22 Oct 2021
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
How do artists and urban spaces interact?
In which way do creatives shape our cities and what impulses can they provide for urban development?
The meaning of public space is currently being renegotiated worldwide, and not just since the pandemic. Policy makers and urban society are increasingly focused on (re)designing urban spaces in an innovative and sustainable way.
Urban development projects aiming to foster the synergies between economic, cultural and social purposes are gaining new attention and importance. And in this process, designers, artists, and creative agencies are at the center – opening up places of encounter and reflection.
The conference discussed the visions and means policy makers and creatives apply to shape our cities as attractive locations and social spaces:
- What strategies do urban development specialists pursue between economic development and the common good?
- Under what conditions do inspiring places emerge and foster innovation as well as new forms of collaboration?
- What role does the city play for creatives, as a living and working space and as the content of artistic work?
- To what extent is the shaping of urban spaces with and through art, cultural and creative industries a locational advantage that contributes to the sustainable development of the city?
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Chapters:
00:00:00 • Conference Opening
00:13:44 • Visionary Cities • Governmental Strategies for Comprehensive Urban Development
01:07:00 • Beyond Urban Development • Curatorial Projects that Turn Cities to Canvases
02:18:57 • Creating Cities • Artistic and Creative Practices Shaping Urban Space
Conference Overview
14.00 pm
Conference Opening with welcoming words by
Elisa Valentin
Delegate General of Québec in Germany
Munich-Berlin, DE / Québec, CA
quebec.ca/munich
Rolf Krämer
Head of Start-ups, Cultural and Creative Industries at the Hessian Ministry of Economics
Wiesbaden, DE
wirtschaft.hessen.de14.20 pm
Visionary Cities • Governmental Strategies for Comprehensive Urban Development
What strategies do urban development specialists pursue between economic development and a focus on the common good? To what extent does the shaping of urban spaces with and through art, cultural and creative industries represent a locational advantage that contributes to the sustainable development of the city. How are cities shaped to allow for creative practices to thrive and what do policy makers expect from artists and creatives in return?
We were discussing with:
Catherine Lareau
Economic Development Commissioner of the City of Montréal
Montréal, CA
montreal.ca
Carolina Romahn
Head of Department Culture / Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
Wiesbaden, DE
wissenschaft.hessen.de
Matthias Pees
Artistic and Managing Director of Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
Frankfurt, DE
mousonturm.de
Rolf Krämer
Head of Start-ups, Cultural and Creative Industries at the Hessian Ministry of Economics
Wiesbaden, DE
wirtschaft.hessen.de15.00 pm
Beyond Urban Development • Curatorial Projects that Turn Cities to Canvases
Curators and creative regional managers often work at the intersection between creative practitioners and the city embodying both: creativity and strategic thinking. Which goals and visions do they pursue beyond urban development? How do they promote artistic practices in public space, in the city and beyond? How do they see their role as mediators between policy makers, private companies and civil society?
We got to know four different projects envisioned and promoted by:
Guillaume Aniorté
International and Strategic Development Executive Advisor – Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
Montréal, CA
quartierdesspectacles.com
Ellen Blumenstein
HafenCity Curator
Hamburg, DE
imaginethecity.de
Felix Hevelke
Anthropologist, Art Historian, Cultural Manager
Frankfurt, DE
radar-frankfurt.de
Aileen Treusch
Curator, Founder of faktory – art architecture & people, Producer, Researcher
Frankfurt, DE
faktory.at16.15 pm
Networking Reception (on-site only) / Break
The reception was made possible by support by the Hessian Ministry of Economy, Energy, Transport and Housing.
17.00 pm
Creating Cities • Artistic and Creative Practices Shaping Urban Space
At the centre of our debate are the artists, creative minds in design, architecture, performance and any other creative field that reflects on the city and its social, economic and ecological structures. What does the city mean to them, as a living and working space and as the content of their practice? How does working in public space change mechanism of authorship, ownership and control over their creative output? Which responsibilities do they have and what can they provide? And what do they get in return?
We spoke with:
Olivier Girouard
Visual Artist
Montréal, CA
ekumen.com
Thomas Payette
Creative Director & Co-Founder mirari
Montréal, CA
mirari.art
Baltic Raw Org (BRO)
Hamburg, DE
balticraw.org
Stefan Weil
Chief Creative Officer
Frankfurt, DE
markgraph.deModerated by
Dr. Felix Kosok
Board of German Designer Club (DDC), Designer, Researcher
Frankfurt, DE
Jeanne Charlotte Vogt
Curator, Dramaturg
Frankfurt & Hamburg, DE
Creating Cities was a hybrid conference by NODE Forum for Digital Arts and the Government of Québec on the occasion of Canada’s Guest of Honour presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2020/2021, funded by the Hessian Ministry of Economy, Energy, Transport and Housing:
