Sharing experience with Quartier des spectacles partners
Is Thursday the most popular day to buy concert tickets in Montreal? Do audiences at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde or Théâtre Jean Duceppe find out about cultural events on Facebook or through traditional media ? What proportion of 18- to 35-year-olds go to the opera? These are just some of the questions Synapse C […]
Performing Arts: Data as a Tool of Resilience (Part 2)
We presented the results of our series of surveys of cultural audiences and organizations, which painted a picture of a sector destabilized by the consequences of the pandemic. The rising costs of cultural outings due to inflation and changes in ticket-buying habits and audience attendance emerged as the main issues. Fortunately, culture also benefits from […]
Performing arts: The great upheaval (part 1)
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major upheaval in many sectors, including the performing arts. Organizations have had to adapt to the unexpected, face changes in the habits of their audiences and equip themselves with new tools to guarantee their sustainability. To help the community in this direction, Synapse C has conducted a series of studies aimed […]
The impact of COVID-19 on cultural consumption habits
To date, very few studies have been carried out on the ways in which the extended closure of Montreal’s theaters has affected the cultural consumption habits of performing arts audiences. However, the few studies carried out during the pandemic in Quebec and other national contexts seem to indicate that, despite audiences’ stated desire to resume […]
Capturing cultural value
What is cultural value? Unlike sectors such as commerce or construction, the impact of the arts and culture sector is not measured economically, but socially. We’re thinking in particular of the sense of belonging and well-being felt by the population, as Jesse Wente, Canadian First Nations arts journalist and Chairman of the Canada Council for […]
A(rt)nalysis: merging art, culture and data
There’s so much excitement surrounding “big data”! But what happens when data and the arts and culture meet? Mystery for some, adulation for others. Whatever the case, bringing these two apriori opposed worlds together opens up new learning and new opportunities: better understanding audiences, measuring the value created, developing new business models, learning from creative […]
