Culture
Subtitle: city
By: edited by Wilfried Wang for the Akademie der Künste, Berlin ; [translations, Sarah Rivière]
Contributors: Riviere, Sarah, translator; Akademie der Künste (Berlin, Germany); Kunsthaus Graz
Publisher: Lars Müller; Springer [distributor
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9783037783351; 9783883311975
Subjects: Architecture and society; Cities and towns; Urban Sociology
Other titles: Culture:city
Description: Analyzes this phenomenon from the point of view of artists, architects, and scientists. Does culture today still function as a guiding principle, or does it merely serve as a catalyst for spectacular buildings? Are the creative and cultural sectors the industries of the future in postindustrial societies?
Notes: On the occasion of an exhibition held at Akademie der Künste, Berlin, March 15 - May 25, 2013; Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, June 27 - October 13, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Real culture: from the bottom up  -- Wilfried Wang; title: Culture:city: content and form  -- Matthias Sauerbruch; title: Culture as guiding principle.; title: Three different instances of art and public space: Münster, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne  -- Kasper König ;; title: Culture as a guiding principle  -- Nele Hertling ;; title: On things taken for granted, old and new  -- Ingo Schulze; title: Culture as a life cycle.; title: The cultural and creative industries: new engines for the city?  -- Andy Pratt ;; title: The creative industries and the knowledge economy  -- Alain Thierstein ;; title: Resilience and culture in the contemporary city  -- Ricky Burdett; title: Culture as an Impulse.; title: The open city  -- Richard Sennett ;; title: Architecture, culture, urban politics: about the relationship between branding and arson, terrorism and tourism  -- Michael Mönninger; title: Culture as a means or an end.; title: Notes on the "Bilbao effect"  -- William J. R. Curtis ;; title: The Bilbao effect  -- Beatriz Plaza; title: Akademie der Künste.; title: Junge Akademie-interdisciplinary and international fellowship program  -- Christian Schneegass ;; title: Concept for 2-3 streets  -- Jochen Gerz ;; title: Some thoughts on architecture and film -- Jan Schütte ; Music:city /-- Manos Tsangaris.