New media arts policy and practice
Description
Support for new media arts
D'Art Topic No.33
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) co-hosted a mini-summit in July 2008 on government support for new media arts practice. In preparation we initiated a D’Art research question to identify policy issues and to locate key personnel to invite to the mini-summit.
The results of the D'Art were incorporated into a longer document 'Report from the Mini Summit on New Media Arts Policy & Practice Singapore 24-26 July 2008' published in March 2009. Further information is available in the announcement and the policy recommendations.
The D'Art question in available in English and Spanish.
IFACCA has also undertaken other work on this topic:
- We held a workshop session The Arts, New Technologies and Innovation at the 2nd World Summit on the Arts and Culture in Singapore in November 2003.
- In August 2004 we co-hosted a Mini-summit on New Media Arts and Technology in Helsinki, Finland, with the Arts Council of Finland and m-cult, which led to the publication of the 'Helsinki Agenda Strategy document on international development of new media culture policy'.
- The IFACCA board published a response to the Helsinki agenda in October 2005.
- We published a one-page summary report of the Singapore mini-summit in August 2008
- More information about the Singapore mini-summit delegates and program is available here
- This topic page contains links to resources 'tagged' to the topic of new media arts (see tabs above). The page is updated as new resources become available.
Publications
Digital Britain - Final Report
The Government published The Digital Britain Report, its strategic vision for ensuring that the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy. more >
Cultural blogging in Europe
Who blogs? What are they blogging about? Which audiences and communities are being engaged? What are the language-specific issues and the economic models? And how sustainable are they? more >
New Zealanders’ use of broadcasting and related media
How are New Zealanders using broadcasting media? Is TV really dying? Are New Zealanders using the internet more for information and music? Research commissioned by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Te Puni Kōkiri looks at New Zealanders’ use of traditional media (such as television and radio) and new media (such as the internet, portable music devices, and cell phones). more >
Culturelink network's virtual resources on digital culture
Culturelink has been continuously dedicated to researching the phenomena of digital culture, and how they have changed the reality of the cultural sector. The results of Culturelink's activities in this research stream have been a number of publications and round tables, through which Culturelink provided a framework for discussing the phenomena of digital culture in a European context. more >
Digital culture: the changing dynamics
This book examines possible shifts in the integration of new technologies and digital culture in the processes of affirming cultural diversity and intercultural communication by presenting different case studies and trend analyses. more >
Read:write. Digital Possiblities for Literature
An overview of how companies, organisations and individuals in the commercial and funded sectors in England use Web 2.0. more >
Tools for Culture: The Resonance & Use of Online Tools in the Cultural Sector
LabforCulture's latest Research in focus topic, 'Tools for Culture' presents an overview of how the cultural sector is (or is not) taking up online technology tools for collaboration across Europe. more >
Opening up Space: Toward an Expansive Vision for Multidisciplinary Arts in Canada
A research report by Rachael Van Fossen commissioned prepared for the Multidisciplinary Workgroup of the Canada Council for the Arts.more >
Shooting Through: Australian Film and the Brain Drain
A study of the Australia Council’s declined interest in new media. more >
The Arts, New Technologies and Innovation
Presentation papers and rapportuer notes are available from the Arts, New Technologies and Innovation workshop at IFACCA's 2nd World Summit on the Arts and Culture, Singapore, 2003. more >
Culture-Gates
ERICarts' latest transnational project, Culture-Gates: Exposing Professional Gate-keeping Processes in Music and New Media Arts. more >
New Media Art/New Funding Models
Investigates the current state of funding for new media artists, with an emphasis on the support structures for innovative creative work that utilizes advanced technologies as the main vehicle for artistic practice. more >
News
New Media Mentoring Scheme: an initiative of Arts Audiences
In this scheme, experts from a variety of organisations offer their services as mentors to arts organisations looking to build relationships with new and existing audiences online. more >
New restrictions on illegal downloads in Spain
Spain’s Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, has revealed before the Senate that the proposed Sustainable Economy Law also has provisions of closing web pages containing illegal downloads or P2P links without a judicial order. more >
Mentoring scheme – new media marketing
Arts Audiences is pleased to announce details of the New Media Mentoring Scheme, in which experts from a variety of organisations offer their time, for free, to mentor arts organisations seeking to build relationships with new and existing audiences online. more >
A World class Digitial Economy for Britain
The Digital Economy Bill, introduced today, sets out Government plans to ensure the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy. more >
Chinese agencies fight for control of Web game
Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee "World of Warcraft," a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open. more >
Greater support for cyber wellness projects for youth
The Inter-Ministry Cyber Wellness Steering Committee (ICSC) has launched a call for proposals on 30 October 2009 in its effort to encourage and support cyber wellness events and programmes for youth. The ICSC will co-fund successful proposals through a $10 million fund set aside for the scheme over the next five years. more >
DTT channels agree production investment
A professional agreement has been signed between the French Ministry of Culture and producers, TV authors and DTT channels Direct 8, Gulli, Virgin 17, W9 and NRJ12 to strengthen the channels’ investment in French production. more >
El Ministerio de Cultura publica en su web la revista digital Cultura en red
El objetivo es dar a conocer los proyectos que el Ministerio de Cultura y sus instituciones culturales están desarrollando con el apoyo de las tecnologías de gestión de la información. more >
China bans foreign ownership of online gaming operations
China has banned foreign investment in online games operating in the country. more >
10th International Hall and Colloquium of Digital Art
The Hall, to be opened on 3 November 2009 proposes to continue showing current work in that field and to boost the exchange and reflection among the creators and specialists related with this new artistic expression. more >
The most popular digital tools used by art organisations
How do art organisations respond to the challenges faced by the development of online networking platforms? What are the most popular digital tools and social networks? The results will show you, as a museum professional, the current trends of online activity as a part of communications strategies and it will help you anticipate the potential of online tools for the future. more >
World heritage sites to be seen in digital 3D
Some of Scotland's world heritage sites are to be digitally documented in an international 3D scanning project. more >
Peter Jackson to review Film Commission
Oscar award winning director and producer Peter Jackson will lead a ministerial review of the New Zealand Film Commission to ensure it is best able to serve the needs of the local industry and community, Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced. more >
Culture Ministry wages war on web?
Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has prepared an amendment the media law obliging all web sites register with the government. more >
German culture minister slams own government for inaction over piracy
We talk about governments reaching agreement with ISPs and the music industry over what to do about online piracy, but perhaps we should make sure governments agree with themselves first. German minister for culture Bernd Neumann has criticised his own ministry of justice for not doing enough to combat illegal file-sharing. more >
French court to pirates: three strikes and ... then what?
France's highest legal authority has ruled as unconstitutional a government plan to cut off, without trial, Internet users accused of copyright infringement. more >
UK's games industry demands action to stop brain drain
Increasing numbers of the UK's best videogame designers are being lured abroad in a costly brain drain which the UK industry says the government has done far too little to stop. more >
Cultural blogging in Europe
Who blogs? What are they blogging about? Which audiences and communities are being engaged? What are the language-specific issues and the economic models? And how sustainable are they? more >
The Big Idea | Te Aria Nui launches new online home
The Big Idea |Te Aria Nui is proud and excited to launch its new online space for creative New Zealanders. With new functionality, tools and content the revamped site provides inspiration, networks, opportunities and tools to help creative people seed and sustain their big ideas. more >
Digital mix for museums questionnaire
How do you respond to the challenges faced by the development of online networking platforms? Agenda, with the help of Muse, has put together a questionnaire to help clarify the increase in using online social networks and platforms as part of marketing and communications strategies in museums today. more >
Report and Recommendations on New Media Arts Policy and Practice
The Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) today published the Report and Policy Recommendations developed from the Mini Summit on New Media Arts Policy and Practice held in Singapore on 24-26 July 2008, and committed to follow up action during 2009. more >
Debating Scottish media's future
In the wake of recent controversy about the funding of the BBC and Channel 4, a one-day conference will see Linda Fabiani, Minister for Culture, join a host of experts to debate the findings of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission and their potential impact. more >
Anime, Manga vie for spotlight at Japan Media-Arts Exhibition
The Japan Media Arts Festival, a 11-day event starts tomorrow and will display the 170 winning entries chosen from a record 2,146 submissions, a quarter from 44 other countries. Backed by the Ministry of Culture, the organizers awarded prizes for media-based works in four categories: art, manga, entertainment and animation. more >
Cambodia plans to regulate internet and blogging
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information is drafting a law that will extend the current print media regulations to other forms of media, including the internet. According to unofficial surveys, there are more than 70,000 regular Internet users in Cambodia today. more >
Regulatory review of digital broadcasting
The purpose of the regulatory review of digital broadcasting is to examine the current environment and emerging market and technology developments to ensure the regulatory regime for broadcasting is up-to-date and future-proofed for the converging environment. The review was requested by Cabinet in May 2006 when taking decisions to support the transition to digital television. more >
National Heritage Board launches first online gaming competition to boost heritage- awareness among youths.
An online gaming competition entitled Mission Darkstar - Heritage Gaming Redefined has just been launched. Mission Darkstar aims to reach out to the younger generation aged between 17 and 35. Competitors will have to incorproate parts of Singapore's history and heritage into their game designs. more >
Celebrities back Doha Centre for Media Freedom
Golden Globe-winning actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow, are among the big names who make up the Doha Centre for Media Freedom's Advisory Council and Board of Governors. more >
Gris Gris Film Embroiled in Controversy
No More Gris Gris claims that the Film entitled “Een Buitengewone Werk van Schoonheid,” is Anti-American and Disgusting, among other Criticisms, and they are calling on a Boycott of any American Theatre which elects to Exhibit the Movie. more >
Vietnamese drama disqualified from Oscars’ consideration
The only potential Vietnamese candidate to compete in the 81st Academy Awards next February has lost the right to enter the movie industry event. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced it has disqualified Rung den (Black Forest) from vying for the Best Foreign Language Oscar category. more >
LabforCulture.org has a new interface
Labforculture.org have been working away to create a new and improved platform. more >
Alt-w: new directions in Scottish digital culture
The Scottish Arts Council has joined forces with Scottish Screen to support Alt-w, a fund for practitioners based in Scotland to make and develop new web-based or digital artworks, devices and creative applications. more >
ASEF/IFACCA to host mini-summit on new media arts policy
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and IFACCA are co-hosting a mini-summit on government support for new media arts practice in Singapore this week. more >
Around the Arts: Panel review important to the arts
An behind-the-scenes look at issues in supporting new media arts via peer-review panels. more >
E-culture event to celebrate Korean IT culture
The Seoul e-culture festival, making its debut on July 7, aims to bring the usual offline activities of arts and other performances into the online scene to suggest a whole new way of experiencing of cultural activities. more >
Una apuesta por la cultura audiovisual y digital
Está abierta la convocatoria 'Apropiación de la cultura audiovisual y digital', que hace parte del Plan Audiovisual Nacional – PAN y del Proyecto de Cultura Digital que viene desarrollando el Ministerio de Cultura en todo el país. more >
Ministry of Culture commits to supporting audiovisual and digital culture
The Ministry is calling for proposals to the grant programme ‘Appropriation of audiovisual and digital culture’. more >
Australia Council launches next wave virtual world arts initiative
The Australia Council for the Arts today announced its latest virtual world initiative – MMUVE it! – offering up to $30,000 for a collaborative arts project in any massive multi-user virtual environment (MMUVE). more >
Australia Council and ABC TV help artists go digital
A new strategic partnership between the Australia Council for the Arts and ABC TV will give Australians greater access to more of the Australian arts across ABC TV’s expanding digital delivery platforms. more >
Support for new media art: your help please
Our latest D'Art question (the 33rd) on how government agencies support 'new media' arts will be used to prepare for a mini-summit in Singapore in July 2008. more >
New arts body embraces computer games
Creative Scotland vows to take technology under its wing. more >
Are Tax Credits for 'Cultural' Games a Good Thing?
Should video games with 'cultural value' receive government support? more >
Turning creative in a digital world
Arts grants and prizes contribute to promoting and supporting new media arts, though they remain scarce. more >
Australia Council introduces 'The Story of the Future'
The Story of the Future is a strategic initiative that aims to develop Australian writing and narratives for digital media. more >
Australia Council for the Arts to co-host virtual artists' forum
The Australia Council for the Arts, in partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), will host its first ever artist forum in Second Life. more >
Australia Council Embraces New Media Art
The Australia Council has reaffirmed its commitment to media arts practice after endorsing the recommendations of the New Media Arts Scoping Study presented to it last month. more >
NEW MEDIA ARTS: RESPONSE TO 'HELSINKI AGENDA'
In August 2004 the Arts Council of Finland, m-cult and IFACCA co-hosted a 'mini-summit' on media arts and media culture policy in Helsinki, Finland. The mini-summit resulted in the release of the 'Helsinki Agenda', which recommended further actions be taken by IFACCA. The IFACCA response seeks comments and feedback on a process by which IFACCA can further work on new media arts support and gauge interest among members in establishing an ongoing network. more >
New media culture policy recommendations released
A strategy for the international development of new media culture policy, the Helsinki Agenda, has been proposed by the participants in the expert meeting on media arts and media culture policy which took place on 22-23 August. The paper outlines the values of new media culture, provides 11 recommendations and three proposals for further action. The meeting was co-hosted by IFACCA, the Arts Council of Finland and m-cult centre for new media culture during ISEA2004, the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Art. more >
Helsinki to host IFACCA's first Mini-Summit
m-cult, centre for new media culture in association with Arts Council of Finland and IFACCA will host an expert meeting on 22-23 August to share information on policies to support media arts and new media culture.
With participants from Canada, India, the Netherlands, England, Thailand and Australia, the meeting is bound to generate an interesting debate. Reports on the meeting will be published online by IFACCA and the Arts Council of Finland will pubIish (in English) a special edition of their quarterly magazine, ARSIS.
The meeting is held in affiliation with ISEA2004, the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Art 12-22 August 2004. The mini-summit will also aim to:
* assess implementation of new media policy, both models of best practice and failures
* understand the implications of media arts-specific policy in relation to a model where "new media" is supported across the spectrum of all art forms
* discuss new media culture policy, where media arts is a focus area
* discuss the increasing focus on combined research and production and the challenge the approach poses for traditional divisions in funding
* discover ways through which international collaborations (productions, networks, non-local organizations) could be better funded: the networked new media culture.
* develop concrete collaborations, possible funding schemes, statistics accumulation, research and development projects amongst the participants ISEA2004, the 12th International Symposium on Electronic Art 12-22 August 2004, is a major media arts and culture event that spans Helsinki and Tallinn and Baltic Sea cruise.
To see the ISEA2004 tabloid magazine about its programme, go to: http://www.isea2004.net/mainframe.php?id=latestnews
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France to help computer game industry
The French Minister for Culture and Communications, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, and Minister Delegate for Industry, Nicole Fontaine, have launched a program through the National Centre for Cinematography to help growing computer game companies in France. more >
OZeCulture Conference opens in Brisbane
The 2003 OZeCulture Conference kicked off at Brisbane Powerhouse today, with 200 delegates coming together to discuss and debate a wide range of digital media issues in the cultural industries. more >
Australia Council announces new media arts funding
A total of more than A$500,000 in funding from the Australia Council's New Media Arts Board, to be spread among some 40 recipients nationwide, was recently announced. more >
Events
Cyberworlds
Cyberworlds are information worlds being formed on Internet either intentionally or spontaneously, with or without design. This conference will deal with large distributed information worlds on Internet as well as methods and tools used for creating such worlds. more >
European Cultural Parliament session in Liverpool
This year's session will discuss the theme "Culture, Media and Democracy", prepared and researched in cooperation with the European Journalism Centre. The session will also continue the topic of the previous meeting in Sibiu "Open Space for Intercultural Dialogue". more >
Less Remote: The Futures of Space Exploration
For the first time, the arts and humanities have been officially invited into the professional space explorers global meeting place: The International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow. more >
Second New Media Arts Policy & Practice
The key issues impacting on new media arts policy and practice and some key points for action were discussed at a mini-summit, jointly hosted by the Asia-Europe Foundation and IFACCA on 24-26 July 2008 in Singapore, which brought together 54 artists, researchers and policy makers from 26 countries.
Media and Global Divides
The congress addresses relationships between media and contemporary global divides, be they historical or emergent phenomena. It will explore the pivotal yet under-researched roles of the media with regard to today’s global inequalities. more >
New Media Arts & Technology
m-cult, centre for new media culture in association with Arts Council of Finland and IFACCA hosted an expert meeting on 22-23 August to share information on policies to support media arts and new media culture
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