the creative and commercial in harmony
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Creative Vision
Jul 1st
By Gavin Artz – July 5th 2010
Originally published in Filter Magazine
http://filter.anat.org.au/anat-reports/creative-vision/
“The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson
This quote reflects what it is like to view the world through the work of ANAT, where we assist creative practitioners to develop the new ground where art, science, technology, culture, community and commerce meet in harmony. Looking back over six years of Filter Magazine you can see how creative practitioners working with science and technology not only foretell what will be the significant themes of research, but how we will be engaging with it culturally. More >
AncillaryIPs: The wave
Jan 22nd
By Gavin Artz- January 22nd 2010
Origonally published on Mission Models Money
http://www.missionmodelsmoney.org.uk/blog/guest-posts/ancillaryips-the-wave/
“if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”
- Henry Ford.
Commercialisation of intellectual property by creative practitioners has gone mostly unnoticed by the mainstream economy. Artsactive have a small catalogue of patents that have been derived from creative practice, but as a standard revenue stream it is poorly explored. At the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) we work with artists who are at the very forefront of science and emerging technology. It was noticed that through the processes encouraged by ANAT, artists were creating intellectual property when they encountered a technical roadblock in their work. They created code, machinery or processes in their endeavours to over come problems in achieving their creative vision. These AncillaryIPs (Artz 2008) had been mostly overlooked More >
Creative Cultural Practice and the Commercial in Harmony
Jan 14th
By Gavin Artz- January 14th 2010
Originally published on Mission Models Money
“No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.”
- Mohandas Gandhi
As CEO of the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) I have experienced artists going through the patent process, rapid prototyping, engaging in scientific research and producing new applications in digital media. There is a myth about those involved in creative practice, that they are not interested in business. There is a difference though between not wanting to be a businessperson and not wanting to be involved in business. Many creative practitioners are interested in engaging with business, being commercial, but they want to pursue their creative vision and not spend a majority of there time focused on business outcomes. We have a creative core in our societies that are some of our lowest income earners (Throsby & Hollister 2003); that seems absurd when we are told the economy relies on people creatively resolving problems. More >
