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Culture Commission
Leigh French, co-editor of Variant, reports on the context and outcomes of The Cultural Commission. “Everything can be measured, and what can be measured can be managed.” McKinseys consultants “The very act of observing alters the reality being observed.” Heisenberg The Cultural Commission is presented as emanating from Scotland’s First Minister’s St Andrew’s Day 2003 speech and the express requirement that all government departments consider how cultural activity can help them meet their aims. In April 2004, the then Scottish Culture Minister Frank McAveety appointed eight right-thinking people to the Commission to be chaired by James Boyle (who had jumped ship as Chair of the Scottish Arts Council to take the job, despite that month agreeing a three-year extension to his contract). With £478,000 to support the Commission for twelve months, it started work in June to review the funding and organisation of the arts in Scotland. McAveety claimed, no less: “The creativity of Scots – from the classroom to the boardroom – is the edge we need in a competitive world. Our duty as an Executive is to create the conditions that...
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