Getting Started as a Transnational Artist

How can you get your foot in the door in the independent performing arts community as an international artist? How does one deal with the challenges in freelance work, the bureaucracy and, last but not least, the stress that reorienting oneself within a new system can bring? How do you find access to funding opportunities when language presents an obstacle and where can you find support options when it comes to questions about permits, freelance tax number (Steuernummer), foreign tax number (Ausländersteuer)? Where can you find help when experiencing discrimination or exclusion? How can you adjust and revisit your work and concept in order to attract more opportunities? Our host Yu Bai will share her experiences as an international artist with a Chinese background and will welcome the participants to an open round of exchange on how to deal with the challenges when getting started in Berlin. The participants are warmly invited to bring their most urgent questions regarding freelance activity with them.
 

作为国际艺术家，如何在独立表演艺术社区中站稳脚跟？如何应对自由职业带来的种种挑战，处理繁琐的行政手续，以及在一个全新体系中重新定位的压力？当语言成为障碍时，如何找到资助机会？当面对签证、工作许可、自由职业税号（Steuernummer）和外国税号（Ausländersteuer）等问题时，去哪里寻求支持？如果遇到歧视或排斥，又该去哪里寻求帮助？如何调整和优化自己的作品与概念，以吸引更多机会？

我们的主持人白屿（Yu Bai）将分享她作为一名国际艺术家制作人，在拥有中/新加坡背景下的职业经验，欢迎参与者加入开放交流环节，探讨在柏林起步时所遇到的挑战。参与者也被热情邀请带上关于自由职业的最紧迫问题，共同交流与探讨。

In English spoken language, it is possible to ask questions and make comments using Chinese spoken language.