GCDN Commissioned Research: Governance Models of Cultural Districts

Governance Models of Cultural Districts Each year, the GCDN embarks on a major research project on a topic of significant interest to our members. Our next piece of research for 2017/2018 is on the governance of districts, a high salience issue for our members. Cultural districts, geographical areas with a high concentration of creative and […]

Impulse, a participatory public artwork, travels from Montreal to Chicago

Full press release available here. Montreal, March 14, 2017 – Impulse, the interactive work comprised of a series of giant illuminated seesaws, is shining internationally once again. The playful installation had its inaugural presentation in the Quartier des Spectacles for the annual Luminothérapie winter event last year, followed by stops in London, Brussels, Lugano and […]

Intercities: Exporting interactive artworks in public space

At the meeting of the Global Cultural District Network in Montreal in February 2015, the group discussed how interactive artworks in public space created and developed in one city could then travel to other cities around the world, taking into account travel logistics, local context, and more. From this initial conversation, the Quartier des Spectacles […]