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Princess Margriet Award for Culture
Guidelines CONTENT
ECF Princess
I Introduction 2
II Theme: Courageous Citizens 2
Margriet Award III Eligibility and Criteria
IV 2018 Selection procedure
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for Culture 2018 V 2018 Jury 5
VI Previous Laureates 5I. INTRODUCTION II. THEME: COURAGEOUS
CITIZENS
The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) is a staunch supporter of culture in Europe With its 2018 theme, Courageous Citizens, ECF engages with individuals, collectives
since 1954. We believe in culture as a space for imagining new ways of living together and organisations whose energy and courage help cultivate Europe as a home. Every
and strengthening the bonds of solidarity in a Europe that is rich and diverse, but also person living in every village, town and city is a citizen, not just a chosen few.
fragmented and disjointed. We support positive counter-narratives to extremism, and
amplify voices raised in response to global political, demographic, economic and Courageous citizens are those whose daring, sharing and inventing contribute to our
environmental pressures. We promote the interests of those who are excluded from collective future, and for whom culture and living democracy are the starting points
discourse and from prospects of future development, as well as those who are judged for vision and action. Their social energy gives rise to alternative stories; they embrace
to be outside the mainstream. Within this scope, annual themes direct and unify all of the unrepresented while opening up space for learning, living together and
the activities through which we explore the tangible importance of culture in Europe. questioning the fundamental nature of democracy.
Since its establishment in 2008, the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture has been The 2018 Award seeks to highlight and celebrate these remarkable and courageous
devoted to highlighting and celebrating examples of transformative cultural practices agents of cultural change who are beacons and inspirations for life in the diversity
and imagination that foster the development of a shared language and collaborations and solidarity that is Europe.
among people and between people and institutions.
Laureates are presented with the Award in a ceremony in May 2018 and receive
€25,000 each.
ECF PRINCESS MARGRIET AWARD FOR CULTURE 2018 - GUIDELINES - 2III. ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA
ELIGIBILITY: Candidates are living and working in broader Europe (see full list of
eligible countries where ECF is active in the text box). Either an individual or a
collective can be nominated. Please ensure that the work for which they are being
Eligible countries
nominated has not previously received awards of a similar scope.
A Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan
CRITERIA: Candidates are cultural changemakers, active across a wide range of B Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria
cultural practices such as the arts, cultural activism, critical thinking, architecture, and Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic
digital and media culture. Important is that their cultural work does not remain in any Denmark
one of these specialised fields, but has an outreach and an influence on society that Egypt, Estonia
goes beyond its own sector. Finland, France
Georgia, Germany, Greece
Candidates embody the following criteria in outstanding and inspirational ways: Hungary
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy
• Theme: The candidate’s work represents and is exemplary to the 2018 theme of Jordan
Courageous Citizens. Kosovo
Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
• Experimental: The candidate’s work is an inventive and daring example of how Macedonia (FYROM), Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco
culture is a means of opening up conventional cultural, political, and social spheres Netherlands, Norway
and systems. Rather than a representation of fixed identities, they show how culture Palestinian Territories, Poland, Portugal
creates shared languages between different perspectives, positions, and groups. Romania, Russia
San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
• Enduring impact: The candidate’s work has an enduring, sustainable impact beyond Tunisia, Turkey
the output of a one-off project. Their cross practices are influential beyond the Ukraine, United Kingdom
professionalised cultural field and entail a prospective for future action.
• Local urgency and European relevance: The candidate’s work has a significant
impact locally, but is also relevant to the wider, inter-local European context.
• Diversity and Equality: The candidate’s work embeds diversity and equality in terms
of outreach, language and/or topic.
ECF PRINCESS MARGRIET AWARD FOR CULTURE 2018 - GUIDELINES - 3IV. 2018 SELECTION V. 2018 JURY
PROCEDURE
For the 2018 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture, ECF invites 45 individuals with An international and interdisciplinary Jury convenes in January 2018 to assess the
broad perspectives on cultural practice to submit their nominations. nominations and select the two Laureates of the ECF Princess Margriet Award for
Culture.
Each nominator is invited to propose one candidate via an online form. The
closing date for nominations is Monday 5 October 2017. Once nominations are The 2018 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture Jury members are:
received, they are internally assessed for eligibility. Nominators are not permitted to
nominate themselves, nor an organisation with which they are affiliated. • Andreas Broeckmann (Curator, Leuphana Arts Program, Lüneburg/Berlin)
• Juan Freire (Founding Partner, XTribe, EduCaaS, and inViable, Madrid)
The list of nominators for the 2018 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture will be • Ivan Krastev (Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia)
made public in early 2018. • Ruth Mackenzie (Artistic leader, Holland Festival, Amsterdam, artistic director,
Châtelet Theatre, Paris)
ECF pre-selects a maximum 15 nominations on the basis of their strength and • Announcement of fifth jury member to follow.
relevance to the Award criteria. ECF then carries out further research and – with the
help of the nominators – sources second opinions from experts and advisors,
building a portfolio for each of the pre-selected candidates. These portfolios are
then sent to the international Jury, which meets in January 2018 and selects two
Laureates to be endorsed by the ECF board.
Laureates will be presented with the Award at a ceremony in the Netherlands in May
2018 in the presence of members of the Dutch royal family and an international
audience. On different occasions throughout the year, Laureates will also participate
in public events and outreach such as debates, publications, exhibitions, and/or
screenings across Europe.
The identity of the Award Laureates remains confidential until a press
announcement is made in early 2018. ECF asks that the nominators and Laureates
comply with this policy of confidentiality.
ECF PRINCESS MARGRIET AWARD FOR CULTURE 2018 - GUIDELINES - 4VI. PREVIOUS LAUREATES
The ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture has previously been awarded to: Medialab-Prado (citizen laboratory, Madrid)
For nourishing democratic processes between digital culture and the public sphere in
2017 Madrid, across Spain, and in the global media.
Aslı Erdoğan (writer and columnist, Istanbul)
For her literary work illuminating a vision of society based on non-violence and 2015
political and cultural inclusion. Visual Culture Research Center (arts organisation, Kiev)
For creating a truly common space of cultural production and debate that reflects
Navid Kermani (novelist and journalist, Cologne) social realities and keeps critical discourse alive.
For his exceptional contribution to cultural debate, challenging increasingly extremist
narratives of discrimination and racism by arguing instead for greater solidarity in the Athens Biennale (arts biennale, Athens)
face of fragmentation. For questioning the concept of the biennale from within, remodelling the biennale as
a space for grassroots action, and pioneering the idea of ‘curating from below’.
Luc Mishalle (musician and composer, Brussels)
For giving shape to the new social composition of Europe in a musical way. 2014
Across a wide range of musical genres and involving musicians and citizens from all Teodor Celakoski (cultural activist, Zagreb)
generations, Mishalle builds communities, whether in Brussels neighbourhoods, For his pivotal role in shaping Croatia’s independent cultural scene, and his
across Europe, or in North or West Africa. commitment to making real democratic processes possible.
Marina Naprushkina (visual artist, Berlin) Teatro Valle Occupato (foundation for the commons, Rome)
For the project Neue Nachbarschaft//Moabit, a self-organising community in Moabit. For positioning the Teatro Valle theatre as a space of cultural commons in the heart of
With self-empowerment at its heart, it is here that old and new Berliners are finding Rome, reinvigorating culture as a process that is continuously shaped by and with a
collaborative ways of living together, opening up art’s potential to contribute to diverse public.
Europe’s shared future.
2013
Watch an impression of the 2017 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture ceremony Lia & Dan Perjovschi (visual artists, Sibiu)
of Tuesday 9 May 2017. For the active role that their art has played in Romanian culture and community-
building since the late 1980s, as well as its wider European relevance and global
2016 impact.
Krétakör (theatre makers, Budapest)
For using dramaturgy to bring different perspectives into debate and conversation, Yoel Gamzou (conductor, Berlin)
and for transforming theatre from a stage-based experience into a social forum. For his exceptional talent and energy and the work he has done to challenge the
conventional structures of classical music and uncover its democratic potential.
ECF PRINCESS MARGRIET AWARD FOR CULTURE 2018 - GUIDELINES - 52012
John Akomfrah (filmmaker, London)
For his groundbreaking film work representing perspectives often hidden from
mainstream narratives of European history.
Charles Esche (curator, Eindhoven/Edinburgh)
For his exceptional leadership in rethinking cultural centres and art museums as public
spaces, and for showing us the power of art to engage with the contemporary world.
2011
Šejla Kamerić (visual artist, Sarajevo)
For photography, sculptures, and films that convey deeply personal realities,
illuminating and questioning a wider preoccupation with the proliferation of borders.
Kutluğ Ataman (artist and filmmaker, Istanbul)
For video installations that form a rich tapestry of voices and refute the generalising
effect of cultural stereotypes.
2010
Borka Pavićević (dramaturg and activist, Belgrade)
For optimistically sustaining public discourse under truly difficult conditions and taking
a firm stance against intolerance and cultural homogenisation.
Stefan Kaegi (theatre maker, Berlin)
For documentary theatre that explores the unseen networks between cultures, cities,
countries, and continents, revealing both the central and peripheral lives of
globalisation.
2008
Jérôme Bel (choreographer, Paris) & Pichet Klunchun (choreographer, Bangkok)
For their performance ‘Pichet Klunchun & Myself’, a bold and eloquent encounter that
unravels the cultural differences between the two choreographers.
Stuart Hall † 2014 (cultural theorist and activist, London)
For his hugely influential scholarly work that has helped make sense of our
multifarious, multicultural societies.
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The Award is presented by ECF’s former President, HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, in
whose honour it was established by the ECF and launched with the support of the Dutch Ministries
for Foreign Affairs and Education, Culture and Science.
ECF is grateful for the longstanding partnership with the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. As a result
of this partnership, ECF acknowledges the annual financial contribution – via the Cultuurfonds –
from BankGiro Loterij and Nederlandse Loterij.
ECF is grateful for the longstanding partnership
with the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. As a result of
this partnership, ECF acknowledges the annual
financial contribution – via the Cultuurfonds –
from BankGiro Loterij and Nederlandse Loterij.You can also read
