Image from Gavin Anderson’s Flickr stream. Used under a creative commons license. Australia’s arts and culture scene is in the grip of a bike helmet problem. ARTS? Culture? Bike helmets? Let me backtrack a bit. Apparently the take-up rate for Melbourne’s casual bicycle sharing scheme has been uniquely woeful in the world. Bad. Dismal failure [...]
Australia’s arts and culture scene has a bike helmet problem
December 8th, 2010 41 Comments
Tags: Arts culture · Australia bike helmets · Bike Helmets · bureacratic arts culture · Compulsory bike helmets · Cycling · Melbourne · Mikael Colville Anderson · over-regulation · professionalising participation · radio national · Risk
In Praise of Failure
January 25th, 2010 7 Comments
Success is overrated. Take risks, be experimental, try failing creatively. ONE of the things I’m hoping for more of in the arts this decade is failure. No, I’m not wishing that the nation’s artists and arts companies spend the coming years slipping into decline, bankruptcy and despair. I’m just hoping that they will find ways [...]
Tags: Experimentation · Failure · Innovation · Risk