Culture is future » Territorial attractiveness and social cohesion
The cultural spillover can conceal an other one
Web review - 18/09/2015
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:
- Strategies for developing a unique identity, which steer cities and regions to rejuvenate their images like the example of Los Angeles that wants to play a key role in contemporary art in the coming years with the opening of The Broad museum. It is also the case of Abidjan for the city develops fiscal tools to appeal film directors and audiovisuel starts.
- Strategies based on appeal within the context of competition, which push regions having a rich cultural history to try capitalize on their images. It is the case of Arles that after its International Meetings of photography’s success may now boast be untitled French Tech Culture thanks to its Cultural and Heritage Pole.
- Strategies to reinforce social cohesion and improve living environment concern more territories with a low density and facing social challenges. For example, Sunderland runs for the UK city of culture label
The Broad, LA’s latest museum, remakes the city’s art scene
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, hub of African audiovisuel
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.’
£1m fund for region’s creative sector to launch at HOME
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.
China sites receive Unesco Asia-Pacific Award status
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
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