determinants of artistic innovation --> castaner & campos, 2002 Flashcards
artistic innovation
degree of newness and referent
cosmopolitan referent
art critics + experts
all other organisations in the field around the world
if everyone programs new contemporary piece
own piece is not innovative
local referent
art critics + experts
other organisations in the local fields
everyone would be innovatin at least in the senes of adopting a new piece
self-referent
art manager + audiences
focal organisation’s own past
not appropriate if innovation has to relate to existing conversations in the field
artistic innovation characteristics
newsnes of piece
complete departure
content
form
content
difference in internal and external innovation
multidisciplinary and interactive
form
presenting both old and new works
variations across countries
diversity within a given country
arts organisations
intangible services
little structural differnces
artistic director - higher degree of decision-making power in artistits recruitment, contracts, programming
level of analysis and discipline
how much organisations actually innovate
micro
meso
macro
macro
cultural policy, regulations …
local resource availability in size & wealth of potential audience
direct effect on emergence and viability of art organisations
innovation (+) population size
micro
organisational variables age, size …
below aspiration above survival –> innovation / experimentation
local of internal power: managers vs artists
resource availability
larg orgs –> less innovation
meso
interdace environment + organisation
–> funding
standardisation and issue of conformity?
PROP 1
Preferences of public patrons and thus their support for artistic innovation will vary within their political outlook
meso-level prop 1
Prop 2
Motivations of corporate patrons and thus their support for artistic innovation will vary with industry membership, corporate strategy, and identity
meso level prop 2
Prop 3
Diversity of funding sources (+) artistic innovation
meso level prop 3
PROP 4
Artistic organisations only engage artistic innovation when there is (-) gap between their performance and their aspirations
micro level prop 4
PROP 5
Influence of difference funding sources on programming and hence innovation will moderate extent to which representatives of those sources belong to the organisational governing body
micro level prop 5
PROP 6
Organisations lead by decision-makers with only a managerial background will be less likely to engage in artistic innovation than organisations led by decision-makers with only an artistic background or with both an artistic and a managerial background
micro level prop 6
PROP 7
organisational slack (+) artistic innovation
micro level prop 7
