GROUP50:50
GROUP50:50 is a collective of artists from Congo, Switzerland and Germany and a production structure based in Basel, Berlin and Lubumbashi that realizes and produces transnational artistic cooperation projects.
GROUP50:50 tells stories about the historical and current economic and political interconnections between their countries, demands the return of cultural heritage and reparations for colonial crimes and current human rights violations. It addresses the history of globalization, colonial domination of the African continent, and neocolonial practices of exploitation of people and nature.
GROUP50:50 critically reflects on the forms of their collaboration, which is affected by historical and economic inequalities, cultural misunderstandings, and the fact that the means of production always come from Europe, as African countries hardly have budgets for culture.
50:50 projects are projects
which are based on a joint initiative and a jointly developed concept by African and European artists.
where at least 50% of the participating artists (on and off stage) live in African countries.
which are mainly financed with European funds, but where at least 50% of the fees are paid to artists in African countries in order to create a financial compensation.
which are made accessible to audiences in Europe and in Africa and which contribute in the long term to the operation of independent art spaces and to the revitalization of unused cultural infrastructures in African countries.
that build sustainable collaborative structures that strive for both crisis resilience and climate neutrality.