In addition to gastronomy, culture is probably suffering the most from the lockdown that will take effect on Monday.
We spoke with cultural workers from the district how they deal with the renewed end.
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- You fought, you fought the crisis with concepts.
All the greater are the frustration, anger and incomprehension among the cultural organizers that their industry will be hit again from Monday.
Daniela Benker, head of the cultural office in Unterschleißheim, is speechless.
“It's extremely difficult and unspeakably exhausting.
We implemented the concepts one hundred percent, almost obsessed with details.
Our audience was disciplined. "Cultural events are certainly not pandemic drivers," there was no infection, nothing. "
Lockdown stunned directors out of hair
She understands that it is difficult for politicians to establish one rule for everyone, but unfortunately there is not enough differentiation.
“When the MVV went on strike, crowds of people crowded into the wagons.
That is accepted as collateral damage, our halls are much larger. ”In the past seven months, the audience has regained their trust.
“The people are needy and grateful.” Now everything will be ruined again.
“That is a bitter blow to the office.
Years of our work have been ruined. ”But it particularly affects all those whose livelihoods have now been shut down for weeks: actors, musicians, agencies, event technicians, stage builders ...
Like Benker, Matthias Riedel-Rüppel demonstrated on Königsplatz for the cultural sector.
The new lockdown for culture stunned the artistic director of the Kleiner Theater in Haar: “It didn't achieve anything, I wouldn't have thought it.
We were the industry that not only demanded money, but also delivered concepts. "
"Many who lived on thin ice anyway have used up their retirement savings"
Barbara Schulte-Rief, Head of the Cultural Office in Unterföhring, hopes that “it will stay with the four weeks”.
The artist has exceeded the limit of resilience.
Schulte-Rief is the state chairwoman of the Inthega-Verein (community of interests of the cities with theater guest performances), in the past few days the association has tried in a letter to Prime Minister Söder and Minister of Culture Sibler to obtain an exemption from the reduced visitor capacity of 50 people, analogous to church services and political committee meetings for which 100 people are allowed.
Vain.
Schulte-Rief knows from many conversations about the existential need of the artists: "Many who lived on thin ice in the past few months have used up their pension."
Werner Riedel experiences something similar.
The passionate jazz musician has been organizing a jazz series for ten years, which previously ran in Hohenbrunn and has been based at Gut Keferloh in Grasbrunn for a year.
He considers himself lucky that he has a large regular audience, "we had three concerts after the first wave, the people were grateful".
Riedel himself is 74 years old and a pensioner, he is covered, "it's bad for the young musicians", mostly self-employed.
Some perform on his Jazz Fridays.
“It's awful, it hits people who live from hand to mouth.
Anyone who doesn't have a teaching job now is left with nothing. "
Garching's chief of culture doesn't really understand Lockdwon
On the other hand, he admits, “I cannot offer a common, promising solution myself.” He would like to make a new attempt in December and organize a jam session in the threshing floor.
"I just don't think it'll be over by the end of November."
Thomas Gotterbarm cannot fully understand the shutdown for culture.
“We're safer than a subway car or a Rewe store,” says the Garching cultural advisor, “it's probably about the meetings before and after a cultural visit.” It is difficult to see that the planning association for the outer economic area will be on November 17th may hold his meeting in the community center.
Nevertheless.
“We'll continue.” Gotterbarm has found a replacement date for all November dates, the first in January.
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