Cultural Mobility Forum 2026 in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

Each year On the Move proposes a Cultural Mobility Forum to collectively investigate international artistic and cultural mobility trends. As a unique knowledge platform, the network works together with its members and partners to design thematic panel discussions and contextualise global mobility issues.

Focus 2026: Cultural Mobility Justice
Cultural mobility justice examines and challenges the systemic inequities that determine who can move, create and participate within the global cultural landscape. It exposes how visa restrictions, economic disparities, and enduring colonial, ableist and patriarchal power structures disproportionately limit the mobility of artists and culture professionals – particularly those from marginalised communities, burdened by precarious working conditions, family responsibilities, or personal constraints, or from non-Western contexts.

Below are four videos of speeches and conversations that took place on Wednesday 29 April 2026.

"Mobility Justice: Fairer Policies, New Practices, and Radical Solidarity"

Keynote speech by Marijana Cvetković (Stanica/Station—Service for Contemporary Dance, Nomad Dance Academy).

"Artistic Autonomy and the Balkans"

Panel discussion with Sara Whyatt (Freemuse) and Haris Pašović (Sarajevo Fest), Moderator Mateja Lazar (Motovila), rapporteur Sviatlana Haidalionak (Warsaw Observatory of Culture).

"Cultural Mobility Funding: Biases and Blind Spots"

Panel discussion with Marina Mussapi (Moleskine Foundation) and Jon Opie (Acme), Moderator Maria Vlachou (Acesso Cultura), rapporteur Lorena Copil (Centrul Cultural Clujean). 

"Harvesting insights from rapporteurs and participants"

Discussion with rapporteurs Sviatlana Haidalionak (Warsaw Observatory of Culture), Antonija Letinić (Kultura Nova), Ika Sienkiewicz-Nowacka (Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art), Florent Mehmeti (Teatri ODA, HAPU Festival), Argyro Toumazou (D6:EU), and Lorena Copil (Centrul Cultural Clujean), moderator Yohann Floch (On the Move).

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