STREET ARTISTS IN EUROPE - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

Table 12 - Sustainability in the city
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Street Artists in Europe
EVENT/COMPANY COUNTRY
SUSTAINABILITY
only short term
results long term results permanent event
2r2c, la coopérative de rue et de
cirque
Festival internacional de artes de
France 1 0 0
rua
Parc et Grande Halle de la
Portugal 0 1 1
Villette France 0 0 1
Cest is D'Best Festival Croatia 0 1 1
New Theatre Institute of Latvia Latvia 1 0 0
Sziget Hungary
United
0 1 1
Manchester Intermational Arts Kingdom 0 1 0
Dominique Aussage France X X X
Teatro Municipal de Faro
Theatre en vol, societa
Portugal X X X
cooperativa Italy 0 1 1
ASBL Blizz'ArtS Belgium 0 1 0
Festival of Fools Ireland 0 1 1
La Fédération des arts de la rue France 0 1 0
Ute Classen Kulturmanagement Germany
United
X X X
Bash Street Theatre
Kingdom
United
X X X
Bath FRINGE / Streats Ltd. Kingdom X X X
Ass. Teatro Nacional de Rua Portugal 0 1 0
Gruppo Percussioni Dadadang Italy X X X
Thatre Association A PART
NASA Association of Street
Poland 0 1 1
Artists Scotland X X X
MALTA Poland 0 1 1
Arts Council Ireland X X X
TOTAL 2 11 8
When estimating the sustainability of their actions, artists and street art organisers seemed to
agree in the long-term results of their events. Although the majority of these positive answers
originated from representatives of permanent events, this general opinion shows that there is a
conscious acknowledge of the need of such events in all the cities in question: ‘Our project has
been fulfilling every urban effect given on the list above and the effects are more visible and
present in our city as time goes by.’ 317
Companies and cooperatives of companies whose activities are not related to a special city or
area usually see there role differently, and expresses it as being only ephemeral, as in the cases
of the New Latvian theatre of 2r2c in France. The positive vision expressed by interviewees on
the values that street art events and festivals represent in the city explains their determination for
continuing their projects. Although several between them underlined the uncertainty of their
financing conditions: ‘The present the political context is very difficult, it is not easy to preview
317 Cest is D’Best.
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