Texts, reports


Point of View : Independence


”New Times New Models" – Investigating the internal governance models and external relations of independent cultural centres in times of change -


The problems encountered by new project spaces
Inverting the Imperatives by Philippe Henry


The Millenaris Park, MuseumsQuartier, and Tate Modern:
New Social Spaces of Art in Budapest, Wien, and London
By Allan Siegel (Budapest) Allan Siegel is a lecturer in the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He is working on a film about Roma music in Central Europe.


A Crisis in Urban Creativity?
Reflections on the Cultural Impacts of Globalisation, and on the Potential of Urban Cultural Policies by Dr. Franco Bianchini


“Ateneu Popular 9 Barris: a shared illusion”
Ateneu Popular 9 Barris released a publication about their 25 year history (1977-2002). One of the intentions behind this book was to show the participation of those who have made this history possible, which has been given form thanks to the compilation and editing of Xavier Pérez.


Burning Down the Temple - Willie White
This speech was made by Willie White, director of Project Arts Centre in Dublin, in the frame of the the conference "The Role of Arts Centres in Civil Society" at the Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun, 1 March 2003 in Irlande. A publication is also available, please contact the City Arts Centre for further information.


The report of Fabrice Lextrait
« Wastelands, laboratories, factories, squats, multi-discipline projects ... a new era of cultural activity » by Fabrice Lextrait. The text below is a summary report of the study conducted by Fabrice Lextrait, former administrator of la Friche La belle de mai. At the behest of the French State Secretariat for Heritage and Cultural Decentralisation, the study was conducted from October 2000 to April 2001. The topic of the study was "those projects which establish, in particular and original ways, the conditions for production and, therefore, for reception of the artistic act" mostly in France. This summary can also be downloaded on the website of the French Ministry of Culture


Factories of the imagination - Introduction
This is the introduction of the book "Factories of the imagination" by Trans Europe Halles network.

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