Cottbus is an industrial city. Until today lignite mines and energy production play a substantial role in the city’s economy. Within the last two decades Cottbus had to undergo massive structural changes. The local creative industries went along with this transformation. In that context art projects concerning the urban restructuring, exhibitions on the change of the landscape or creative projects about the local energy industries took place. As an output of all this, creative industries rose in the city and the “Art Project Cottbus” started. With this approach it is time to interconnect the stakeholders of the creative industries and to improve the existing merchandising conditions. The INIK supported “Art Project Cottbus” by implementing marketing tools.

Management: Heidi Pinkepank
Period: 2014
Organization: INIK GmbH
Commission: Artprojekt Cottbus
Topics: creative industries