Third online talk (5 Nov.) in a PLAN B series on the cultural policies of European cities in the current crisis and beyond will focus on the process of intensely accelerated digital shift that affected also the cultural and creative sectors.
The debate will host representatives of municipalities and cultural practitioners from different European cities, Coventry, Tartu and Ljubljana, and will be moderated by a renowned international expert on cultural policies and the development of creative cities, Ragnar Siil.
The event will be held in English.
Tony Guillan is Digital Curator at Coventry City of Culture Trust, leading the development of immersive and interactive programmes for UK City of Culture 2021. He is interested in the role of new technologies to change how and where we consume and participate in art and culture; previously he led Tate’s flagship digital innovation programme the IK Prize and has forged collaborations between artists, technologists, and communities at national museums including Tate and IWM and on behalf of The Space, Latitude Festival, Liverpool Biennial and the Canal & River Trust. Coventry’s City of Culture year will demonstrate new ways to co-create and share stories, enable mass-participation on and offline, and develop creative approaches to social change in areas such as health, wellbeing, and the environment.
Kalle Paas works as the Communication and PR Manager at the Tartu 2024 Foundation. The Foundation, established by the City of Tartu, is responsible for managing the preparations of the 2024 European Capital of Culture in Tartu and Southern Estonia. The Foundation’s activities include developing Tartu 2024’s cultural programme and financing as well as capacity building, communication and marketing where Kalle is involved.
Simon Kardum is a cultural policy strategist, critic, producer and feature writer. He graduated in Slovene and philosophy from the Faculty of Arts in 1988. Between 1988 and 1997 he worked as a dramaturg for independent contemporary theatre production. as artistic director (Exodos Festival 1994–1996), lecturer (GILŠ theatre and puppetry school in Ljubljana) and above all as one of the most prominent critics and writers on art, culture and cultural policy in Slovenia. Between 1997 and 2005 he worked at the Ministry of Culture as the advisor of the minister for performing arts, the Head of Department for Art and acting Director-General of the Directorate for Art. He participated in the development of Ministry’s major projects (e.g. Multimedia Centre Network) and strategic programmes (including the Act Regulating the Realisation of the Public Interest in the Field of Culture, 2002; National Programme for Culture, 2004–2007) and served as Secretary of the National Council for Culture. In disagreement with the cultural policy of the Janša cabinet, he resigned in 2005 and worked as a freelance journalist. In 2006 he became head of programme at Cerknica Cultural Centre, in 2008 acting director and from 2009 the director of Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture. He is member of Ljubljana Bid Team in competition for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025.
Ragnar Siil is an international cultural policy expert, Founder and Director of Creativity Lab – leading cultural policy and creative industries think tank and consultancy in the Baltic Sea Region. Formerly, he has held positions of Estonian Undersecretary for the Arts, chairman of the European Union expert group on cultural and creative industries, key expert for the EU-Eastern Partnership Culture&Creativity Programme and expert at the European Creative Industries Alliance. Ragnar is a director of board at Cultural Policy Designers Network, he has advised many European cities with becoming European Capitals of Culture and members of UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Ragnar’s doctoral research at Estonian Business School focuses on developing creative cities.
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