Reader Comments on Aardvark Daily 1 October 2002
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From: paul reynolds For : The Editor (for publication) Subj: creative nz funding You make some interesting points in your piece on 'digital funding ' I raised a similar issue with Creative New Zealand about a year ago. There response was interesting. Thus, their spokesperson said that Creative New Zealand was very reluctant to make a category for 'net based' awards, primarily because they didn't, at that time , have the expertise on the various committee's to make judgements on the value of any project that might apply. On the plus side, she did say that the Board of Creative New Zealand was "looking at the issue" - which she hinted would lead to a change in the way they looked at the web. She then made an interesting comment - and that was that there was nothing to so stop any individual or group applying for project funding in any exisiting Creative New Zealand category ... even if it was a web based project. That said, she went on to stress that Creative New Zealand , however, would not be making this "doorway' public. In short , it was basically up to the punter , or the organisation to figure it out. I have no idea what progress they have made since last year - but presumably there must have been some kind of formal policy change , thus allowing them to 'support' last Friday's launch of www.thebigidea.co.nz From: Allister For : The Editor (for publication) Subj: The Arts = "Culture" The difference between dance and computer game writing is that dance is considered "culture" whereas the game is not - in fact isn't the game the bane of our violent society? The government, being the "oldies" they are, prefer the culture - or at least the pretence of it. Perhaps when the government moves on a generation or two, those in power will understand that digital technology is as much a part of the world as anything else and the playing field will level. The irony is that a game writer will actually develop skills (or already have them) that would assist the "knowledge economy". Dance is all well and good for entertainment, but software production has skills which can be used across a large number of industries.Hit Reload For Latest Comments
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