Innovating Creative Cultures—Arts Tech
Innovating Creative Cultures—Arts Tech
In precarious times like these, we are more aware than ever, how astonishingly fast changing the world is. But it is also the current backdrop which has called for growing convergences between arts and technology sectors to work together and create synergy.
Indeed, arts tech as a global trend is seen to be disrupting cultural ecosystems worldwide – economies around the world such as the UK, South Korea, and Taiwan, have all laid out innovative policies in recent years that actively call to action, collaborations and convergences between the realms of arts and of technology, thus presenting no better time for Our Hong Kong Foundation to announce a new report on arts innovation.
Entitled ‘Innovating Creative Cultures—Arts Tech’, the study is Hong Kong’s first policy recommendation paper that calls to action, creative and technology professionals to work together. As a new genre and norm of the future, our report explains how arts tech can affect, influence, and even revolutionise how people perceive and respond to arts and culture in Hong Kong. As the figures show, the sector for Interactive Media, Software, Computer Games (IMSCG) under the cultural and creative industries (CCI) in Hong Kong significantly outperforms the entire CCI in terms of contribution to GDP and employment, suggesting the IMSCG as the main driving force behind CCI’s overall value increase. Hence, vast opportunities await for a ‘blue ocean’ of arts tech to be captured, if Hong Kong can properly harness industry talents to further arts and technology development, and create a greater edge for Hong Kong’s position on the global stage.
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The report parses this discussion under the four main policy gaps of blueprint, funding, infrastructure, and networks, and offers corresponding policy recommendations that hope to drive arts tech development forward. We recommend first and foremost, the Government devises a cultural blueprint specific for arts tech, that brings cultural and technology sectors to work together, with commitments encompassing the establishment of a dedicated arts tech funding, a creative innovative research infrastructure, and a digital culture platform. For specifics, please refer to full report.
Infographic designed by IOIO CREATIVE
Our report hopes to kick-start a conversation across all related parties and government bureaux, and be part of a collective effort that recognises the importance of staying relevant, of innovating arts, and the myriad of new possibilities and opportunities that arts tech could bring, both for the industry and our city at large.
In precarious times like these, we are more aware than ever, how astonishingly fast changing the world is. But it is also the current backdrop which has called for growing convergences between arts and technology sectors to work together and create synergy.
Indeed, arts tech as a global trend is seen to be disrupting cultural ecosystems worldwide – economies around the world such as the UK, South Korea, and Taiwan, have all laid out innovative policies in recent years that actively call to action, collaborations and convergences between the realms of arts and of technology, thus presenting no better time for Our Hong Kong Foundation to announce a new report on arts innovation.
Entitled ‘Innovating Creative Cultures—Arts Tech’, the study is Hong Kong’s first policy recommendation paper that calls to action, creative and technology professionals to work together. As a new genre and norm of the future, our report explains how arts tech can affect, influence, and even revolutionise how people perceive and respond to arts and culture in Hong Kong. As the figures show, the sector for Interactive Media, Software, Computer Games (IMSCG) under the cultural and creative industries (CCI) in Hong Kong significantly outperforms the entire CCI in terms of contribution to GDP and employment, suggesting the IMSCG as the main driving force behind CCI’s overall value increase. Hence, vast opportunities await for a ‘blue ocean’ of arts tech to be captured, if Hong Kong can properly harness industry talents to further arts and technology development, and create a greater edge for Hong Kong’s position on the global stage.
Infographic designed by IOIO CREATIVE
The report parses this discussion under the four main policy gaps of blueprint, funding, infrastructure, and networks, and offers corresponding policy recommendations that hope to drive arts tech development forward. We recommend first and foremost, the Government devises a cultural blueprint specific for arts tech, that brings cultural and technology sectors to work together, with commitments encompassing the establishment of a dedicated arts tech funding, a creative innovative research infrastructure, and a digital culture platform. For specifics, please refer to full report.
Infographic designed by IOIO CREATIVE
Our report hopes to kick-start a conversation across all related parties and government bureaux, and be part of a collective effort that recognises the importance of staying relevant, of innovating arts, and the myriad of new possibilities and opportunities that arts tech could bring, both for the industry and our city at large.
