STREET ARTISTS IN EUROPE - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

Street Artists in Europe
the social value of street art festivals. From such a change in the mindset, public support to
street art should derive, dealing not only with financial issues – including street arts in the
cultural field and therefore allowing it to receive public funding, in countries where this happens
– but also with a “practical” support, opening creation and production centres.
At the same time, a different treatment for artists is suggested, which allows them to live on
their art.
Inspiration for these matters might come from the French approach, recognized as the best one
at the moment in Europe.
7.2. Common rules
Taxation systems and administrative issues should be based on common lines for all member
countries, so as to make it easier for managers and directors to handle these issues directly.
Previous researches 389 have already proposed solutions for the artists in general, who have to
face the same administrative and bureaucratic problems listed by the street art professionals
involved in this research.
Safety rules, common to all countries, should be established by security commissions made up
of professionals of street arts, who know the specificity of these performances and the need of
artists and companies.
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l’impôt,…) que par leurs modes de gestion (centralisée auprès d’organismes publics, ou confiés à la gestion
d’une multitude d’organismes publics, privés ou mixtes)".
389 Parlement européen, "Mobilité des artistes et sécurité sociale", by ERICarts, November 2006, see
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/eStudies.do?language=EN.
The study "The status of artists in Europe", drawn up by ERICarts at the request of the European
Parliament, contains proposals for an EU Parliament action, such as to “Invite the EU Member States to
coordinate their difference social security regimes”, “Provide unemployment insurance for freelance and selfemployed
artists”, “Adopt measures to financial social security programmes which are suited to self-employed
persons”, “Permit the pursuit of an artistic activity during periods of unemployment in which benefits can
continue to be drawn and to consider the development of artistic practice or artistic projects as job-seeking”,
see http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/eStudies.do?language=EN.
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PE 375.307