Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries Ventures
- (Church, Bern, Switzerland - Alvin Wei-Cheng Wong)
People With Great Passion Can Make The Impossible Happen.
- The Arts, Cultural, and Creative Industries
Cultural and creative industries are the economic activities of artists, arts enterprises, and cultural entrepreneurs in the production, distribution and consumption of film, literature, theatre, dance, visual arts, broadcasting, and fashion.
New digital and information and communication technologies have revolutionized the industry's production process, distribution channels, and consumption modes.
Firms in creative industries, play a role in every aspect of our lives, from what we eat and wear, to how we entertain ourselves, and what interests we pursue.
The arts, cultural, and creative industries include many types of work, such as:
- Visual arts: Painting, graphics, textiles, ceramics, sculpture
- Performing arts: Acting, dance, theater
- Music: Publishing, research and development, software, computer games, electronic publishing, TV/radio
- Crafts: Weaving, furniture-making, jewelry-making
- Film, TV, and animation: Visual effects, video, radio and photography
- Design: Architecture, advertising, fashion design
- Other: Archives, libraries, museums, festivals, literature, tangible and intangible cultural heritage
- Background
Cultural and creative industries are the economic activities of artists, arts enterprises, and cultural entrepreneurs in the production, distribution and consumption of film, literature, theatre, dance, visual arts, broadcasting, and fashion.
New digital and information and communication technologies have revolutionized the industry's production process, distribution channels, and consumption modes.
Firms in creative industries, play a role in every aspect of our lives, from what we eat and wear, to how we entertain ourselves, and what interests we pursue. The venture capitalist Arthur Rock once said, "I prefer to invest in companies that change the way we live and think." This is the mission of the EITA-Creative Industries Ventures Team. We focus on strategies for creating and growing such companies.
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