We believe that...
In complex areas of innovation and development, growth does not arise from a single point, but from interactions between many actors in an ecosystem.
Nowhere is this more so, than in the arts and culture sector.
This is the key challenge for cultural organizations, cultural agencies, city officials and funders, when formulating policies and investment priorities.
What makes this moment distinct is the emergence of two foundational shifts in technology. The Data Spaces paradigm offers a federated architecture in which interoperability can coexist with sovereignty, and AI-driven natural language models, promise a new kind of semantic bridge capable of handling nuance in the very concepts that cultural engagement is made of.
We believe in art for arts sake. We believe that technology can help it remain so.
A new paradigm City Based Solutions for Arts & Culture
Founding member of
The European Arts & Culture Data Alliance
Equal access to cultural activities is a matter of social justice and is important in building a fairer society, stronger communities, equitable regeneration and positive civic change. This was the underlying goal of a large-scale audience development pilot in Region Skåne in 2022/2023. We believe underpinning the drive to greater cultural engagement, across all society groupings, is the systematic collection and application of audience data. Since then the Alliance has held 7 international meetings across 5 regions, with 35 organizations from 14 countries across Europe. The Alliances’ previous meetings in Antwerp, Malmø, Berlin and Copenhagen successfully culminated in the Ghent Declaration: Empowering the Cultural and Creative Sectors in Data-Driven Audience Development, formalizing our work in an official EU policy and investment framework.
