From the Association of Independent Theater indicated that the National Theater Institute is dismantled for the benefit of discretion and emphatically repudiated the government’s actions.
Two days after euphoria for support to government in the field of the city, Manuel Adorni He lashed out with the chainsaw and it was for culture. After the announcement that they will close, centralize or fuse agencies dependent on the Ministry of Culture of the Nation, the repudiation soon arrived.
The Ministry of Culture and its detachments, which depends on the theater producer Leonardo Cifelliwas described by Adorni as “Cradle of political interests and duplicate functions”, and confirmed the reform of the National Theater Institute (INT), which will become an appendix of culture, losing the autarchy for which he fought so many years and a right won in favor of the theatrical community, especially that which flourished to the independent theater.
Upon knowing the news, from the Association of Independent Theaters (Artei) argued that the National Theater Institute for the benefit of discretion and emphatically repudiated the actions of the National Executive Power, by decree the National Theater Law (No. 24,800), which as well as the INT, were the result of the historical struggle of theatrists who fought for those conquests.
Artei indicated in his statement: “The decree announced this morning affronts the culture and work of the entire theatrical community that, for decades, developed and grew around this defendant State policy, until today, by the most diverse governments since 1997”.
Adorni He argued that “65% of the budget on salaries and operation is spent and only 35% effectively reaches the theater, when the premise was that 90% will be allocated to the promotion of theater. The plant has already been reduced by 20%.” The Board of Directors and the provincial representatives of the INT will be eliminated and instead an Advisory Council, Ad Honorem will be appointed. Adorni However, it minimized the modification of the article that gives autarchy to the Institute and explained that “the INT will continue to function.” From the Government, they reported that with this measure more than $ 150,000,000 would be saved, always justifying everything with hard data.
In the National Directorate of the INT, it will assume Federico Brunetti in replacement of Mariano Stolkinerdirector and owner of the foreigner theater. According to Artei, “It is a lie that the INT workers plant is oversized. We know very well and in our own flesh that for the volume of procedures the plant is scarce. Administrative spending was increasing due to the increase in wages that tried to accompany inflation. However, the same did not happen with the contributions to the theater. ”
From the INT they admitted that the numbers of Adorni They are true, but everything obeys the glass with which you look. According to Artei, the solution is not to fire the personnel who work but to increase the budget, according to the Government, the State must continue to shrink. The truth is that the aids to the theater via int, proteat or patronage continued active, at least until now, and partially accompanied inflation. But it is worth reiterating what all theatrists go out of trouble for explaining to those who do not understand the activity: the independent plays are not done with public monies, those monies are a small push so that the activity continues to bloom and is one of the most thriving in the world.
Artei concludes in his statement: “We demand that Any modification must be agreed by the theatrical community and debated in the Nation Congress. We support and ensure citizen law to culture and INT is the national body that encourages, develops and guarantees access to this artistic expression throughout the country. ”
Source: Ambito
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
