The trillion euro question: André Wilkens on recovery and the cultural sector Gagarin, the Eurozine podcast

The EU needs to prove itself the champion it has long been projected to be, André Wilkens argues in our interview about recovery funds, cultural transformation and the advantages of enforced digitization in culture. In this conversation, the director of the European Cultural Foundation addresses budget lines and bank holidays and discusses his own pandemic experience as a migratory cultural agent.

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André Wilkens makes the case for Analogue Fridays: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/plaedoyer-fuer-einen-analog-friday-jetzt-legt-doch-mal-das.1005.de.html?dram:article_id=494742

The European Pavillion: https://culturalfoundation.eu/activities/the-european-pavilion

The Europe Challenge launches on 9 May, Europe Day: https://culturalfoundation.eu/activities/the-europe-challenge