Dreams of artists trapped between good intentions and realpolitik The example of a foreign cultural policy (France- Poland) Jean-Yves Potel, Paris EFRP workshop Poznan, April 2010
2 How can a foreign public policy be useful in the fields of culture and art? The usual answer combines two complementary objectives: – to promote the national culture: the aim of national influence – cooperation with the host country’s culture: the aim of intercultural exchanges. And yet, experience has long proven that these good intentions quickly get drowned in “cultural diplomacy”.
3 Other ways have been explored for 20 years regarding these policies
4 The wall of the realpolitik
5 The Polish Season in France, “Nova Polska” (2004)
6 A mutual celebration
7 Small opportunities
8 Which change?