British Council - Creative Cities e-news (May 2009)

[Arthit Suriyawongkul]

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From: Creative Cities e-news <creativ...@britishcouncil.or.th>
Date: Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Subject: Creative Cities (May 2009)

May 2009

Welcome to the first issue of Creative Cities e-news. You have received this email because you asked to be kept up-to-date with British Council activities.

Creative Cities is a British Council programme which looks at how the UK and East Asia can work together to make cities better places to live and work in. This will be a monthly bulletin designed to bring you up-to-date on the latest activities and how to get involved. Check out our new website: www.creativecities.org.uk

Transforming Bangkok This month, multimedia UK artist Maria Stukoff and Thai creative agency Apostrophe’S start work on transforming the area around Victory Monument in central Bangkok, as a result of votes sent in by nearly 1,000 Bangkok citizens. See what they have planned…

Creative Cebu Last month, creative entrepreneurs from eight countries, including the UK, met in Cebu in the Philippines to help the city promote itself as the country’s Creative City. The UK’s success in regenerating cities like Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol, amongst others, has helped Cebu realise its own value as a creative hub. Learn more...

Cycling in Sydney UK’s multimedia arts group Blast Theory brought Rider Spoke, a work for cyclists combining theatre, game play and state-of-the-art technology, to the streets of Sydney. Why? Find out more...

Planning Cardiff This month more than 60 designers, planners, artists, architects and engineers from eight countries are working together on a vision for Cardiff as a city thinking as far ahead as the year 2020, with a focus on small cities/big neighbourhoods. What will they come up with?

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