Criteria - The power of imagination
In the coming years, DOEN will focus even more strongly on fostering radical imagination as a collective process within the arts. Here, changes in society will give rise to projects, and individuals and communities will come together in a joint artistic imagination process.
DOEN is looking for pioneers who will work in the Netherlands and abroad on the power of imagination to bring about change, focusing on a multitude of perspectives:
- DOEN supports arts and cultural projects that use radical imagination to show people that a different world is possible and that work to create and provide space for a multitude of perspectives.
- DOEN supports artists who involve people and communities in their artistic process (social practice) and thus jointly arrive at alternative perspectives
- DOEN supports initiatives within the arts and cultural sector that are looking for horizontal, equal and more inclusive forms of collaboration.
The following substantive criteria apply to both initiatives in the Netherlands (including Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the BES islands) and abroad: