CONTEXT AND ORGANISERS
This symposium is the fifth and final stage of the project AlmostReal, initiated by Igor Dobricic of the European Cultural Foundation. In Almostreal the relation between funder and funded has been a curious and driving mode. It provides an interesting case through which one can research a specific 'economy of power'. This final stage is a project in and of itself at the same time as it reflects on the four previous stages. The fifth stage is initiated by STEALTH (Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen) and curated by curator and critic Maria Lind, who in turn has invited the artist duo Goldin+Senneby (Simon Goldin and Jakob Senneby, both based in Stockholm) to make an art project and the curator Anna Livion, director Gävle Konstcentrum) to co-curate the public event, in collaboration with Konsthall C.

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BURNING ISSUES
Is there a correlation between funding and the way in which art is produced and presented? If so, how? // What does contemporary private art funding actually look like? // Is public funding disappearing? If so, what can we do beyond lamenting the situation? If not, what is happening to public funding against the backdrop of major change? // What kind of policy supports the existing structures? // What visions and fears are there for the future? // What do funders want to promote today? // What do they want to prevent? And not least, what do artists and other cultural producers think about this?