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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>we invite you to follow the 6th stream of MoneyLab #8 and to share your comments and questions trough the live chat.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'>MoneyLab #8</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'><br><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri'>Minting a Fair Society</span></strong></span></b><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#1D2129;background:white'>LIVE STREAMING SERIES</span><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'><br></span><span style='font-family:Colibri'><a href="https://aksioma.org/moneylab8">https://aksioma.org/moneylab8</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'><br></span>STREAM #6 / <b>Monday, 15 June 2020 at 5 pm CET<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Tax Havens: Normalized Grand Theft<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>With RYBN.ORG and Demystification Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Moderated by Anuška Delić<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tax havens are a popular topic for bar rants about The Others, those dirty scumbags who came to possess vast sums of money through means, networks, tools and methods an everyday earthling does not have access to. It is generally assumed the funds are a result of some money laundering/public corruption/criminal operation (as they often are), or of a “perfectly legal and legitimate” tax avoidance scheme. By law, only tax evasion is illegal, while the rest are legal methods of “cashing in” individual benefits, i.e., tax deductions for dependables. The public seemingly responds to revelations by authorities, journalists, and others about the millions in national currencies that have sunk into exotic offshore locations with the resigned realisation that everything will remain the same. This is true, but it also obfuscates the real consequences of tax havens: the millions of euros that never reach a country’s budget and are often a result of transnational crime. After the Panama Papers shook the global markets in 2016, some states fought back by installing registers of beneficial owners. Yet, they can hardly do anything about the flourishing offshore financial industry. To do so would go against the grain of the national economies of giants like the USA, where some states are “onshore” havens. Meanwhile the global public is complicit in this normalisation because, honestly, it is complicated to think about taxes and tax havens, right? Let this panel of investigative artists talking to an investigative journalist make it easier for you. RYBN.ORG will take you on an intimate ride aboard <i>The Great Offshore</i>, guiding you gently through offshore finance in infamous locations, like Malta, to help you identify with The Others. Then the Demystification Committee will show you how you can even become one of Them by receiving guidance from their <i>Offshore Investigation Vehicle</i> to set up your own global corporate structure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:Colibri'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Colibri'>Follow the programme here:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Colibri'>FB event > <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/527075734629065/">https://www.facebook.com/events/527075734629065/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:Colibri'>Telegram > <a href="https://t.me/aksiomaorg">https://t.me/aksiomaorg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:Colibri'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:Colibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020;font-weight:normal'>Organised and produced by:</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'> </span></b><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'>Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2020<br><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>For the series:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri'> </span></strong><a href="https://aksioma.org/tactics.practice/" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#007C89'>Tactics & Practice</span></em></a><br><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>In the frame of:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri'> </span></strong><a href="https://kons-platforma.org/" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#007C89'>konS</span></em></a> – Platform for Contemporary Investigative Art<br><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>In collaboration with:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri'> </span></strong><a href="https://www.kinosiska.si/en/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>Kino Šiška – Centre for Urban Culture</span></a> and <a href="https://www.kinosiska.si/en/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>Institute of Network Cultures</span></a> / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences<br><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>In partnership with:</span></strong><a href="https://rijeka2020.eu/en/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'> Rijeka ECoC 2020</span></a> and <a href="https://www.ufg.at/Master-Programme.1594+M52087573ab0.0.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>Interface Cultures Department</span></a> / Kunstuniversität Linz<br><strong><span style='font-family:Colibri;font-weight:normal'>Media partners:</span></strong> Neural magazine, We Make Money Not Art, TAM-TAM, Radio Študent</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'>The project <em><span style='font-family:Colibri'>konS</span></em> – Platform for Contemporary Investigative Art was chosen on the public call for the selection of the operations “Network of Investigative Art and Culture Centres”. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:Colibri;color:#202020'>The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Marcela Okretič<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Jakopičeva 11, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Aksioma | Project Space<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Komenskega 18, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>tel.: + 386 – (0)590 54360<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>gsm: + 386 – (0)41 – 250830<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>e-mail: <a href="mailto:marcela@aksioma.org">marcela@aksioma.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.aksioma.org">www.aksioma.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='font-family:Colibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>