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Rebuild21: Brief summary of day 1
Rebuild21 is an organisation commited to rebuilding business, politics and media for the 21st century. Sofus Midtgaard kicked off their annual conference today by outlining the four main topics of this year’s conference and talked about how they all face … Continue reading
Hansard report on Creative Industries in Northern Ireland
The Hansard report on how to support cultural and creative industries in Northern Ireland is out. I think the following points might be of interest to any place that wants to thrive in the creative and cultural economy. Key points: … Continue reading
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What happened to our cultural utopia(s)?
Should art and culture be useful in resolving societal issues and do artists need to relate to current affairs? – and also should politicians relate to contemporary art? Last night the Danish Minister for Culture, Uffe Elbæk, hosted the second … Continue reading
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Key Takeaways from the Urban Gardening Growthshop
Yesterday approximately 100 people attended the Urban Garden Growthshop in Aarhus to green the city. Alongside the planting activism the organisers, Center for Urban Kunst, had put together an interesting seminar. The seminar speakers included both academics and practitioners from … Continue reading
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What is creativity and why is it crucial to cities?
On Saturday, 5 May, I will be giving a talk about the importance of creativity in cities at the Urban Gardening event in Aarhus. This is a key issue for me and for Centre for Cities and Creativity. In a … Continue reading
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Key takeaways from the first Gaming Forum in Athens.
Yesterday I had the pleasure to participate in the first Gaming Forum in Athens through an invitation from British Council in Greece. The event was hosted at The Hub in Athens, a great space for this type of event which … Continue reading
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Reflecting on FutureCityGame in one of the world’s oldest cities.
Tomorrow I will be giving a presentation on FutureCityGame at the inaugural Gaming Forum in Athens. In the preparation for this I have had a chance to reflect what were the key elements for successful the Future City Games. There … Continue reading
Logo for Centre for Cities and Creativity
Hot off the press – here is our new logo The logo has been designed in collaboration with the artists Marie Melchiorsen and Dominik Louda and the graphic designers at Logomotiv.com. The idea behind the graphic image has been to … Continue reading
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Mission 2062 postcard follow-up
My first coffee meeting following after sending handwritten postcards from Mission2062 was with one of the most experienced cultural leaders in Denmark, Christian Have. Christian was very supportive of our mission and agreed with the main points mentioned on the … Continue reading
DK_UK collaboration on the theme of cities and integration
On Friday last week an interesting exhibition focusing on a cultural exchange of architects between the UK and Denmark opened at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen. The idea behind the project has been to look at how professionals from … Continue reading