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                                                  Brief zur geplanten
                                                  City Tax in Berlin</a><br>
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                                                about the planned Berlin
                                                City Tax]<br>
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                                                Klaus Wowereit,<br>
                                                <br>
                                                wie in vielen anderen
                                                Städten soll auch in
                                                Berlin die sogenannte
                                                City Tax eingeführt
                                                werden: die Besteuerung
                                                privater Übernachtungen
                                                in Höhe von ca. 5% des
                                                Hotelpreises. Drei
                                                Viertel aller Touristen
                                                geben an, aufgrund des
                                                Kulturangebots in die
                                                Stadt zu kommen. Seit
                                                Aufkommen der Idee einer
                                                Berliner City Tax steht
                                                deshalb die Forderung im
                                                Raum, den Großteil der
                                                Mehreinnahmen in Höhe
                                                eines zweistelligen
                                                Millionenbetrages dem
                                                Kulturbereich und darin
                                                vor allem der dramatisch
                                                unterfinanzierten freien
                                                Szene[1] zuzuführen. Die
                                                Argumentation lautet,
                                                dass die freien
                                                Kulturschaffenden,
                                                unabhängigen
                                                Projekträume und
                                                Spielstätten maßgeblich
                                                zum Image Berlins als
                                                vielfältiger und
                                                innovativer
                                                Kunstmetropole
                                                beitragen. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                PolitikerInnen von SPD,
                                                CDU, Grünen und Linke
                                                haben sich für die
                                                Verwendung der geplanten
                                                City Tax für die Kultur
                                                ausgesprochen. Der
                                                konkrete Gesetzesentwurf
                                                wird aktuell
                                                senatsintern diskutiert.
                                                Die Entscheidung,
                                                welchem Bereich die
                                                zusätzlichen
                                                Steuereinnahmen
                                                zufließen – Steuern
                                                können an sich nicht
                                                zweckgebunden erhoben
                                                werden –, trifft das
                                                Abgeordnetenhaus und ist
                                                somit Gegenstand
                                                politischer
                                                Willensbildung.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                Mit dem
                                                Zehn-Punkte-Programm der
                                                Koalition der Freien
                                                Szene[2], die 50% der
                                                Einnahmen aus der City
                                                Tax für „eine
                                                angemessene und
                                                nachhaltige
                                                Förderpolitik für
                                                freischaffende
                                                KünstlerInnen und
                                                KulturproduzentInnen“
                                                fordert, liegt seit Ende
                                                letzten Jahres ein
                                                Konzept für die
                                                Verwendung der
                                                zusätzlichen Mittel
                                                vor.[3] Das Papier
                                                beinhaltet u.a. neue
                                                Projekt- und
                                                Produktionsfonds für die
                                                freie Kunst-, Musik- und
                                                Theaterszene,
                                                verbindliche
                                                Ausstellungshonorare und
                                                den Erhalt der
                                                bezirklichen
                                                Kulturförderung. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                Obwohl die Einführung
                                                der City Tax in der
                                                Koalitionsvereinbarung
                                                zwischen SPD und CDU für
                                                den 1. Januar 2013
                                                angekündigt[4] und erst
                                                unlängst auf frühestens
                                                2014 verschoben wurde,
                                                hat sich die
                                                Senatskanzlei –
                                                Kulturelle
                                                Angelegenheiten das
                                                Projekt bisher weder
                                                aktiv und sichtbar zu
                                                eigen gemacht noch ein
                                                Konzept zur möglichen
                                                Nutzung der Einnahmen
                                                entwickelt. Die
                                                Kulturverwaltung steht
                                                jedoch seit kurzem
                                                diesbezüglich im Dialog
                                                mit VertreterInnen der
                                                Koalition der Freien
                                                Szene und des Rats für
                                                die Künste[5]. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                WIR STELLEN FEST:<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – Die Produktion von
                                                Kunst ist eine am
                                                Gemeinwesen orientierte
                                                Tätigkeit. In der
                                                künstlerischen Arbeit
                                                werden gesellschaftliche
                                                Prozesse immer wieder
                                                neu und anders
                                                beschrieben und
                                                erforscht, kritisch
                                                reflektiert und
                                                experimentell
                                                weitergedacht. Die
                                                zeitgenössische Kunst
                                                produziert und
                                                kommuniziert Wissen, sie
                                                schafft Räume, in denen
                                                gesellschaftliches
                                                Handeln als Wert
                                                erfahrbar wird. Durch
                                                das, was in der Kunst
                                                Gestalt annimmt, gelangt
                                                die Gesellschaft zu
                                                einem Begriff und
                                                Bewusstsein von sich
                                                selbst. Diese Praxis
                                                basiert gerade auf der
                                                grundsätzlichen
                                                Zweckfreiheit der Kunst.
                                                Aus diesem
                                                Kunstverständnis heraus
                                                sprechen wir über
                                                Kulturproduktion und
                                                deren öffentliche
                                                Förderung. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – Die Tätigkeiten von
                                                Kulturschaffenden werden
                                                nach wie vor als Kapital
                                                und Zukunftsmotor der
                                                postindustriellen Stadt
                                                gefeiert. Hinter dem
                                                Erfolgsversprechen der
                                                neuen Kreativ-Ökonomie
                                                versteckt sich aber eine
                                                Wirklichkeit desolater
                                                Arbeits- und
                                                Lebensverhältnisse. Wir
                                                lehnen es ab, der
                                                Kulturalisierung der
                                                Ökonomie (z.B. in Form
                                                der Deregulierung von
                                                Arbeit) den Zauber des
                                                Künstlerischen zu geben
                                                – und dabei der
                                                Ökonomisierung der
                                                Kultur zuzuarbeiten,
                                                deren erstes Opfer das
                                                Künstlerische selbst
                                                ist. Wer die Kunst auf
                                                Nützlichkeitseffekte,
                                                Effizienzmaßstäbe und
                                                Marktförmigkeit
                                                reduziert, leugnet die
                                                fundamentale Bedeutung
                                                von Kunst und Kultur in
                                                einer heterogenen,
                                                offenen und
                                                demokratischen
                                                Gesellschaft.[6]<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – Es ist hinlänglich
                                                bekannt, dass die Mieten
                                                in den zentralen Lagen
                                                Berlins zunehmend
                                                unbezahlbar werden,
                                                Atelier- und Proberäume
                                                verloren gehen und
                                                professionelle
                                                künstlerische Arbeit
                                                zumeist auf
                                                Selbstausbeutung
                                                basiert. Das
                                                Ungleichgewicht in der
                                                bisherigen Förderpraxis
                                                zu Ungunsten der
                                                Freischaffenden sowie
                                                vieler kleinerer
                                                Institutionen und
                                                Initiativen ist nicht
                                                mehr hinnehmbar. Die
                                                freie Szene ist
                                                hochgradig
                                                selbstbestimmt und
                                                selbstorganisiert,
                                                benötigt jedoch die
                                                Perspektive stabiler
                                                Rahmenbedingungen für
                                                die künstlerische
                                                Produktion. Deren
                                                langfristige
                                                Verbesserung wird nicht
                                                durch medienwirksame
                                                Leuchtturmprojekte und
                                                Preisvergaben erzielt,
                                                sondern durch eine
                                                differenzierte
                                                Strukturförderung,
                                                welche die bestehenden
                                                Förderinstrumente anhebt
                                                und durch zeitgemäße
                                                Fonds (Recherche,
                                                Produktion, Räume, etc.)
                                                sowie Honorarordnungen
                                                ergänzt.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – Wir als KünstlerInnen,
                                                KulturproduzentInnen und
                                                -vermittlerInnen wollen
                                                vom Funktionieren des
                                                Berlin-Tourismus
                                                keineswegs abhängig
                                                sein. Wir wollen nicht
                                                mehr Tourismus, um durch
                                                die Besteuerung privater
                                                Hotelübernachtungen
                                                besser überleben zu
                                                können! Warum wir die
                                                Beanspruchung der Erlöse
                                                aus der City Tax dennoch
                                                befürworten: Die zu
                                                erwartenden
                                                Mehreinnahmen setzen das
                                                Argument außer Kraft,
                                                das Land Berlin sei zu
                                                pleite, um den
                                                Kulturetat in absehbarer
                                                Zukunft signifikant
                                                erhöhen zu können. Die
                                                verbindliche Vergabe
                                                dieser Mittel an den
                                                Kulturbereich muss ein
                                                Instrument zur
                                                Finanzierung der
                                                Gleichstellung von
                                                institutioneller und
                                                freier Szene in der
                                                Förderpolitik des Senats
                                                sein.[7] Mit dieser
                                                Zielvorgabe müssen die
                                                Gespräche zwischen
                                                Kulturverwaltung, freien
                                                und institutionellen
                                                Akteuren geführt werden.
                                                Sie sollten transparent
                                                angelegt und ihre
                                                Ergebnisse öffentlich
                                                zur Diskussion gestellt
                                                werden.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                WIR FORDERN:<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – 100% der City
                                                Tax-Einnahmen für
                                                freischaffende
                                                KulturproduzentInnen,
                                                Projekträume und
                                                Spielstätten sowie
                                                prekär arbeitende Kunst-
                                                und Kulturinstitutionen.
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – die öffentlich
                                                sichtbare Positionierung
                                                des Kultursenators in
                                                der Debatte um die
                                                Verwendung der geplanten
                                                City Tax für den
                                                Kulturbereich auf
                                                Grundlage eines
                                                Konzepts, das gemeinsam
                                                und auf einer Augenhöhe
                                                mit freien und
                                                institutionellen
                                                Akteuren entwickelt
                                                wird. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – die Umsetzung der in
                                                der
                                                Koalitionsvereinbarung
                                                zwischen den
                                                Regierungsparteien
                                                getroffenen Aussage, die
                                                freie Szene verstärkt
                                                fördern und deren
                                                Rahmenbedingungen
                                                verbessern zu wollen[8],
                                                in konkretes und aktives
                                                politisches Handeln –
                                                unabhängig davon, wann
                                                und ob die City Tax
                                                letztlich kommt oder
                                                nicht. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – eine neue,
                                                qualifizierte und
                                                zukunftsfähige
                                                Kulturpolitik, die die
                                                Wirklichkeit und
                                                gesellschaftliche
                                                Bedeutung der
                                                selbstorganisierten
                                                künstlerischen Praxis
                                                anerkennt, die durch die
                                                besonderen historischen
                                                Bedingungen und
                                                Freiräume Berlins
                                                hervorgebracht wurde. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                UnterzeichnerInnen: <br>
                                                Petrov Ahner, Dorothee
                                                Albrecht, Andreas
                                                Altenhof, Mario Asef,
                                                Markus Bader, Sandra
                                                Bartoli, Stéphane Bauer,
                                                Ute Meta Bauer, Leonie
                                                Baumann, Silvia Beck,
                                                Jochen Becker, Matthias
                                                Beckmann, Wibke Behrens,
                                                Gabi Beier, Daniel
                                                Belasco Rodgers, Chris
                                                Benedict, Ursula Maria
                                                Berzborn, Christoff
                                                Bleidt, Ellen
                                                Blumenstein, Monica
                                                Bonvicini, Laurence
                                                Bonvin, Shannon Bool,
                                                Daniela Brahm, Anna
                                                Bromley, Thomas Bruns,
                                                Sabeth Buchmann, Marcel
                                                Bühler, Matthew
                                                Burbidge, Libia Castro,
                                                Filipa César, Michael
                                                Clegg, Martin Conrads,
                                                Dellbrügge & de
                                                Moll, Diedrich
                                                Diederichsen, Ursula
                                                Döbereiner, Helmut
                                                Draxler, Christoph
                                                Dreher, Birgit Effinger,
                                                Ekkehard Ehlers,
                                                Matthias Einhoff, Ulrich
                                                Ernitz, Lou Favorite,
                                                Silvia Fehrmann, Tatjana
                                                Fell, Ulrike Feser,
                                                Jesko Fezer, Nina
                                                Fischer & Maroan el
                                                Sani, Micz Flor, Rike
                                                Frank, Anselm Franke,
                                                Nikolai Franke, Joerg
                                                Franzbecker, Roland
                                                Fuhrmann, Peter Funken,
                                                Kristoffer Gansing,
                                                Henryk Gericke, Maurus
                                                Gmür, Cristina Gómez
                                                Barrio, Erik Göngrich,
                                                Pierre Granoux, Raphaël
                                                Grisey, Annett
                                                Gröschner, Sönke
                                                Hallmann, Gerd Hartmann,
                                                Michael Hauffen, Frauke
                                                Havemann, Hans Hemmert,
                                                Vanessa Henn, Naomi
                                                Hennig, Tobias Hering,
                                                Pablo Hermann, Carina
                                                Herring, Mathias Heyden,
                                                Paula Marie Hildebrandt,
                                                Tom Holert, Annette
                                                Hollywood, Ralf Homann,
                                                Laura Horelli, Gabriele
                                                Horn, Philip Horst,
                                                Gregor Hotz, Markus
                                                Huber, Dominique Hurth,
                                                Katharina Jedermann,
                                                Karl Heinz Jeron, Ela
                                                Kagel, Kerstin Karge,
                                                Karin Kasböck, Anne
                                                Kersten, Thomas Kilpper,
                                                Julian Klein, Christophe
                                                Knoch, Alexander Koch,
                                                Andreas Koch, Doris
                                                Koch, Dorothea Kolland,
                                                Nina Korolewski,
                                                Bernhard Kotowski, Folke
                                                Köbberling, Florian
                                                Köhl, Eva Könnemann,
                                                Hannah Kruse, Stefan
                                                Krüskemper, Ulrike
                                                Kuschel, Christine Lang,
                                                Pia Lanzinger, Heimo
                                                Lattner, Julia Lazarus,
                                                Ines Lechleitner, Achim
                                                Lengerer, Regina
                                                Liedtke, Silvan Linden,
                                                Kai Lorenz, Nadine
                                                Lorenz, Cornelia Lund,
                                                Holger Lund, Annette
                                                Maechtel, Moritz Majce,
                                                Antje Majewski, Yutaka
                                                Makino, Sandra
                                                Manhartseder, Séverine
                                                Marguin, Wolfgang Mayer,
                                                Diana McCarty, Angela
                                                Melitopoulos, Doreen
                                                Mende, Nikolaus Merck,
                                                Karolin Meunier, Herbert
                                                Mondry, Tina Müller,
                                                Wolfgang Müller, Ute
                                                Müller-Tischler, Alice
                                                Münch, Anh-Linh Ngo,
                                                Frank Oberhäußer, Ólafur
                                                Ólafsson, Sonja
                                                Ostermann, Marie-josé
                                                Ourtilane, Kirsten Palz,
                                                Anne Passow, Andrea
                                                Pichl, Katrin Plavcak,
                                                Judith Raum, Karin
                                                Rebbert, Axel Daniel
                                                Reinert, Thomas
                                                Rentmeister, Cornelia
                                                Renz, Angelika Richter,
                                                Christian Römer, Stefan
                                                Römer, Constanze Ruhm,
                                                Barbara Rüth, Harry
                                                Sachs, Susanne Sachsse,
                                                Natascha Sadr
                                                Haghighian, Jochen
                                                Sandig, Jan Sauerwald,
                                                Ines Schaber, Bernd
                                                Scherer, Birgit
                                                Schlieps, Les Schließer,
                                                Martin G. Schmid,
                                                Florian Schmidt, Marc
                                                Schmolling, Detlev
                                                Schneider, Meggie
                                                Schneider, Frieder
                                                Schnock, Nadja
                                                Schöllhammer, Pit
                                                Schultz, Michael
                                                Schultze, Max
                                                Schumacher, Maya
                                                Schweizer, Marcel
                                                Schwierin, Judith
                                                Siegmund, Heidi Sill,
                                                Marina Sorbello, Heinz
                                                Stahlhut, Raimar Stange,
                                                Anita Stöhr Weber,
                                                Christoph Tannert, Signe
                                                Theill, Mina Tinaburri,
                                                Stella Veciana, Vlado
                                                Velko, Jan Verwoert,
                                                Friedrich von Borries,
                                                Katja von Helldorff,
                                                Moritz von Rappard,
                                                Clemens von Wedemeyer,
                                                Penelope Wehrli, Ute
                                                Weiss Leder, Jutta
                                                Weitz, Antje Weitzel,
                                                Christina Werner,
                                                Franziska Werner, Anke
                                                Westermann, Maya
                                                Weyermann, Barbara
                                                Wille, Simone Willeit,
                                                Susanne Winterling, Marc
                                                Wohlrabe, Maik Wolf,
                                                Thomas Wulffen, Florian
                                                Wüst, Miya Yoshida,
                                                Simone Zaugg, Florian
                                                Zeyfang, Lena Ziese,
                                                Inga Zimprich, Moira
                                                Zoitl<br>
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                                                ________________<br>
                                                1 Unter „freier Szene“
                                                wird die Gesamtheit der
                                                frei produzierenden
                                                KünstlerInnen, Gruppen,
                                                Initiativen und
                                                Einrichtungen in freier
                                                Trägerschaft aus den
                                                Bereichen Architektur,
                                                Bildende Kunst, Film,
                                                Literatur, Musik, Neue
                                                Medien, Tanz und Theater
                                                verstanden.<br>
                                                2 Die Koalition der
                                                Freien Szene ist der
                                                Zusammenschluss freier
                                                künstlerischer
                                                Initiativen,
                                                Institutionen und
                                                professionellen
                                                KünstlerInnen aller
                                                Sparten. <a
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href="http://www.berlinvisit.org">www.berlinvisit.org</a><br>
                                                3 Vgl. Koalition der
                                                Freien Szene – Die
                                                Zukunft der Freien
                                                Szene: Zehn Punkte für
                                                eine neue Förderpolitik,
                                                Berlin 2012.
                                                koalitionfszb.bplaced.net/wordpress/?p=459<br>
                                                4 Vgl. Berliner
                                                Perspektiven für starke
                                                Wirtschaft, gute Arbeit
                                                und sozialen
                                                Zusammenhalt.
                                                Koalitionsvereinbarung
                                                zwischen SPD und CDU für
                                                die Legislaturperiode
                                                2011–2016, SPD
                                                Landesverband Berlin und
                                                CDU Landesverband Berlin
                                                (Hrsg.), Berlin 2011, S.
                                                42. <a
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                                                5 Der Rat für die Künste
                                                vertritt als gewähltes
                                                unabhängiges Gremium die
                                                Berliner Kultur. Die
                                                Mitglieder des Rates
                                                sind aktuell 24
                                                Persönlichkeiten, die
                                                mehrheitlich bekannte
                                                Berliner
                                                Kulturinstitutionen,
                                                Festivals und Verbände
                                                repräsentieren. <a
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                                                6 Vgl. Haben und
                                                Brauchen – Manifest,
                                                Berlin 2012. <a
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                                                7 Die City Tax ist nur
                                                eine Möglichkeit der
                                                zukünftigen Finanzierung
                                                der Gleichstellung
                                                institutioneller und
                                                freier Kulturproduktion.
                                                Wenn der Berliner
                                                Kulturhaushalt bereits
                                                jetzt die anstehenden
                                                Tariferhöhungen u.a. in
                                                der Opernstiftung
                                                bewältigen kann, dann
                                                muss für die Förderung
                                                der Freien das Gleiche
                                                gelten.<br>
                                                8 Vgl. Berliner
                                                Perspektiven für starke
                                                Wirtschaft, gute Arbeit
                                                und sozialen
                                                Zusammenhalt, S. 92.<br>
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                                                  planned Berlin City
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                                                  April 19, 2013 </b> <br>
                                                <br>
                                                Dear Klaus Wowereit,<br>
                                                <br>
                                                Berlin is planning, like
                                                many other cities, to
                                                also introduce the
                                                so-called City Tax: the
                                                taxation of private
                                                accommodation at 5% of
                                                the hotel prices. Three
                                                quarters of all tourists
                                                say they come to the
                                                city for the cultural
                                                life. Since the idea of
                                                the Berlin City Tax was
                                                first proposed, the
                                                opinion has been voiced
                                                that the majority of
                                                proceeds from the City
                                                Tax, a double-digit
                                                million sum, should be
                                                used for the cultural
                                                sector, and in
                                                particular the
                                                dramatically
                                                under-financed
                                                independent scene[1].
                                                The argument goes that
                                                it is the free cultural
                                                producers, the
                                                independent project
                                                spaces and venues, which
                                                contribute significantly
                                                to Berlin's image as a
                                                diverse and innovative
                                                centre for art and
                                                culture. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                Politicians from the
                                                Social Democratic Party
                                                (SPD), Christian
                                                Democratic Union (CDU),
                                                Green Party and the Left
                                                have spoken out in
                                                favour of using the
                                                proposed City Tax to
                                                finance culture in
                                                Berlin. The bill is
                                                currently being debated
                                                in the Senate. The
                                                decision about where the
                                                additional tax revenues
                                                can be directed – taxes
                                                cannot be imposed for
                                                specific purposes – is
                                                made by the Berlin House
                                                of Representatives, and
                                                as such is a topic for
                                                political
                                                decision-making. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                The 10-point programme
                                                of the Independent Scene
                                                Coalition[2], published
                                                at the end of last year,
                                                demands 50% of the City
                                                Tax revenue for “an
                                                appropriate and
                                                sustained policy of
                                                support for freelance
                                                artists and cultural
                                                producers”, and provides
                                                a concept for the
                                                allocation of the
                                                additional revenue.[3]
                                                The paper includes,
                                                among other points, a
                                                new project and
                                                production fund for the
                                                independent art, music
                                                and theatre scenes,
                                                regulated exhibition
                                                fees and the maintenance
                                                of local cultural
                                                support in the city
                                                districts. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                Although the
                                                introduction of the City
                                                Tax was announced for
                                                January 1, 2013, in the
                                                coalition agreement
                                                between the SPD and the
                                                CDU[4], and has only
                                                recently been postponed
                                                until 2014 at the
                                                earliest, the Senate
                                                Chancellery – Cultural
                                                Affairs has neither
                                                actively nor noticeably
                                                tackled the issue, nor
                                                has it presented a
                                                concept on how to make
                                                use of the expected
                                                revenue. The cultural
                                                administration has
                                                however started a
                                                dialogue with
                                                representatives of the
                                                Independent Scene
                                                Coalition and the Rat
                                                für die Künste[5]. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                WE NOTE:<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – The production of art
                                                is a community-oriented
                                                activity. Art
                                                continually describes
                                                and investigates social
                                                processes, critically
                                                reflecting upon them and
                                                developing experimental
                                                extrapolations in new
                                                and varying ways.
                                                Contemporary art
                                                produces and
                                                communicates knowledge;
                                                it creates spaces in
                                                which social acts can be
                                                experienced as values.
                                                Society achieves an
                                                awareness of itself and
                                                a consciousness through
                                                that which is formed in
                                                art. This is made
                                                possible by the basic
                                                freedom from being bound
                                                to a specific goal or
                                                intention. Beginning
                                                with this understanding
                                                of the nature of art, we
                                                would like to talk about
                                                the production of art
                                                and its public funding.
                                                <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – The activities of
                                                cultural producers are
                                                still celebrated as
                                                assets and investments
                                                in the future of the
                                                post-industrial city.
                                                The promises of success
                                                surrounding the new
                                                economy of creativity,
                                                however, conceal a
                                                reality of desolate work
                                                and living standards. We
                                                reject demands to
                                                provide the
                                                culturalisation of the
                                                economy (for example in
                                                the guise of
                                                deregulating working
                                                conditions) with a
                                                veneer of artistic
                                                glamour – this would
                                                entail working towards
                                                the economisation of
                                                culture, and the first
                                                victim of that process
                                                is art itself. Whoever
                                                reduces art to its
                                                usability, standards of
                                                efficiency and market
                                                compatibility is denying
                                                the essential meaning of
                                                art and culture in a
                                                heterogeneous, open and
                                                democratic society.[6]<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – It is well known by
                                                now that rents in
                                                Berlin's central
                                                districts are becoming
                                                increasingly
                                                unaffordable. Studio and
                                                rehearsal spaces are
                                                vanishing, and
                                                professional artistic
                                                work is largely a matter
                                                of self-exploitation.
                                                The imbalance in the
                                                existing funding
                                                policies to the
                                                disadvantage of
                                                freelance artists, as
                                                well as smaller
                                                institutions and
                                                initiatives, can no
                                                longer be tolerated. The
                                                independent scene is
                                                self-determined and
                                                self-organised to a
                                                remarkable degree, but
                                                it does need the
                                                perspective of stable
                                                frameworks for the
                                                production of art. The
                                                long-term improvement of
                                                these conditions cannot
                                                be accomplished via
                                                prestige projects and
                                                award ceremonies, but
                                                only through a
                                                differentiated
                                                structural funding
                                                system, improving on
                                                existing instruments and
                                                complementing them with
                                                appropriate grants and
                                                funds (research,
                                                production, work spaces,
                                                etc.) as well as
                                                regulated fees. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – We as artists,
                                                cultural producers and
                                                agents absolutely do not
                                                want to become dependent
                                                on the smooth
                                                functioning of the
                                                Berlin tourist industry.
                                                We do not want more
                                                tourism in order to live
                                                better from the taxation
                                                of private stays in
                                                hotels! However, we are
                                                in favour of a claim on
                                                revenues from the City
                                                Tax, because the
                                                anticipated additional
                                                revenues make the
                                                argument irrelevant that
                                                Berlin is too poor to be
                                                able to significantly
                                                raise cultural funding
                                                in the foreseeable
                                                future. The binding
                                                allocation of these
                                                revenues for culture
                                                must be an instrument to
                                                finance equality between
                                                institutional and
                                                independent culture in
                                                the Senate's cultural
                                                policies.[7] This goal
                                                must be in mind when it
                                                comes to talks between
                                                representatives of the
                                                city's cultural
                                                administration and
                                                parties from the
                                                independent and
                                                institutional scenes.
                                                These talks should be
                                                transparent, and any
                                                results should be made
                                                available for public
                                                discussion. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                WE DEMAND:<br>
                                                <br>
                                                – 100% of the proceeds
                                                from the City Tax for
                                                freelance cultural
                                                producers, project
                                                spaces and theatrical
                                                venues, as well as for
                                                struggling art and
                                                cultural institutions. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – That the Senator for
                                                Culture takes a publicly
                                                visible stance in the
                                                debate on the use of the
                                                planned City Tax for the
                                                cultural sector, based
                                                on a concept which is to
                                                be developed together
                                                with, and on an equal
                                                footing with,
                                                representatives of the
                                                institutional and
                                                independent scenes. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – The implementation of
                                                the statement made in
                                                the coalition agreement
                                                between the governing
                                                parties that they wish
                                                to increase support for
                                                independent cultural
                                                production and to
                                                improve its structural
                                                framework[8] in
                                                concrete, active
                                                political action:
                                                independent of if and
                                                when the City Tax does
                                                eventually become
                                                reality. <br>
                                                <br>
                                                – A new, qualified and
                                                sustainable cultural
                                                policy which recognises
                                                the reality and social
                                                relevance of a
                                                self-organised artistic
                                                practice which has grown
                                                out of the specific
                                                historical conditions
                                                and free spaces to be
                                                found in Berlin.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                Signatories:<br>
                                                Petrov Ahner, Dorothee
                                                Albrecht, Andreas
                                                Altenhof, Mario Asef,
                                                Markus Bader, Sandra
                                                Bartoli, Stéphane Bauer,
                                                Ute Meta Bauer, Leonie
                                                Baumann, Silvia Beck,
                                                Jochen Becker, Matthias
                                                Beckmann, Wibke Behrens,
                                                Gabi Beier, Daniel
                                                Belasco Rodgers, Chris
                                                Benedict, Ursula Maria
                                                Berzborn, Christoff
                                                Bleidt, Ellen
                                                Blumenstein, Monica
                                                Bonvicini, Laurence
                                                Bonvin, Shannon Bool,
                                                Daniela Brahm, Anna
                                                Bromley, Thomas Bruns,
                                                Sabeth Buchmann, Marcel
                                                Bühler, Matthew
                                                Burbidge, Libia Castro,
                                                Filipa César, Michael
                                                Clegg, Martin Conrads,
                                                Dellbrügge & de
                                                Moll, Diedrich
                                                Diederichsen, Ursula
                                                Döbereiner, Helmut
                                                Draxler, Christoph
                                                Dreher, Birgit Effinger,
                                                Ekkehard Ehlers,
                                                Matthias Einhoff, Ulrich
                                                Ernitz, Lou Favorite,
                                                Silvia Fehrmann, Tatjana
                                                Fell, Ulrike Feser,
                                                Jesko Fezer, Nina
                                                Fischer & Maroan el
                                                Sani, Micz Flor, Rike
                                                Frank, Anselm Franke,
                                                Nikolai Franke, Joerg
                                                Franzbecker, Roland
                                                Fuhrmann, Peter Funken,
                                                Kristoffer Gansing,
                                                Henryk Gericke, Maurus
                                                Gmür, Cristina Gómez
                                                Barrio, Erik Göngrich,
                                                Pierre Granoux, Raphaël
                                                Grisey, Annett
                                                Gröschner, Sönke
                                                Hallmann, Gerd Hartmann,
                                                Michael Hauffen, Frauke
                                                Havemann, Hans Hemmert,
                                                Vanessa Henn, Naomi
                                                Hennig, Tobias Hering,
                                                Pablo Hermann, Carina
                                                Herring, Mathias Heyden,
                                                Paula Marie Hildebrandt,
                                                Tom Holert, Annette
                                                Hollywood, Ralf Homann,
                                                Laura Horelli, Gabriele
                                                Horn, Philip Horst,
                                                Gregor Hotz, Markus
                                                Huber, Dominique Hurth,
                                                Katharina Jedermann,
                                                Karl Heinz Jeron, Ela
                                                Kagel, Kerstin Karge,
                                                Karin Kasböck, Anne
                                                Kersten, Thomas Kilpper,
                                                Julian Klein, Christophe
                                                Knoch, Alexander Koch,
                                                Andreas Koch, Doris
                                                Koch, Dorothea Kolland,
                                                Nina Korolewski,
                                                Bernhard Kotowski, Folke
                                                Köbberling, Florian
                                                Köhl, Eva Könnemann,
                                                Hannah Kruse, Stefan
                                                Krüskemper, Ulrike
                                                Kuschel, Christine Lang,
                                                Pia Lanzinger, Heimo
                                                Lattner, Julia Lazarus,
                                                Ines Lechleitner, Achim
                                                Lengerer, Regina
                                                Liedtke, Silvan Linden,
                                                Kai Lorenz, Nadine
                                                Lorenz, Cornelia Lund,
                                                Holger Lund, Annette
                                                Maechtel, Moritz Majce,
                                                Antje Majewski, Yutaka
                                                Makino, Sandra
                                                Manhartseder, Séverine
                                                Marguin, Wolfgang Mayer,
                                                Diana McCarty, Angela
                                                Melitopoulos, Doreen
                                                Mende, Nikolaus Merck,
                                                Karolin Meunier, Herbert
                                                Mondry, Tina Müller,
                                                Wolfgang Müller, Ute
                                                Müller-Tischler, Alice
                                                Münch, Anh-Linh Ngo,
                                                Frank Oberhäußer, Ólafur
                                                Ólafsson, Sonja
                                                Ostermann, Marie-josé
                                                Ourtilane, Kirsten Palz,
                                                Anne Passow, Andrea
                                                Pichl, Katrin Plavcak,
                                                Judith Raum, Karin
                                                Rebbert, Axel Daniel
                                                Reinert, Thomas
                                                Rentmeister, Cornelia
                                                Renz, Angelika Richter,
                                                Christian Römer, Stefan
                                                Römer, Constanze Ruhm,
                                                Barbara Rüth, Harry
                                                Sachs, Susanne Sachsse,
                                                Natascha Sadr
                                                Haghighian, Jochen
                                                Sandig, Jan Sauerwald,
                                                Ines Schaber, Bernd
                                                Scherer, Birgit
                                                Schlieps, Les Schließer,
                                                Martin G. Schmid,
                                                Florian Schmidt, Marc
                                                Schmolling, Detlev
                                                Schneider, Meggie
                                                Schneider, Frieder
                                                Schnock, Nadja
                                                Schöllhammer, Pit
                                                Schultz, Michael
                                                Schultze, Max
                                                Schumacher, Maya
                                                Schweizer, Marcel
                                                Schwierin, Judith
                                                Siegmund, Heidi Sill,
                                                Marina Sorbello, Heinz
                                                Stahlhut, Raimar Stange,
                                                Anita Stöhr Weber,
                                                Christoph Tannert, Signe
                                                Theill, Mina Tinaburri,
                                                Stella Veciana, Vlado
                                                Velko, Jan Verwoert,
                                                Friedrich von Borries,
                                                Katja von Helldorff,
                                                Moritz von Rappard,
                                                Clemens von Wedemeyer,
                                                Penelope Wehrli, Ute
                                                Weiss Leder, Jutta
                                                Weitz, Antje Weitzel,
                                                Christina Werner,
                                                Franziska Werner, Anke
                                                Westermann, Maya
                                                Weyermann, Barbara
                                                Wille, Simone Willeit,
                                                Susanne Winterling, Marc
                                                Wohlrabe, Maik Wolf,
                                                Thomas Wulffen, Florian
                                                Wüst, Miya Yoshida,
                                                Simone Zaugg, Florian
                                                Zeyfang, Lena Ziese,
                                                Inga Zimprich, Moira
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                                                ________________<br>
                                                1 The term “independent
                                                scene“ refers to all
                                                freelance artists,
                                                groups, initiatives and
                                                institutions run by free
                                                agents in the fields of
                                                architecture, visual
                                                art, film, literature,
                                                music, new media, dance
                                                and theatre.<br>
                                                2 The Independent Scene
                                                Coalition is an
                                                association of
                                                independent artistic
                                                initiatives,
                                                institutions and
                                                professional artists
                                                from all media. <a
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                                                3 Cf. Independent Scene
                                                Coalition – The Future
                                                of the Independent
                                                Scene: 10 points for a
                                                new cultural policy,
                                                Berlin 2012.
                                                koalitionfszb.bplaced.net/wordpress/?p=459<br>
                                                4 Cf. Berlin
                                                Perspectives for a
                                                Strong Economy, Good
                                                Work and Social
                                                Cohesion. Coalition
                                                Agreement between SPD
                                                and CDU for the
                                                legislative period
                                                2011–2016, SPD Regional
                                                Association Berlin and
                                                CDU Regional Association
                                                Berlin (ed.), Berlin
                                                2011, p. 42. <a
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href="http://www.spd-berlin.de/positionen/koalitionsvereinbarung-2011-2016/">www.spd-berlin.de/positionen/koalitionsvereinbarung-2011-2016/</a><br>
                                                5 The Rat für die Künste
                                                (Berlin Council for the
                                                Arts) is an elected,
                                                independent commission
                                                which represents culture
                                                in Berlin. Members of
                                                the council are
                                                currently 24 people,
                                                most of whom represent
                                                established Berlin
                                                cultural institutions,
                                                festivals and
                                                associations. <a
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href="http://www.rat-fuer-die-kuenste.de">www.rat-fuer-die-kuenste.de</a><br>
                                                6 Cf. To Have and To
                                                Need – Manifesto, Berlin
                                                2012. <a
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href="http://www.habenundbrauchen.de">www.habenundbrauchen.de</a><br>
                                                7 The City Tax is only
                                                one possibility to
                                                ensure the future
                                                financing of equality
                                                between institutional
                                                and independent culture.
                                                If the Berlin cultural
                                                budget can already deal
                                                with impending pay
                                                raises, for instance, in
                                                the opera trust, then
                                                the same must apply to
                                                funding for the
                                                independent scene.<br>
                                                8 Cf. Berlin
                                                Perspectives for a
                                                Strong Economy, Good
                                                Work and Social
                                                Cohesion, p.92.<br>
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