beyond the creative city - jonathan vickery

Jonathan VickeryCentre for Cultural Policy Studies

Beyond the Creative City – Cultural Policy in an age of scarcity

El Raval, Ciutat Vella Barcelona

Camden Lock market, London

City Brand/DM strategy

CulturalQuartersCreative Industry

clusters

Bobo/Bohemianresidence

Education sector/student life

Landmark/Signature architecture

Globally networked

public spaces/Public art

IP generators

Planning/Urban design

Coventry, Millennium Place

The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays

Flash@Hebburn, Charles Quick: Hebburn

Hoxten, London

Urban White Paper Our Towns and Cities (2000) delivering an urban renaissance

‘How we live our lives is shaped by where we live our lives’ John Prescott’s Foreword Argument: the urban regeneration policy of past governments was premised on property reconstruction, ignoring the more fundamental issues of ‘quality of life’

The State of English Cities report attempted to create…

‘a connected rather than reductionist view of the world’ • integrationism in urban development • data on economics, social development, culture and international links

The Urban Task Force (1998-)

New urban artists

• ‘Art’ maker• Project manager• Events entrepreneur• Critic, public intellectual • Cultural diplomat• Technician, site manager, contracts director.• Critic, writer, educator

Labour Party election manifesto 1997

‘The arts, culture and sport are central to the task of recreating the sense of community,

identity and civic pride that should define our country. Yet we consistently undervalue the

role of the arts and culture in helping to create a civic society’

The Jerde Partnership and Coventry City Council, December 2008.

Cf: DETR (1998a) Planning for Sustainable Development: Towards a Better Practice London: Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions.

NVA public arts

Glasgow May 2009 – ongoingSAGE: PUTTING FOOD PRODUCTION INTO THE HEART OF URBAN LIFEwww.sowandgroweverywhere.org.uk

Cittadellarte – Foundation Pistoletto, Biella, Italy

Mirjam Struppek’s European Urban Screens project

Agorascape project of the CM Architecten Amsterdam, 2010 – ongoing:

Art & Sacred Places [Portsmouth Cathedral - Nathan Coley’ ‘Black Tent’ (2003)