dream come true she scored several roles in the musical the girl from the North Country which premiered on march 5th before having to close just a week later. Reluctant to her it was the middle of her soul we had a single up a copy cup on the table you know everything was still there so i got to go back there about a month ago to collect some things i still have things in the theatre some pictures and belongings and hopes that you know will be back in january. The critics describe their production which features bob dylans music as a stalling success. When the audience gets to see it again the themes are likely to feel more relevant than ever even though the musical is set during the Great Depression of the 19th s. He says its just about getting through some really tough times so i think that the play will resonate resonate very well there after everything weve been there was new yorks usually bustling cultural district has never been so quiet by the time theaters reopened in january 2021 the city will have survived 9 months without live musicals operas and plays its hard to recognize the city that never sleeps. Even though the lockdown has been lifted new york is traumatized by what it has gone through not long ago it was the us as covert 98710 and there is worrying news from the rest of the country where the number of cases continues to rise. Theres not much happening either in manhattans gallery district chelsea locals who could afford it fled from the city weeks ago the lucky ones have 2nd homes those who stayed have other worries than going to our chance life also changed overnight for colorist Alexander Gray the most challenging. Of the front end was just not knowing and here we are 6 months later and it feels like weve moved from fear to function. But functioning with a completely unknown side of whats her. But he says that the pandemic has also come with some positives 2 being on the plane every week jumping from art fair to art fair not knowing what continent i was on what art fair i was showing up for. The art world of the art market had just reached this but lost city that was not sustainable so with that with the cold. Crosses over things the silver line move has been. Torn to reflect. This have also had time to reflect time to reflect upon how theyre going to get by in the next few months maybe even use how theyre going to pay the rent since there isnt much help from the state a group of nonprofits which often support artistic projects have joined together to set up an artistic Relief Initiative theyre giving out grants of 5000. 00 to those who need it most. Creative capital is one of the organizations providing support. I dont think people realize that in this country just 2400000 artists working full time theres an additional 1200000 working part time how do you contribute to the sector the last of we have experienced because of covert at this to destroy this state is over 50000000000. 00 thats what the Creative Sector contributes to the United States but when we were talking about relief efforts from the federal standpoint the arts were not included and far none of the artists and thats where our role became even more critical how do we understand that how do we understand the dire needs of artists and particularly artists who are so dependent on the gig economy and theyre going from gig to gig and when all of that stuff theres no shows theres no concerts theres no book to film festivals all of that stuff that means also that their income. The sad reality is that 95 percent of the countries have lost at least part of their income and 62 percent are no longer earning a living from it. And the museums are also suffering the mission to publish in one of the most famous in the world is expected to lose 150000000. 00 by the end of the year. That it has an endowment of 3500000000. 00 they were always strictures as to how the funds can be spent its the donors and sponsors who decide. To make it was supposed to be celebrating its 150th anniversary this year but cova 19. Luckily its set to reopen at the end of august but its directed doubts that theyll be seeing the 7400000 annual visits his who used to come any time soon. And follows a veto flow in the 1st phase of reopening and i would say that will be the 1st year we wont have the same number of visitors at all. Im guessing 4000000 perhaps. A 3rd of our visitors come from abroad with me thats linked to new york as a tourism magnet. But i dont believe were going to have a tourism revival until a vaccine is really found before and. This is New York New York will have some tourism of course but it will be much more local. Because it will probably take 2 or 3 years until were back to where we were. At on. This is perhaps a minor issue compared to what is happening in the country at large people have been protesting for weeks against Police Violence and racism. The pandemic has served to exacerbate the social economic differences between whites and black americans in a very divided country africanamericans are 3 times more likely to contract the coronavirus and twice as likely to die of code 19 than white u. S. Citizen going to. The. New yorks modern Dance Company the elden ailey American Dance theater has always been interested in reflecting the black American Experience and its works patients for them to. Kovac 19 has put an end to Live Performances troops in trying to get out so the dancer and choreographer hope boy can created a new show for an online audience whats going on in our world right now. Is a microscope is on it and a microscope will will continue to be on on leaders who lead with leaders who lead with mistrust you know this is what they call it were right now there are groups of people who like hate as a melody they like anger is a melody they like certain things that theyre hearing now as to melody and they keep saying those things over and over again. And soon i hope there will be a different melody thats played. And when our hearts break we dont. Need to. Say we dont. Know Hennis Bergen in june of 2020 with his camera photographer. Captures what coleridge 19 is meant for the people in his township this is in march the South African government reacted to the looming sandy make with a stringent lockdown that had dramatic consequences for much of the population. And to the people will do what any given legs us in the days to blog. About that you will be. Your hardly anyone here and so we tow has a study job or a regular income. The walk down restrictions have since been eased despite the surge in corona infections. Which were the flu this time and i want to use that experience i want people. To. To get the few moved the people who feel real and so we had to do with giving the day experience was tutoring could 90. When he began his project didnt have a work permit. What he could do was drive his mother to work he shot his photos through the car window so the soldiers on patrol couldnt see him. Going to. Work on a building and hes continued using this procedure even though social distancing isnt suited to usual ways of working or the harsh realities of life and the townships. To new. York to do. All these trash collectors come from the south but now none of them can return home to their family must go who are going to have to go because normally spends a lot of time with the people he photographs but due to corona thats not possible for you or its a good thing to go to because you know no go for a few moments of it doesnt it has a lot to do. With well also is it wouldnt you work there i. Mean he is a successful photographer but hes still firmly rooted in his township the people here know and trust him. I want i thought of this project exactly. To do have been looked at you. With more interest that indicative of the issue and one of the quote from going to be really is a lot of people going to school and some of them with all school to buy them a lot of weight and that made me too pushy about all this awful talk before. And so i decided to do an online exhibition and with my new rig from the sleeves if i had to buy food for. If people not have worked with and other people who are needed from this coming to juggle loni is paying a visit to his mother his siblings and their families live here too in just 2 rooms. Maintaining a safe distance or quarantining is impossible in Housing Estates like this which date from the apartheid era. Do you get to realize that. We still living and you know the lot of programs that we were created but they havent changed even to the student 5 years later they havent changed theyre making preparations for the Online Charity auction you want these 2 and also this one captures like their marriage of the last day or 2 are called it is and it reflects depressive and i so kind of what people are feeling almost this is an astro. Minis photo series the every day waiting is being shown at the London Branch of the goodman gallery. Full of people you know we contributed to his and we were him to do and develop as he stepped me to pursue maturing photography so much i do photography has always been helping the community that i come from and vis time give me that which you need to come back into q 3 and. Weve already used up our savings and i cant go back home. Other family members couldnt come to attend the funeral which is unusual in our culture. Jabulani de la meany is represented by the renowned goodman gallery. But even south africas normally booming. Art scene has been impacted by the corona crisis no art fairs are being held no exhibitions either so there are no visitors even producing art is harder. It has affected movement it has affected how much is create because some artists. Cannot have access to get studios nothing is coming inside the country so getting material its difficult so showing solidarity is vital galleries are supporting their artists who are in turn donating works to benefit auctions the art scene is helping itself government you have to wait for police and in its times you have to move in order to make sure that South African in this to survive. Many dreamed of flying to london for the opening of his show there. Instead hes driving to an ngo and so we tow to distribute food to needy children. Schools here were closed for almost 3 months so children didnt receive any school meals. Now some pupils have returned to school. For many youngsters whose parents now have no work this is often their only meal of the day. I dont know if the government will come so what happened promising people that youre going to food and then Peter Edelman out of places then peter a lot of them. Havent received any food parcels yet. So i mean this is this is not is the fear that we need to not wait for government we need to initiate we need to take initiatives and give big. Travel money donated his time long before the pandemic since 2016 hes been giving photography classes to young people as part of a project to combat high youth unemployment. Attending causing church while is one of his students now he too hopes to capture the effect of covert 19 on his environment attending causes family runs a tavern due to south africas alcohol ban it must stay shut yet people still need somewhere to talk for instance about violence against women which has increased during the lockdown if only if could could we could. We are told it is also going to face up a motion of exchanges you know some people come here to a village but also things. South africa has more covert cases than any other african country people here live in fear of contracting corona virus and of the catastrophic economic aftermath the photo project helps everyone involved to express these feelings. So i think it is that isolation. I mean from the get go. Really. Focus on the path towards. Them not being here. So my approach is to encourage you know because of it their own Life Experiences that shapes our b. C. Feelings so my role is just to create their profile. Via downtown yohannes bird he makes the 20 kilometer trip back to so leto. Back to where his career began as a street photographer who documented important events on his neighbors behalf. For me and for her to feel this if you like you have changed it can influence change we use photography as a starting point to look at those photographs then we start from living one to 2 is problems sanitation schools housing just to mention few we have a lot of problems i dont believe that we need to start looking up with. Any views his involvement as whod been to some. Africas philosophy of showing humanity towards others and one of the ways to show just giving back to communities or to working with the 1st one is to cooperate and also took you in terms of. The prince of course of action the people that need to be collectible the work that weve created thats not just like you know there were. Also no doesnt have the will of us to say look at where theres a color you could get all of one and i got a call on our knowledge. Summer in berlin co that 1000 put the brakes on this city now cultural life is gradually steering again but under strict hygiene regulations in movie theaters and museums. The pandemic has also prompted germanys principal cultural institutions to try a new path depression postural Heritage Foundation has for the very 1st time open the rooftops of the bodum museum and theyre free to expand our church for a project together with berlin clubs. D. J. s play their sets against a backdrop of historical treasures. Event organizer and co initiator mightiest 2nd at hopes the concept will spawn a series of videos for digital platform. Devastation if all this is absolutely an attempt to launch something new in the midst of the corona lockdown we are going to unlock them at present the agency is making a 0 revenues but still has Monthly Expenses so of course we hope these productions will eventually bring something in so we can make ends meet. Burlesons nightlife has been especially hard hit except for open air then. Pubs and bars are allowed to reopen now but the clubs have been under lockdown since mid march no concerts no dancing no all night partying one of them is that they delayed the government has responded to these financial hardships with another perspective aid package worth millions of euros but theres a critical issue here are clubs just intertainment venues or also cultural ones the state a depends on the answer. And were not making any money on our own or not much anyway and we have to stay closed for quite a long time. Thats the Economic Disaster about my method to get a 3 point lead now i do get the impression that the state has realized that cultural venues are doing really really badly when its for movies and personally i dont see much difference between an opera house and a club they just deal with different styles of music the big difference between the venues is that we normally finance Everything Else selves. Until recently techno without the club would have been unthinkable a year ago at age 18 was making a name for himself as a promising newcomer on the techno scene he was on the verge of an International Breakthrough now he said work on new musical concepts meant more for listening than dancing. Tracks if i were to arrange a track for a club now it would have a long intro and a long outro so it would be easy for the d. J. To mix. In on the tracks ive been producing these days are generally a lot shorter. But you have to try to create music that will hold onto its value even after this all blows over. For lynne without its clubs would just not be the same back when distance had a very different meaning luca act put out his 1st track digital distant. Now hes dealing with the dilemma of the music scene that no longer happens live but only through digital platforms. And appearance and your corona crisis conditions with over 35000000 views united we stream is currently one of the internets biggest streaming platforms. No pay no audience just camera. So we keep a distance from things that used to be totally normal for us but even made up our lives so thats kind of the fact that no festivals or clubs are happening this year means that the only medium a performer can use to gain recognition is a digital one and. Of course i can play some live streamed but so can 10000 others. Even so for now streams are helping performers establish a presence and keeping the clubs afloat. Now that crowdfunding united we stream project is networks the world over from detroit to singapore over 1500 performances have been staged in 4 months and a good half 1000000 euros in donations collected in berlin alone its an initiative of club commissioned berlin. Yeah i think the question of how much do clubs are in danger right now is also a question of how long theyre going to be shut down i think right now were monitoring this very well but you know. The big long way to go to a dark downstairs Basement Club with where people are packed we are aware of it but we also have to. Remember everybody that we have probably the toughest time. But the clubs will hardly be able to survive long term on state aid in private donations and they wont be able to reopen safely until the pandemic has passed. Until it is working under the motto to think of leaving and holding on thats the crowdfunding platform the club uses for streaming twice a week around 100 euros is donated her thats not enough. Of something unfamiliar sure you can pull quite a few things off just with technology recordings of concerts and so on. But if youre a club appraiser through and through it just doesnt work without the people and we run this club because we love the music and we love to see how people react means he meant when youve got people in the club and they start screaming because they love the music and the ambiance we still get goosebumps and weve been doing this for over 20 years now and the whole. Clubs have made up an essential part of its cultural life since the 1990 s. And now their survival is at stake. Or want to have almost the round us theres a lot of despair thats true but were event managers were the ones who keep the creativity flowing and assess it is often the mother of invention of course we wont know till much later if what we come up with now is just as good or as profitable but it will be something new about what north and stay in. For now hopes are for a long warm summer allowing for lots of the best in the open air. Dream cities 3 stories life in times of corona that was 21 for this week see you soon. The funny. Feeling. Automatons made by the cross was no spring to love. Them metal hearts click into action wide wide with one on the reckless mechanics creator of great poetry. The romantics. Next on t. W. Be in good shape. Theres no cure for a child. Thats how can one lead to normal life with a potentially deadly virus they are working on a vaccine better therapeutic drugs. 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Lavender as far as the eye can see but how can you capture this is beautiful and single photograph well find out later on in the show hello and welcome to another exciting edition of your remarks im your host meghan lee heres a look at what else weve got coming up on the program