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


     Jonathan Vickery
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
El Raval, CiutatVellaBarcelona
Camden Lock market, London
City Brand/       Cultural
Creative Industry   DM strategy       Quarters
clusters
                                   IP generators
                     Planning/
Bobo/               Urban design       public spaces/
Bohemian                                    Public art
residence
                                   Globally networked
      Education sector/
      student life
                         Landmark/
                    Signature architecture
Coventry, Millennium Place
The Lowry Theatre, SalfordQuays
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
LabourParty 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 – ongoing
SAGE: PUTTING FOOD PRODUCTION INTO THE HEART OF URBAN LIFE
www.sowandgroweverywhere.org.uk
Cittadellarte– Foundation Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
MirjamStruppek’sEuropean
Urban Screens project
Agorascapeproject of the CM ArchitectenAmsterdam, 2010 – ongoing:
Art & Sacred Places [Portsmouth Cathedral - Nathan Coley’ ‘Black Tent’ (2003)
Beyond the Creative City - Jonathan Vickery
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    Beyond the CreativeCity – Cultural Policy in an age of scarcity Jonathan Vickery Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
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    City Brand/ Cultural Creative Industry DM strategy Quarters clusters IP generators Planning/ Bobo/ Urban design public spaces/ Bohemian Public art residence Globally networked Education sector/ student life Landmark/ Signature architecture
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    The Lowry Theatre,SalfordQuays
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    Urban White PaperOur 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
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    The Urban TaskForce (1998-)
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    New urban artists • ‘Art’ maker • Project manager • Events entrepreneur • Critic, public intellectual • Cultural diplomat • Technician, site manager, contracts director. • Critic, writer, educator
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    LabourParty 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’
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    The Jerde Partnershipand Coventry City Council, December 2008.
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    Cf: DETR (1998a)Planning for Sustainable Development: Towards a Better Practice London: Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions.
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    NVA public arts GlasgowMay 2009 – ongoing SAGE: PUTTING FOOD PRODUCTION INTO THE HEART OF URBAN LIFE www.sowandgroweverywhere.org.uk
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    Agorascapeproject of theCM ArchitectenAmsterdam, 2010 – ongoing:
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    Art & SacredPlaces [Portsmouth Cathedral - Nathan Coley’ ‘Black Tent’ (2003)