Nope Chris. The study was across the board. All three types of Art were included. Complex Art, Commercial and Religious Art and Vulgar Art. It seems that Art stimulates commerce wherever it is found. When the Art on Times Square was basically vulgar art a few years back, there was still plenty of subsidiary business stimulated by the presence of those pornographic theaters. After they were cleaned up and it became more "respectable" there was still plenty of subsidiary business stimulated by the presence of those fancy theaters. It was nicer and more profitable because of the presence of big convention hotels who located in the new sector. Next to the financial sector the Cultural sectors stimulate the most business in New York City. I'm not sure what it is now but a few years back the sector was an 11 Billion dollar business. Good to hear from you Chris. How's Switzerland?
REH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: REH wrote: > I would add that if the Artist is paid > for his work eleven dollars go back into the economy for every one dollar > invested in the Artist. It goes back as stimulus. Art can enhance productivity, but obviously this strongly depends on the kind of art (and also on the "consumer") -- even to the point of decreasing productivity, and to have negative side effects ("death metal" etc.). In other words, the fact that some art can enhance productivity doesn't entitle every artist to "11-fold" payment... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
