Comments on: Arts New Deal needs a sharper focus http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/ Politics, brains, social action and the day to day life of the RSA’s chief executive Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Weekly email 2009-03(Mar)-26 « Culture Politick http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-3151 Weekly email 2009-03(Mar)-26 « Culture Politick Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:59:36 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1517#comment-3151 [...] after the fall of the Berlin wall. Ed was there, more from Martin Bright HERE and others HERE and HERE and [...] [...] after the fall of the Berlin wall. Ed was there, more from Martin Bright HERE and others HERE and HERE and [...]

]]> By: Weekly email March 26th 2009 « Culture Politics BETA http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Weekly email March 26th 2009 « Culture Politics BETA Fri, 15 May 2009 10:59:37 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1517#comment-1874 [...] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5955621.ece and HERE http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/ Although some say it’s a Liberal conspiracy, which raises the question: is Ed part of it, or an [...] [...] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5955621.ece and HERE http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/ Although some say it’s a Liberal conspiracy, which raises the question: is Ed part of it, or an [...]

]]> By: David Barrie http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 David Barrie Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:57:49 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1517#comment-1435 a major push on ways in which people on the ground can share knowledge sounds like a genuine priority, as opposed to a generation of Diego Rivera's and commissions like Rothko's for The Four Seasons, New York. I think the vanity and needi-ness of the cultural sector has managed to shoot itself in the foot over the last thirty years, falling totally hostage to fashion and finance. Let them be bailed out by their community of existing sponsors and let us remain focussed on what's important - like skilling up in green technology and energy management, re-making institutions in ways that ensure they are led by product and service innovation, finding new ways and new means to take and manage risk and promoting dispersed ownership and use of media to share knowledge. Not a new generation of street artists. Or, God help us, murals by the unemployed of Teesside, mentored by Jake and Dinos Chapman and the subject of a three-part BBC TV series presented by the Creative Director of BBC2. This is an Old Deal of a failed market. We need a New Deal for New Markets - and, er, forgive the rant! a major push on ways in which people on the ground can share knowledge sounds like a genuine priority, as opposed to a generation of Diego Rivera’s and commissions like Rothko’s for The Four Seasons, New York. I think the vanity and needi-ness of the cultural sector has managed to shoot itself in the foot over the last thirty years, falling totally hostage to fashion and finance. Let them be bailed out by their community of existing sponsors and let us remain focussed on what’s important – like skilling up in green technology and energy management, re-making institutions in ways that ensure they are led by product and service innovation, finding new ways and new means to take and manage risk and promoting dispersed ownership and use of media to share knowledge. Not a new generation of street artists. Or, God help us, murals by the unemployed of Teesside, mentored by Jake and Dinos Chapman and the subject of a three-part BBC TV series presented by the Creative Director of BBC2. This is an Old Deal of a failed market. We need a New Deal for New Markets – and, er, forgive the rant!

]]> By: matthewtaylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 matthewtaylor Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:52:00 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1517#comment-1430 Interesting Nick. I guess the question is; if it can work commercially why hasn't it happened? Be interested to know William Perrin's view Interesting Nick. I guess the question is; if it can work commercially why hasn’t it happened? Be interested to know William Perrin’s view

]]> By: Nick http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/politics/arts-new-deal-needs-a-sharper-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Nick Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:24:58 +0000 http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/?p=1517#comment-1427 Publicly funded local news portals like Local Mouth are dreadful and a waste of money. There are lots of good hyper-local news services out there and I don't believe there's any investment necessary in templates or training (I don't believe a one-size fits-al approach works well with hyper-local) - there are plenty of journalists and amateurs capable of running excellent sites using existing free templates, such as blogger or wordpress. The challenge is to create an advertising platform that will make local sites pay - and perhaps some support for local marketing / awareness raising. But I don't believe that the public sector funding is appropriate, a far better solution would be for a commercial company to develop a network of local franchises using existing bloggers. Something like the Rivals network for football clubs. Publicly funded local news portals like Local Mouth are dreadful and a waste of money. There are lots of good hyper-local news services out there and I don’t believe there’s any investment necessary in templates or training (I don’t believe a one-size fits-al approach works well with hyper-local) – there are plenty of journalists and amateurs capable of running excellent sites using existing free templates, such as blogger or wordpress. The challenge is to create an advertising platform that will make local sites pay – and perhaps some support for local marketing / awareness raising.

But I don’t believe that the public sector funding is appropriate, a far better solution would be for a commercial company to develop a network of local franchises using existing bloggers. Something like the Rivals network for football clubs.

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