Hi, If some of you are in London next week, you may be into this...*
RE-IMAGINING CULTURE* How to (and not to) build a cultural economy. Lessons learnt after the crash and 'What Now?' for artists, theorists and professionals working in art, culture and policy Tuesday, 18th May 2010 A Foundation (upstairs space) Rochelle School, Arnold Circus, London E2 7ES 6:30pm-8:30pm *FREE* RSVP: [email protected] Invited speakers: Chair: *Abbas Nokhasteh* (director, Open Vizor) *John Kieffer *(editor of 'After the Crunch', creative director of Sound and Music) *William Wong* (Clore Leadership Fellow, cultural consultant) *Sonya Dyer* (artist, writer and co-ordinator of the Chelsea Programme, Chelsea College of Art & Design) *What effect has the crisis had on cultural industry? How is the cultural industry changing now? What are the new possibilities for creativity and the community?* 'Re-imagining Culture' is a workshop in the form of an open discussion that aims to address the current state of the post-crisis cultural economy. The crisis forces us to confront multiple issues, and provides us an opportunity to reflect, undo and redo some of visions and practices of arts/culture, economy and industry. In the past decade, the culture industry in the UK has been regarded as a leading model that has been followed in pursuit by countries around the world. The workshop looks at the impact of the crisis and provokes imagination from various perspectives of economy, labour, business and innovation in the UK, and projects it to a broader discussion on global landscape, especially on large scale cultural development projects such as the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong or the Saadiyat Island Cultural District in Abu Dhabi. The event aims to bring together artists, theorists and professionals to raise questions, to approach an understanding of the changes, and to re-imagine new possibilities and resolutions for the arts, culture and global economy. 'Re-imagining Culture' is the first of a series of workshop events produced by DOXA. The event is part of an on-going project on 'Creative Space', which seeks to explore new models, practices and ideas of culture, creativity and the global community. This event is supported by Open Vizor and A Foundation. *DOXA* is an an international collective of artists, theorists, designers, architects, engineers, etc. DOXA generates research through dialogue and facilitates production through experimentation. DOXA (δόξα) as common belief, as opposed to knowledge, is associated with community, dialogue and truth. www.doxacollective.org
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