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Status of the public culture sector as well as the intermediary sector as well as networks 5 Status of the public culture sector as well as the intermediary sector as well as networks 5.1 Defining the public sector as well as the intermediary sector as well as the role of creative networks In order to determine the current status of the cultural scene in Leipzig, eight questionnaire-based interviews were conducted with experts. Leipzig’s wide-ranging cultural scene – and hence the actors interviewed – were restricted to the intersection of the creative and cultural industries in Leipzig with emphasis on the visual arts and, in geographical terms, West Leipzig. 4 Accordingly, the following paragraphs reflect the statements of the experts interviewed. The interviewees were chosen together with the client and comprise the following representatives of the public cultural sector, the intermediary sector and creative networks: Public cultural sector: • City of Leipzig (local authority): Office for Cultural Affairs: Susanne Kucharski-Huniat (head of department); Office for Urban Regeneration and Residential Development: Stefan Geiss (head of division) • Gallery of Contemporary Art: Heidi Stecker (media and PR, curator) Intermediary sector: • Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei Verwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH: Bertram Schultze (CEO of the Leipzig Cotton Spinning Mill management company) • HALLE 14 e.V.: Ute Volz (president), Florian Reich (coordination and management) • Federkiel Foundation: Karsten Schmitz (chairman) • Commercial galleries on the Leipzig Cotton Spinning Mill site: ASPN Galerie: Arne Linde (owner); Maerzgalerie: Torsten Reiter (owner) Creative networks: • West Leipzig Quarter Management: Peggy Diebler (quarter manager) • Cultural and Creative Industries Initiative: Christian Rost (contact for Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia) The most important actor in Leipzig’s public cultural sector is the local authority (City of Leipzig), in particular the Office for Cultural Affairs, the Office for Economic Development, and the Office for Urban Regeneration and Residential Development. In addition, a key role in Leipzig is played by other institutions belonging to the local authority (e.g. Leipzig Opera House, the Gewandhaus, museums, etc), the Free State of Saxony (e.g. the University of Leipzig), and the federal government (the University of Music and Theatre). The high culture institutions are all very well networked together. The creative networks in Leipzig’s cultural scene as a whole are very heterogeneous. They range from amalgamations of individual artists to institutionalised arts centres and are spread throughout all genres. It is therefore not surprising that a variety of creative networks has emerged in Leipzig which are more or less formalised. It should be stressed that merely a selection of actors and structures can be considered in the following paragraphs. 4 With the exception of the Gallery of Contemporary Art. 16
Status of the public culture sector as well as the intermediary sector as well as networks 5.2 Status of the public cultural sector Growing significance is attributed to Leipzig’s cultural and creative industries in local, regional and even national policy. It is viewed as an important value chain generating positive effects for the city’s economy, marketing and image. The process of maintaining and consolidating this economic factor includes nurturing the corresponding milieus and creating good conditions for the further development of the cultural and creative industries in Leipzig. This has resulted in long-standing cooperation between Halle 14 at the Leipzig Cotton Spinning Mill and the local authority. 5 The Leipzig Cotton Spinning Mill and Halle 14 are important partners for the City of Leipzig in connection with the implementation of state subsidy programmes. Financial support from the public sector has already been provided in connection with refurbishment measures for the building (partly financed by Stadtumbau Ost and the ERDF) and in the form of project subsidies (totalling €20,000 awarded by the Office for Cultural Affairs in 2010) such as to improve the cultural education available (‘Kreative Spinner’). The structural refurbishment of the building has been estimated to require total investment of €2.68 million, of which €1.09 million (including a subsidy of €0.92 million) was provided in the previous two construction phases. In November 2010, €0.66 million was pledged for fire prevention measures and the infrastructure by the funding body for the outstanding third construction phase (which has a calculated volume of €1.59 million, €1.35 million of which it is hoped will be provided in the form of subsidies). Apart from building-related refurbishment work, measures to improve the surroundings of the Leipzig Cotton Spinning Mill (such as the transformation of Plagwitz railway station) are being carried out under the West Leipzig ERDF project. The possibility of controlling the development of the creative milieus was however rejected by all the interviewees since this would cramp the necessary freedoms of artists and creatives. Support for the scene is desired by the public sector and provided where possible. 5.3 Status of the intermediary sector It emerged from the interviews that the intermediary sector in Leipzig is very weak. For example, there are hardly any public-private partnerships in the milieu concerned. And although patrons are important for Halle 14, they rarely come from Leipzig and there are simply too few. Hardly any disseminators are present in Leipzig to ‘spread the word’ about the concerns of Halle 14. This gap in the intermediary sector is partly explained by the fact that the cultural and creative industries only entered public awareness a few years ago and are therefore in need of structural development. The City of Leipzig now plans to set up a contact point for the creative industries (within the framework of Creative Cities) to provide guidance to artists and creatives in their dealings with the local authority. It will be based in the West Leipzig borough walk-in centre. In addition, over the past two or three years a number of networks have emerged which also serve to ‘disseminate’ the interests of artists and creatives. Assuming they become established in the next few years as expected, a healthy, far-reaching intermediary sector will crystallise. 5 E.g. resolution of the 42nd Council no. RBIV-1106/08 dated 16 January 2008. 17
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