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Introducing the ZHdK Startup Finder

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…
NataliaSmatsi
December 5, 2022
Art & Design CareersEntrepreneurial StrategiesInsights

Survey about Creative Economies & Philanthropy

In “The Future of the Creative Economies” (2021), Deloitte predicts that “most people would welcome a world in which a larger share of the workforce is engaged with creative work.” According to an in-depth UNESCO report “Creative Economies are one of the youngest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world” (Re-Shaping Policies for Creativity – Addressing culture as a…
NataliaSmatsi
July 14, 2022
Art & Design Careers

The Art in the Artificial (PEC, Nesta 2020)

Artificial intelligence (AI) will play an important role in the creative industries in the future. AI algorithms are already recommending creative content on websites such as Spotify and Netflix, and recent developments in AI have further enhanced the ability of algorithms to analyse image, text and sound data that are found throughout the creative industries. Against this background, the report…
NataliaSmatsi
December 29, 2021
Art & Design CareersCultural Policies

Kulturwirtschaftsstatistik (BFS 2020)

In accordance with an agreement with the Federal Office of Culture (FOC), the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) has compiled new statistics on the cultural industry in Switzerland. The definition of cultural industries used is based on the specifications of the EU statistics office (Eurostat). In contrast to the broader "creative economy" approach, which also includes IT and software as well…
NataliaSmatsi
October 13, 2020
Art & Design CareersCriticism & TheoryDigitalisationEntrepreneurial Strategies

Frédéric Martel, Hartmut Wickert (Eds.), “Embedded Artists” (2020)

Artistic works, processes and methods often do not take place in contexts that are classical artistic terrain. What are the consequences — not only for artists but also for their environment? What does “management through art” or “artistic management” mean? Which “artistic” competences and skills are used and needed in the “non-artistic” world? And what does this mean for understanding…
NataliaSmatsi
August 24, 2020
Art & Design CareersCriticism & TheoryEntrepreneurial Strategies

Non-paper for the German Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries

As an official research partner of the KKKW (Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries of the Federal Government), the CreativeEconomies Research Venture has produced a three-part series of non-papers for 2018 and 2019. These non-papers are dedicated to the current state of research on important phenomena, developments and controversies related to the creative economies. The focus lies on the…
NataliaSmatsi
April 1, 2019
Art & Design CareersCriticism & TheoryEntrepreneurial Strategies

Simon Grand, Christoph Weckerle, “What if? The Creative Economies as a central research field of the future” (2017)

This essay by Simon Grand and Christoph Weckerle was published in PHASE XI, a 2017 publication of the Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries of the Federal Government (Germany). Simon Grand, Christoph Weckerle, "What if? The Creative Economies as a central research field of the future" (2017)
NataliaSmatsi
November 1, 2017
Art & Design CareersCriticism & TheoryCultural Policies

Simon Grand, Christoph Weckerle, “The Palaver on Scaling Enterprises” (2017)

The 21st century is characterised by our almost limitless ability to imagine things on different scales. Our imagination on the subject of “size” has driven technical progress and has also inspired art. The proceedings of the symposium on “Too Big To Scale” (Scheidegger & Spiess, 2017), held at Zurich University of the Arts in 2015, include Simon Grand and Christoph…
NataliaSmatsi
March 10, 2017
Art & Design CareersCriticism & TheoryDigitalisationEntrepreneurial Strategies

Frédéric Martel, “The cultural critic is dead! Long live Smart Curation!” (2016)

Does the future of cultural criticism lie in the hands of “machines”? Is this future generated by the recommendation algorithms of Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, etc.? No, what is required is the combination of algorithms with human judgment. This line of thought was discussed in a research initiative titled “Smart Curation” based at Zurich University of the Arts. Frédéric Martel, «Le…
NataliaSmatsi
February 25, 2016
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