The 32th edition of the European Heritage Open Days –on the 19th and 20th of September- is about to be successful. The variety of testimonies collected on the occasion of the 4th Forum d’Avignon Ruhr edition – on the 22th and 23rd of September – reaffirm the impact of spillovers on territories generated by public and private cultural investments. Spillovers have multiple dimensions : artistic, heritage, historic, economic and social.
The strategy that consists in bargain on culture is a winning one. The 2010 Forum d’Avignon’s survey in partnership with Kurt Salmon named : ‘what strategies for sustainable employment and urban development planning?’ takes an inventory of three different types. The latter seems still relevant in light of current trends:
When he arrived in Los Angeles more than 50 years ago, Eli Broad once said, he found himself in a city without a cultural center. So the billionaire arts patron decided to build one. On Sept. 20 that effort takes a major step forward with the opening of The Broad, a shining, pop-art styled museum holding 2,000 works by arguably every important contemporary artist of the past 60 years.
Abidjan used to be the cultural cpital of West Africa. Now the city rediscovers its splendour. ‘We are in the beginning of something. It seems so…’ says a productor. During 2013 , Boris Van Gils, the Belgium-Congolese film director, makes non-stop return trips between Paris and Abidjan to prepare his film Les rayures du zèbre in which Benoît Poelvoorde plays the main role. Today, Boris Van Gils lives in Abidjan where he works on numerous projects among which the planning of the Francophone Film Trophy. ‘For a productor like me, it is Switzerland. When its comes to formalities, filming permission… everything is easy.’
Creative Cities Growth Fund will support industry hotspots in film, television, games and digital media in cities and regions outside London. Creative England is looking for public and private companies and organisations to work with to develop support programmes around specific industry areas, to invest directly into creative businesses in their region.
The conservation of the Sree Vadakkumnathan Temple in Kerala, India has received the award of excellence in this year's Unesco Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. Five sites in China received the recognition, including Honourable Mentions for YHA Mei Ho House Youth Hostel in Hong Kong and San Fang Qi Xiang in Fujian province. Awards of Merit went to Pingyao Traditional Courtyard House in Shanxi province and the Cangdong Heritage Education Center in Guangdong province, as well as an award of Distinction for Saltpans of Yim Tin Tsai in Hong Kong.
Drawing credit: Plantu, Cartooning for Peace for the Forum d’Avignon
The question of ownership of personal data is at the heart of this year’s Forum d’Avignon.
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Culture, territories and Powers - The spirit of Atlas
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Instantaneity, hyper-choice, innovation.
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How harmony can triumph over cacophony.
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Cultural behavior and personal data
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After the Big data revolution comes a second centered upon Open data and sharing
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The age of curation : From abundance to discovery
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L'Atelier BNP Paribas: Big Data: Big Culture?
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Creators, producers, distributors Who really has overall control ?
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Generation #hashtag : a new wave of content in the age of digital natives
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The imperative of moving towards business-model hybridisation
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Create, share and protect.
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Update of the first report published in 2010.
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How does sharing data contribute to improving the way we experience our day-to-day lives in the city?
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