All That Dutch: International Cultural Politics

by Dercon, Chris

• ISBN13: 9789056624637
• ISBN10: 9056624636
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-15
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Dutch international cultural policy is unusually generous, an international exemplar. And it has recently become the subject of heated debate at home. Though there are no plans to cut back, there are questions: the government's primary role has been providing favorable conditions for a highly varied collection of individual artists and arts institutions. Should a firmer hand be taken? Should the policy be more results-oriented? Should political, economic or societal considerations be involved or is culture an independent sphere of public duty? In All That Dutch, art professionals, academics and policy-makers--including Aaron Betsky--share their insights and views on this subject along four themes: culture and politics, culture and the economy, international reflection and cultural profiling. PLUS: the design of this reader is very cool: each essay comes with a 4 x 6 inch four-page artists' illustration booklet bound in--and it actually works.

Table of Contents

All That Dutch
Foreword	004	(2)
International Cultural Policy: Tradition of Innovation
Jan Hoekema	006	(4)
Cultural Profile
A Strong Artistic Heartbeat
Henk Pröpper	010	(4)
The Arts under a National Flag
Valentijn Byvanck	014	(5)
There's Not Enough Craving - interview
Charles Esche	019	(3)
Tulips and Windmills Forever
Aaron Betsky	022	(4)
A Plea for More Cultural Institutes Abroad - interview
Bert van Meggelen	026	(3)
Culture as Dynamic
William Uricchio	029	(5)
Bring in the Cultivators - interview
Jan Debbaut	034	(4)
Culture and Politics
Mutual Engagement
Ben Hurkmans	038	(4)
A Curator is Not a Politician - interview
Catherine David	042	(5)
On the Wrong Foot
Dragan Klaic	047	(6)
Politics and Culture are Hard to Separate - interview
Els van der Plas	053	(4)
Art as a Permanent Hint
Jos de Putter	057	(3)
Throw Open the Shutters
Boris Dittrich	060	(3)
Don't Jump on the Bandwagon - Start One Rolling Yourself - interview
Chris Dercon	063	(5)
Culture and Economics
Living Apart Together
George Lawson	068	(2)
Culture and the Creative Economy
Rick van der Ploeg	070	(6)
Building Creative Capital
Joeri van den Steenhoven	076	(4)
Who is the Johan Cruyff of Dutch Rock 'n' Roll? — interview
Mir Wermuth	080	(3)
Close the Gap Between Art and Commerce
Femke Wolting	083	(3)
New Dutch Design: From the Inside Out
Peik Suyling	086	(3)
Thank God My Name Doesn't Sound Dutch — interviews
Sydney Neter, Barbara Truyen, Wouter Barendrecht	089	(5)
International Mediation
No Interior Without Exterior
Gitta Luiten	094	(3)
Visionary Netherlands
Ann Demeester and Maria Hlavajova	097	(5)
Reflection? What Reflection?
Bas Heijne	102	(3)
Important International Performances Twice a Month — interview
Johan Simons	105	(3)
Malaise — the Opportunity of a Lifetime
Thomas Michelon	108	(4)
Always a Free Port — interview
Alida Neslo	112
Culture for Real — interview
Masuhiro Sato	116