This is a double issue of Transversal, the multi-lingual webjournal published by published by the European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies (eipcp). A critique of creative industries http://eipcp.net/policies/cci Contents: Desire to Own. Property Issue around Creative Industries Branka Curcic Titorelli’s Cage: Confined Spaces at Work Marko Karo / Marita Muukkonen Construction of Cultural Labour Market Maurizio Lazzarato The Future is Here Maria Lind Chanting the Creative Mantra. The Accelerating Economisation of EU Cultural Policy Raimund Minichbauer GovernCreativity, or: Creative Industries Austrian Style Monika Mokre Immaterial Civil War. Prototypes of Conflict within Cognitive Capitalism Matteo Pasquinelli Digital Opportunities, Real Impossibilities Tere Vadén The Dealer as a Genius. The Creative Industries Approach and the History of the 19th Century Revolutionary Art Ulf Wuggenig Creativity hypes http://transform.eipcp.net/transversal/0207 Contents: Experiences Without Me or the Uncanny Grin of Precarity Brigitta Kuster / Vassilis Tsianos The Misfortunes of the “Artistic Critique” and of Cultural Employment Maurizio Lazzarato Add Value to Contents: the Valorisation of Culture Today Esther Leslie The Los Angelisation of London Angela McRobbie Immanent Effects. Notes on Cre-activity Stefan Nowotny Unpredictable Outcomes / Unpredictable Outcasts Marion von Osten Creative Industries as Mass Deception Gerald Raunig Wit and Innovation Paolo Virno