This Moonshot is an initiative to strengthen the digital culture field in the Netherlands.
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Research
Read the report at the website of Nieuwe Instituut.
Moonshot
Read more about the ambitions of the Moonshot initiative. Start at the introduction, read about digital culture, the values and the players of this field and the bottlenecks and possible solutions.
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‘The field of Digital Culture is missing roots’ - illustration by Rogier Klomp
Introduction Moonshot
We see that the potential of Dutch digital culture is not being used to the full.
This Moonshot explores the opportunities and bottlenecks in the sector.
What is digital culture?
Digital culture is not a clearly defined field; it consists of many multidisciplinary practices that overlap with other sectors. This is its strength, but also its Achilles heel.
Value
Digital culture is of great value and importance to the Netherlands. Great economic value as a Dutch export product, economic value, intrinsic artistic value and value as driver of innovation and much more.
The players
The digital culture field is vast, and we will never be able to create a complete overview of it, but we are making an attempt.
With your help!
Bottlenecks
Scaling, growth towards greater visibility, healthier working conditions, establishment of revenue models and a stronger international profile are hard to achieve under current circumstances.
Solutions
The Digital Culture Moonshot is a dot on the horizon, a shot for the moon, a point we want to arrive at as a sector. What do we want to achieve? What do we need? What will it cost?
Diving deeper
We see that the potential of Dutch digital culture is not being used to the full. This Moonshot explores the opportunities and bottlenecks in the sector. The input is drawn from expert sessions held at Cinekid, NFF, IDFA and Het Nieuwe Instituut.
The Moonshot aims to provide a detailed picture of digital culture, the players, the value of the field, the bottlenecks and possible solutions.
Read further:
Life of Us - Cinekid MediaLab 2022
A collage of digital culture, version 27 March 2023 - including Symbiosis, Polymorf - IVF-X, Victorine van Alphen - LAWKI, ARK - Habitat, Heleen Blanken - Horizon Forbidden Dawn, Guerrilla - DEEP VR, Monobanda & Owen Harris - Last Grain of Sand, Post Neon - The Score, Studio WildVreemd - Critical Distance, Adam May - The Meta Morph, choreographme and Instant Graffiti by Sander Veenhof - Meeting Rembrandt by WeMakeVR