EXCLUSIVE: Dundee cultural organisations share £1m fund for Covid-19 recovery
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Tim Allan, Chair of V&A Dundee, which has taken the lead on the Dundee Covid Recovery Fund.
Five of Dundee’s cultural organisations are planning their road out of lockdown, thanks to a £1 million fund.
The Dundee Cultural Recovery Fund is a joint enterprise led by V&A Dundee to benefit five organisations in the city, the other four being Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee Heritage Trust (Discovery Point and Verdant Works), Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre, and Dundee Science Centre.
At the beginning of the first lockdown Tim Allan, Chair of V&A Dundee, says he was determined that culture had to be ready to reopen almost seamlessly once doors could open again safely.
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Living Sculpture, Turin, 1966. Courtesy Fondazione Merz.
As the daughter of this extraordinary woman, I can’t not mention Marisa Merz, both as an artist and also as a mother. I was guided and inspired by her quiet determination and her energy. Often going against what was rational, she lived by her own rules. These are qualities that, in addition to other things, I consider fundamental to be able to achieve one’s goals. Beatrice Merz, president, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy
Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers in 1997. Photo by Louis MONIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.
The writing of Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers has been really influential in the thinking in my own work. I find her work provocative. It cuts through the illusions of our age to find alternative truths and gives me a sense of purposefulness. I think her concepts and writings are crucial for our time.
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