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Freeform Tradition Festival
A festival of "music with an identity" showcases diverse approaches to and interpretations of local, regional, or ethnic cultures.
Festival represents artists and groups who engage with cultural heritage from different regions of the world, continuing or reinventing musical traditions and presenting them in unconventional contexts. Our festival unites genres and artistic practices from "different worlds," separated by current political discourse or cultural stereotypes, and fosters new relationships between cultures, musicians, venues, and audiences.
Ethnic, regional and artistic diversity is a key principle. It involves a deep immersion in the music of different cultures rather than a formal approach to selection and presentation.
Ethnic, regional and artistic diversity is a key principle. It involves a deep immersion in the music of different cultures rather than a formal approach to selection and presentation.
"Music with identity" is not a genre or style but an approach.
Festival Guiding Principles
- FreeForm Tradition challenges the conventional stereotype that tradition and modernity are contradictory. We believe any tradition can be part of modernity, and contemporary culture can be based on tradition.
- Embracing diversity is a key principle. We focus on ethnic, regional, artistic, and other forms of diversity, striving for a deep immersion in the music of different cultures, avoiding a formal approach.
- "Music with identity" is our focus - music created in a specific context and on a specific foundation. This ensures genre diversity and creates an atmosphere of exploration and adventure.
- We support decoloniality and justice for all groups, including those whose voices remain unheard. Art is a political statement for us.
- Collaboration is our priority. We choose partnerships and building connections with projects and initiatives that share our spirit and concept.
- Economic justice is equally important. We don't charge participants and believe all work should be paid.
- We adhere to post-geographic principles, making our festival nomadic. By holding events worldwide, we expand opportunities and develop ideas and approaches.
- FreeForm Tradition not only highlights original cultural phenomena but also strives to discover and support new artists, scenes, and communities.
- We keep track of trends, but they don't define our policy. We maintain our own unique vision.
- Each element of the festival - program, venues, or visual communication - aims to reveal the context of a particular music and show the non-obvious interconnections between musicians, styles, and phenomena.
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