Saturday, 23 August 2014

From artist to consumer: the process

This article is inspired from BOTTI* (2000) research about the role of marketing in art.
The distribution of cultural products in recent years is affected by the Internet. As we had mentioned for music and movies, it pushes artists and professionals in this field to work the live presentations like concerts and live performances: Through interactions between interpreters and spectators, and also through the staging of an atmosphere contributing to the enhancement of the experience. But usually an artistic product goes through several players to finish a presentation to the consumer. The following diagram shows its stakeholders and the order of appearance.

The artistic product diffusion process


First we have the artist who is the origin of the work, He is the creator, in case he decided to spread his art and do not keep it to himself, he will use the second level stakeholder namely the champions who are either individuals or organizations (eg. galleries) they resemble the product to consumers but to do their job, they have to appeal to experts who are persons with a taste and historical knowledge of the art enables them to assess and define the value of the work and the appropriate dissemination strategy. Sets champions and experts define the set will be available to the public to make socially acceptable product and enable appropriate experience. And finally reaches the consumer, who is directly related to the product in order to satisfy experiences and share all or some of his artistic needs.

So in a cultural offer, the consumer is in a very important position because he's the ultimate target, so it is important to understand and discover his tendencies.


*BOTTI (2000)“What Role for Marketing in Art? An Analysis of Art consumption and Artistic Value”, The International Journal of Art Marketing p.22

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