Entries by saschek

Dessau-Wörlitz Shortens Opening Hours Of The Garden Kingdom

Under pressure to cut expenditures, the cultural foundation that is in charge of preserving, researching and developing the UNESCO World Heritage site including all its buildings, gardens and art collections decided to shorten its opening hours. But measures such as these need to be carefully balanced, especially when other options include increasing other revenues. Read some background (in […]

Culture Expanding: Tunnel Planned In Abu Dhabi

Found on The Art Newspaper: “Saadiyat super tunnel will link Abu Dhabi’s big three museums” to make sure objects can be moved in a secure and climate-controlled environment. Well, museums are just really not ordinary buildings, and it cannot be emphasized often enough that standard planning processes would very likely lead to major problems!

The Rise Of Multichannel Networks: Critical Capabilities For The New Digital Video Ecosystem. A White Paper By Strategy&

As video viewing habits are evolving rapidly, traditional media companies are trying to adapt accordingly. But because business models are not yet fully developed, multichannel networks present real challenges to media companies when it comes to their integration and evolution toward long-term sustainability and value creation. The white paper by strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) is available […]

Humboldtbox Revisited

New exhibition, but I still don’t really understand the concept for the future exhibition space in the castle-to-be. The castle building is visibly making progress, though.  

Perlen des Lokaljournalismus: Verzweifelte Kakao-Kuh. Mit Bild!

Genaueres hier. (Translation: Bremen. On Sunday afternoon, a passer-by discovered a cow in a pasture ditch. She was in the water up to the neck. Alerted police officials analyzed the situation and called the firemen for rescue. Next, they came to the conclusion that the cow had probably felt excluded and therefore went into the ditch. She was a so-called Cocoa […]