What can being an artist teach us about good government? How can artistic thinking be fostered in the public sector? And how does an artist end up in government in the first place? To find answers to these question, we talk to two artists-turned-bureaucrats – one from a small city in northern Sweden, the other from one of the world’s biggest metropolises, Mexico City.
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What can being an artist teach us about good government?
Fredrik Lindstål is City Council Member to the City of Stockholm
(Centerpartiet) and until the end of 2019 he was the Vice Mayor. He is
the chairman of the board for for ex. Stockholms Hamnar (Stockholm
Harbours organisation) and Stockholm Globe Arena.
Fredrik Lindstål is the founder and the chairman of the board Sweden’s
largest placemaking organisation Glad Stad. Among Glad Stad’s
initiatives is Hornstulls Marknad – Stockholm’s largest weekend market
welcoming 1.5 m visitors yearly.
Thank to his broad range of experience Fredrik Lindstål is able to look
at the city from various perspectives and is interested in among others
placemaking for innovation, creative bureaucracy and collaborations.
Gabriella Gómez-Mont is the founder and director of Experimentalista, a novel type of nomadic and creative office specialized in cities, with high-level, transdisciplinary collaborations across the world. She is former chief creative officer of Mexico City, and founder of Laboratorio para la Ciudad (2013-2018), the award-winning experimental arm and creative think-tank of the Mexico City government, reporting to the mayor.
She is a Yale World Fellow, TED Senior Fellow, MIT Director’s Fellow and was the recipient of the first Creative Bureaucrat Award. She was also named one of the 100 most creative people in Business by Fast Company Magazine.