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I love this essay from Seb Chan, expanding on some of the ideas we talked about in our Podcast conversation last year which you can listen to here https://lnkd.in/eT3eE57C

We commissioned six essays to include in the Digital Works Conference printed programme, here's ACMI CEO, Seb Chan's piece "In praise of friction" https://lnkd.in/ew5TWsZV "Over the last decade or so, I’ve been actively designing and advocating for museum experiences that run against this grain. Designing for slowness, designing for friction, whilst also designing for the first time museum visitor is difficult. Designing for slowness means upending ‘first impressions’. Designing for slowness means getting in the way a bit. Designing for slowness means having a greater understanding of context and a willingness for human intervention. Post-pandemic, slowness and human contact is uncomfortable. We don’t necessarily like to be in the presence of strangers. But strangers we must befriend." https://lnkd.in/ew5TWsZV

This is out (and I'm gladly in): What is an institute for NightCulture? In Archis' latest publication, 170 voices from the worlds of contemporary nightlife, art, and culture come together to answer this question. Their diverse perspectives create a kaleidoscopic collection of ideas that collectively shape the vision for a future Institute for NightCulture (INC Foundation). This book sets the stage for what such an institute could become.

"Would I Put My Name On This?" I always ask myself before sending work out. It's a simple, grounding way to check in with yourself and measure if your work meets your own standards. "Am I genuinely proud of what I’ve created?" "Would I want my clients to see my name right next to it?" ✅ If the answer is yes, then you know you're putting out something valuable, something you believe in. ❌ If the answer is no, it’s back to the drawing board because if you wouldn’t sign your name to it, why would anyone else trust it? 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. P.S. What’s the question you ask before publishing? (Image: The Vatican Museum)

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Public art plays a crucial role in shaping our environment—though many may not consciously realise this. Recently, Artelier's curators and I took a team trip to London, exploring the city's public art scene and its most influential works. Our journey led us to the Fourth Plinth, a rotating site that hosts some of the most daring temporary public art. While standing there, we discussed its strength as the archetype of public art in London. It's great art that speaks to the community, yet it's also daring. Though public artworks like those at the Fourth Plinth enjoy a unique freedom of temporality, we hold the same philosophy across all our public art projects - great art should engage with its surroundings, challenge the norm, and spark conversation. After all, what makes better art? Something safe and unnoticeable, or something that stands out, packs a punch, and ignites conversation? Find out more in our article below. https://buff.ly/3CSWfIF ___ #Creativity #UrbanDevelopment #Innovation #PublicArt #ArtConsultant

What role does art play in urban climate action? 🎨🖌️🌿 The arts make us feel good. That's a powerful catalyst for action. So it's time to include creatives into municipal departments, argues Michael Shank, Ph.D. Artists' and their work have the potential for nudging systems change by: ⚪ enhancing our comprehension of complex, dry data - such as carbon emission rates. ⚪ storytelling to breathe life into lesser-known challenges. ⚪ including diverse communities in co-creation practices to enhance equal representation. 👉🏼 Learn how cities can put poetry in motion - jump to: https://lnkd.in/dkaAzEHx

For December, RECORD surveys a quartet of cultural projects that artfully navigate deep-rooted histories, socio-economic divides, and complex sites. They include a minimalist modern art museum situated in the fraught civic heart of an Eastern European capital city; an inviting expansion of a Southern Californian natural history museum that embraces the surrounding community; a performing arts complex realized (on a strict budget) as part of a larger reimagining of a sleepy industrial town in northern Italy; and a National Park Service-administered interpretive center—located deep within the rugged terrain of Maine’s Penobscot Nation—designed to foreground Indigenous sensibilities.⁠ ⁠ Elsewhere in the issue, we profile a burgeoning housing development in St. Louis’s arts district, a reimagined public garden outside of Philadelphia, and a nature-inspired hotel tower near the Denver Art Museum. The major capital projects underway at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art are the subject of this month’s CEU and we reveal the winners of our annual Products of the Year competition.⁠ ⁠ Read more from this month's Culture section here: https://lnkd.in/gWTcM4VH ⁠ Pictured: Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw by Thomas Phifer and Partners 📸 © Nate Cook