4. Corona virus has the world in a stranglehold what impact has it had on artists and art institutions worldwide how is johannesburg dealing with the pandemic. Will the club scene in berlin survive. 21 went to 3 major cities to find out more our 1st stop was new york. These days the met so soprano chiara trying to launch tends to look at manhattan from a distance. Be like the city had 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. We left in a hurry it was the middle of her soul we had to think up a coffee cup on the table you know everything was still there. So i got to go back there about a month ago to collect something i still have things in the theatre some pictures and belongings and hopes that you know ill be back in january was. 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 ninetys fashion house its just about getting through some really tough times so i think that the play will resonate resonate very well after after everything weve been there. Was new yorks usually bursting cultural district has never been so quiet by the time theaters reopened in january 2021 the city will have survived 9 months without large 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 u. S. Has posted 19 epicenter 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 art shows life also changed overnight for colorist Alexander Gray the most challenging. Of the front and it was just not. Knowing and here we are 6 months later and it feels like weve moved from fear to function and but functioning with a completely unknown side of whats her. But he says that the pandemic has also come with some positives 2 2 being on a 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 the art world the art market had just reached this but lost city that was not sustainable so with that with the coated crisis hitting and everything stopping the Silver Lining has been ive had time to reflect. Artists have also had time to reflect time to reflect upon how theyre going to get by in the next few months maybe even years 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 did contribute to this sector the last of we have experienced because of covert. 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 a federal standpoint our sort out 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 particularly artists who are so dependent on the gig economy its theyre going from gig to gig and when all of that stuff theres no shows theres no concerts theres no book tour is you know theres a film festivals all of that stuff that means also that. The sad reality is that 95 percent of the countries have lost at least part of their income and 62 percent and no longer earning a living from it. And the museums are also suffering the metropolitan 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 3. 5 1000000000. 00 they were always struction is as to how the funds can be spent its the tone is and sponsors who decide. To make it was supposed to be celebrating its 150th anniversary this year but covert 19. Its set to reopen at the end of august but its directed doubts that theyll be seeing the 7400000. 00 annual visitors who used to come any time soon. 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. 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 6. 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 covert 19 than white u. S. Citizen. The. New yorks modern Dance Company the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has always been interested in reflecting the black American Experience and its works. For them to cope with 19 has put an end to Live Performances for its trying to so that 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 continue to be on on leaders who lead with leaders who lead with mistrust you know this is what they call it here 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 their 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. We just say we dont. Know Hennis Bergen in june of 2020 with his camera photographer lonnie de la mina captures what colin 1000 is meant for the people in his township so in march the south african government reacted to the looming hand demick with a strange and lockdown that had dramatic consequences for much of the population. Helpful to let a nigga to lay excessively daisy developed at. The age and im going to let that go it will be like your hardly anyone here and so we tow has a steady job or a regular income. To lock down restrictions have since been eased despite the surge in corona infections. Which will cause the flu this time you know one to freeze that experience i want people even in his lead to to get the feeling move the people who feel real and so we had to do with living the daily experiences during quick 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. You know its not a good look at opening and hes continued using this procedure even though social distancing isnt suited to usual ways of working or the harsh realities of life in the townships valuable to the new. Yorker who do. These trash collectors come from the self. But now none of them can return home to their family must go to war dont. Normally spends a lot of time with the people he photographs but due to corona thats not possible. To get to go to gary no no no no no its up with us and it has a lot to do. With well off as it would you. Need is a successful photographer but hes still firmly rooted in his township the people here know and trust him. I would have thought of this project exactly. On the dubin looked up new. Was more interested in looking for solutions and one of the common problem really is a lot of people going to fault and some of them would ask me to buy them a lot of. And that made me to push in the middle with a photographer. And hence i decided to do an online exhibition and with money made from the sleeves theyre going to buy food for the people not have worked with and other people were in need from this coming to. Me 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 and Housing Estates like this which date from the apartheid era. Do you good to realize that. We still living and you know a lot of programs that weve created and they havent changed even 25 years later they havent changed theyre making preparations for the Online Charity auction so im used to it and also this one captures like that moment of the last day or 2 i called it is and it reflects depressive and i so kind of what people are feeling on. Just this is an astro. Minis photo series the every day waiting is being shown at the London Branch of the goodman gallery. All of people you know we contributed to his new him to do in the valley to peace in photography so much i do photography has always been helping the community to come fruit and veg give me go to opportunity to come back into q 3 and. Ringback 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. The law me 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 actors create because some artists. Cannot have access to the studios nothing is coming inside the country so getting material at it 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 fast in order to make sure that outside african in is to survive. Meenie 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 from some people that you are kind of a food out here in period only not a place is in cuba a lot of them. Received any food parcels. So this is not just a fear that we need to not wait for government we need to initiate me to take initiative and give big. 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 tending causing childish whio 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 only if could quote we could. Be told it is also going to be so very emotional exchangers you know some of the kids will be 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. I think it is the isolation. I mean from the get go. To really. Focus on the path towards. Them not being here. So my approach is to encourage you know because a very good their own Life Experience is that shapes how they see things so my or my role is just to create the perfect. Via downtown Yohannes Berg he makes the 20 kilometer trip back to so we talk. Back to where his career began as a street photographer who documented important events on his neighbors behalf. For me in photography like you know of change it can influence change we use photography as a starting point to look at those photographs and we start from living one to truth problems sanitation schools housing just to mention a few we have a lot of problems i dont believe that we need to Start Talking about. Job lani de la nina views his involvement as obyrne to south africas philosophy of showing humanity towards others and one of the ways that we sure just giving back to the community that you working with i mean the 1st one is to collaborate and also to give back in terms of. Giving back the prince because often the people that were Community Need to be collectors of the work that youve created thats not just like you know there were going to bring us when i guess i doesnt have double a yes its a little how was it called and i get it all on one salary of one and i got caught 100. Down there in berlin hell that 1000 put the brakes on. Now cultural life is gradually stirring again but under strict regulations in movie theaters and museums. The pandemic has also prompted germanys principal cultural institutions to try new paths depression Cultural Heritage foundation has for the very 1st time open the rooftops of the boat a museum and theyre free to expand our church for a project together with berlins 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 platforms. Even if this is absolutely an attempt to launch something new in the midst of the corona lockdown 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 and so we can make ends meet. Lives night life has been especially hard hit except for open air events 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 the good late in the government has responded to these financial hardships with another perspective aid package worth millions of euros but theres a critical issue here our clubs Just Entertainment venues or also cultural ones the state a depends on the answer. If 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. But now i do get the impression that the state has realized that cultural venues are doing really really badly and personally i dont see much difference but. In an opera house on the 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 and close 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. For tips and tricks if i were to arrange a track for a club now he would have a long intro and a long 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 than without but you have to try to create music that will hold onto its value even after this all blows over. Carlin without its clubs would just not be the same back when distance had a very different meaning luka at put out his 1st track digital distance now hes dealing with the dilemma of a music scene that no longer happens live but only through digital platforms. And appearance under corona crisis conditions with over 35000000 views united news stream is currently one of the internets biggest streaming platforms. No pay no audience just cameras. Some things off we keep a distance from things that used to be totally normal for us but even made up our lives so thats kind of for 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. One. Of course i can play some live streamed but so can 10000 others and. Even so for now streams are helping performers establish a presence and keeping the clubs afloat. Now the crowdfunding united we stream project is networked 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 Commission berlin. 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 we are monitoring this very well. You know. 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 holding on thats the crowdfunding platform the club uses for streaming twice a week around 100 euros if. Thats not enough. 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 a price it through and through it just doesnt work without the people who. Run this club because we love the music and we love to see how people react he meant when youve got people in the club and they start screaming because they love the music. In the ambience we still get goosebumps and weve been doing this well over 20 years now and the whole of. Their lives clubs have made up an essential part of its cultural life since the 990. 00 s. And now their survival is at stake. When several moller around us theres a lot of despair thats true but were event managers who are the ones who keep the creativity flowing and assess it he is often the mother of invention but their god of course we wont know till much later if what we come up with now is just as good or as profitable but itll be something new about the north and. For now hopes are for a long warm summer allowing for lodz but then in the open air. Dreams citys 3 stories life in times of corona that was 21 for this week see is soon. Clear to. You. Live. In. 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