Comments on: How should we reconfigure the cultural landscape ? http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/how-should-we-reconfigure-the-cultural-landcape/ Anne Bonnar's blog Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Year One Online http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/how-should-we-reconfigure-the-cultural-landcape/#comment-86 Year One Online Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:11 +0000 http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-86 Not that I'm totally impressed, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on Furl telling that the info here is awesome. Thanks. p.s. Year One is already on the Internet and you can watch it for free. Not that I’m totally impressed, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on Furl telling that the info here is awesome. Thanks.
p.s. Year One is already on the Internet and you can watch it for free.

]]> By: Ivan Pope http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/how-should-we-reconfigure-the-cultural-landcape/#comment-20 Ivan Pope Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:47:46 +0000 http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-20 correct link! http://blog.ivanpope.com/awol/2009/04/how-should-we-reconfigure-the-cultural-landscape.html correct link!
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]]> By: Robert Dawson Scott http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/how-should-we-reconfigure-the-cultural-landcape/#comment-18 Robert Dawson Scott Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:05:56 +0000 http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-18 I can't tell you the wave of nostalgia that washed over me reading about your experiences at the Citz in 1976. That was the year (I think - may have been a year or two either side) that I first encountered them, doing the unforgettable Chinchilla at the Edinburgh Festival. It all sounds so much simpler then. I cannot help feeling that the proliferation of intermediaries has not contributed a great deal to the sum of human happiness since then even though, in my time, I was briefly one of them. Just possibly at the margins it is a bit more inclusive. One of the great weaknesses of the last thirty years has been the reluctance of anyone to back their own judgement when it comes to public support. You mention people like Harry McCann or the Finance Director of Glasgow City Council. Could anyone really argue that the quality of decision making in such bodies has improved since the proliferation of arts officers, committees and sundry other bureaucrats, less still the quality of the art produced? I can’t tell you the wave of nostalgia that washed over me reading about your experiences at the Citz in 1976. That was the year (I think – may have been a year or two either side) that I first encountered them, doing the unforgettable Chinchilla at the Edinburgh Festival. It all sounds so much simpler then. I cannot help feeling that the proliferation of intermediaries has not contributed a great deal to the sum of human happiness since then even though, in my time, I was briefly one of them. Just possibly at the margins it is a bit more inclusive. One of the great weaknesses of the last thirty years has been the reluctance of anyone to back their own judgement when it comes to public support. You mention people like Harry McCann or the Finance Director of Glasgow City Council. Could anyone really argue that the quality of decision making in such bodies has improved since the proliferation of arts officers, committees and sundry other bureaucrats, less still the quality of the art produced?

]]> By: Histriomastix http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/how-should-we-reconfigure-the-cultural-landcape/#comment-16 Histriomastix Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:12:39 +0000 http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/?p=259#comment-16 A difficulty is that the 'cultural landscape' is really the often accursed apparatus for public management of the imaginary 'cultural industries'. This is perceived as a no-go, hostile area for ordinary people, artists and private sector entrepreneurs. It is tolerated only because of its political usefulness in seeming to bring order to 'cultural policy'. The artist and entrepreneur are the landscape. There is huge mistrust between the 'cultural' apparatus and the people. Furthermore, the bureaucrats find it convenient to speak only of 'major change' to arts organisations in the twenty-first century - as if these organisations had no past experience. For organic change, better to look at cultural history and,for the future, ask advice from 18-to-26 year olds - who in the 'leadership' listens to young people's opinions? When will there be a Young Persons Arts Parliament for 'Creative Scotland'? A difficulty is that the ‘cultural landscape’ is really the often accursed apparatus for public management of the imaginary ‘cultural industries’. This is perceived as a no-go, hostile area for ordinary people, artists and private sector entrepreneurs.

It is tolerated only because of its political usefulness in seeming to bring order to ‘cultural policy’. The artist and entrepreneur are the landscape. There is huge mistrust between the ‘cultural’ apparatus and the people. Furthermore, the bureaucrats find it convenient to speak only of ‘major change’ to arts organisations in the twenty-first century – as if these organisations had no past experience.

For organic change, better to look at cultural history and,for the future, ask advice from 18-to-26 year olds – who in the ‘leadership’ listens to young people’s opinions? When will there be a Young Persons Arts Parliament for ‘Creative Scotland’?

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