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A new research by Sébastien Peter for the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies of the ZurichUniversity of the Arts (ZCCE/ZHdK).This article is part of a series of publications by ZCCE on cultural policies, creative industries and the arts sector in Switzerland: after Geneva, Zurich, Swiss philanthropy etc., this research on cultural policies in Ticino and Italian-speaking Switzerland completes the serie.…
The dashboard presents the Creative Industries Switzerland 2021 by submarket and canton. It contains information on the number of businesses, employees, full time equivalents, generated gross value added and turnover.
A new research by Sébastien Peter for the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies of the ZurichUniversity of the Arts (ZCCE/ZHdK).This article is part of a series of publications by ZCCE on cultural policies, creative industries and the arts sector in Switzerland: after Geneva, Zurich, Swiss philanthropy etc., this research on cultural policies in Ticino and Italian-speaking Switzerland completes the serie.…
Ausgehend von den laufenden Diskussionen um die Einkommenssituation von Künstler:innen und Kreativschaffenden weisen wir auf grundsätzlichen Klärungsbedarf für die kulturpolitische Diskussion in der Schweiz hin. Das Papier versteht sich als Beitrag des ZCCE zur bis Ende September laufenden Vernehmlassung des Bundes zur Kulturbotschaft 2025 – 2028.
On June 13th, ZCCE's has released its long-awaited report on the creative and cultural industries, or ICC, in Geneva. The presentation of this report and the press conference that took place, in the presence of Sami Kanaan, "deputy mayor" of Geneva or "Conseiller administratif", in charge of the Department of Culture and Digital Transition, concluded a year of research by…
Is freedom of artistic expression on the rise or at risk? The answer is simple: There is more to do to oppose the alarming number of threats, oppression, social and economic challenges, or political exclusion of people working in the cultural and creative sector. We look at two reports addressing the topic. We are aware of artists in emergency situations…
The International Labour Organization (ILO, or OIT in french), the UN labour agency, has just published a long study on "the future of of work in the arts and entertainment sector". The Zurich Centre For Creatives Economies at ZHdK University had prepared a "working paper" in 2022, part statistics, part policy, which was used for this research. A technical meeting,…
Discover startups, spin-offs, and non-profit organisations from the ZHdK ecosystem The ZHdK Startup Finder is a new online database launched under the label of the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE). It offers an overview of the various startups, spin-offs and non-profit organisations that have emerged in the ZHdK ecosystem in recent years. The Startup Finder also showcases the innovative potential and diversity…
Curating Capitalism: How Art Impacts Business, Management, and Economy by Pierre Guillet de Monthoux Sternberg Press (Serie : Experiments in Art and Capitalism) A review by Luca Danieli What is the role of the artist in shaping the knowledge of the future? What’s the role of the curator? And how can these figures impact the economy and set the agenda in the…
A review of the book Russia Today, un média au service de l’État russe, written by Maxime Audinet. Today, with the war in Ukraine, RT has found itself under European sanctions, and many personalities linked to this structure, such as Margarita Simonian, are under international sanctions. In this 2021 book, written before the 2022’s war, Audinet attempts to tell the…
Contemporary art is much decried. Using Jeff Koons or Damien Hirst as their main villains and only examples, countless essayists and pamphleteers have castigated the direction in which modern art has moved and continue to denounce its futility. The radical right is sickened by the pretensions of woke or eco-leftist artists, while the extreme left ironizes art that is created…