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Mapping Creativity, Hong Kong

The international workshop on “Mapping Creativity,” held on 25 and 26 March 2019, examined narrative strategies for promoting the creative ecosystem in Hong Kong and on a global level. The event was recognised as an associated partner programme of Art Basel Hong Kong 2019. Publications Mapping creativity: A rather global mission (PDF)Workshop Description (PDF)

March 25, 2019

Analysis Creative Economies Reports Cultural-Policies

“The Creative Industries in the Lake Constance Region” (2019)

This report contains analyses, facts, portraits, figures, comparisons and mappings that paint a multifaceted picture of the border region between Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This is the first time that the regional significance of the creative economies in the Lake Constance region is explored and placed in its European context. The research was made possible by the International University…

February 1, 2019

Digitalisation Entrepreneurial Strategies

Simon Grand, Christoph Weckerle, “Economification and Culturalization – Dynamics and Governance Models” (2018)

This essay was published in Scripted Culture: Digitisation and Cultural Public Spheres, edited by Ruedi Widmer and Ines Kleesattel (Diaphanes, 2018). Simon Grand, Christoph Weckerle, "Economification and Culturalization - Dynamics and Governance Models" (2018)

August 15, 2018

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Creative Economy Report Switzerland 2018

Which strategies do artists and designers pursue in their search for a “positive economy”? How do they link content and contexts in different business environments? What characterises the creative economies in Switzerland? How are the sub-markets of the creative industries developing in Switzerland? This report examines the dynamics of the Swiss creative economies. Based on analyses, facts and figures, portraits…

June 1, 2018

Art & Design Careers Criticism & Theory Entrepreneurial 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)

November 1, 2017

Art & Design Careers Criticism & Theory Cultural 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…

March 10, 2017

Analysis Creative Economies Reports Cultural-Policies

Creative Industries Report 2016

“From the Creative Industries to the Creative Economies – Creative Economy Report Switzerland 2016”: This report provides new approaches to the creative industries in Switzerland along defined sub-markets. It also focuses on key national and global issues such as value creation, forms of collaboration, creative processes, as well as actors’ practices and processes. 4th Creative Industries Report (2016)

May 1, 2016

Art & Design Careers Criticism & Theory Digitalisation Entrepreneurial 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…

February 25, 2016

Criticism & Theory

Frédéric Martel, “Die Disruption der Kritik” (2015)

Frédéric Martel considers “Smart Curation” using the example of Gawker, a controversial but very successful online media company he visited in the USA. Frédéric Martel, "Die Disruption der Kritik" (2015)

August 15, 2015

Analysis Creative Economies Reports Cultural-Policies

Creative Industries Report 2010

When the first Cultural Industries Report for Switzerland was published in 2003, a new and remarkable awareness was created: For Switzerland’s cultural diversity, the state-funded sector was as important as the commercial sector. In order to better understand the role of the city of Zurich within Switzerland’s cultural diversity, three consecutive Creative Industries Reports (2005, 2008, 2010) were published with…

October 1, 2010

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