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Feb

21 Artists Pop-Up in an Unused Chicago Storefront

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, USA and Canada

by Meg Peterson

21 Artists is a project in downtown Chicago where 21 artists temporarily set up shop in a vacant storefront. Rather than a mere exhibition or performance, the pop-up served as a living workspace and studio, a hub for the arts and community during the 21-day project. Read more

Feb

Music and the City: Sonic Landscapes from Six US Cities

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, USA and Canada

Tags: Atlanta, cc, Detroit, Los Angeles, music, New Orleans, New York, Portland

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by Future Cape Town

The intersection of music and the city is a long-standing phenomenon, but how can this be framed or understood with more city specificity? Enter New American Noise - a film series collaboration considering the rise of distinct sounds and music styles around the United States. Read more

Feb

Creative Shanghai: A Photo Essay

Categories: Arts and Culture, Asia and the Pacific

Tags: cc, shanghai

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by Oli Mould

A megacity of over 23 million people, Shanghai has catalysed the eastward shift of global economic activity. The important of the creative industries to economic growth is a rhetoric that has also been part of Shanghai’s velocious growth. This photo essay attempts to capture Shanghai’s creative milieu. Read more

Jan

Art, Collaboration & Community Collide in a Downtown Chicago Regeneration Project

Categories: Arts and Culture, People, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, Chicago

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by Meg Peterson

Perhaps if the creative process was explored outside of galleries, those who would not normally choose to learn about or participate in the art world would find a means of relating and exploring it? Enter “21 Artists”, a 21-day artistic collaboration in a vacant storefront in the heart of downtown Chicago. Read more

Jan

Recognising Urban Ingenuity Across the Globe

Categories: Arts and Culture

Tags: awards, cc

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by FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards

The explosive growth of urban communities is one of the most significant demographic trends of the 21st century. It also challenges governments, companies, organisations and individuals to provide the services and amenities to make modern cities work. Read more

Jan

Santiago’s Biggest Newspaper Takes a Visual Approach to Urban Issues

Categories: Arts and Culture, Latin America, People

Tags: cc, Santiago

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by Joe Peach

Helping people learn about their local neighbourhoods is rarely a priority for national newspapers, but in Santiago, Chile, that's not the case. El Mercurio is widely considered to be Chile's most influential newspaper, and their Santiago edition recently decided to take a new approach with their local coverage. Read more

Jan

22 Cities Get Ready to Pilot the Future

Categories: Arts and Culture

Tags: cc

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by Joe Peach

After a successful 2012 competition which attracted 1,519 entries from 70 countries, Citymart is once again looking to award prizes to new urban ideas which aim to 'pilot the future'. 22 cities are back on board and looking for innovative ideas. Read more

Jan

Hamburg’s Creative Class and the Post-Creative City

Categories: Arts and Culture, Europe, People

Tags: cc, Hamburg

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by Silvie Jacobi

Over the last 10 years Hamburg has become the setting for an intense debate around urban policy and creative cities, with some experts even suggesting that the case of Hamburg could constitute a new model for socially sustainable creative cities. Read more

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