I too, Have Been Seduced by the Promise of Exposure

How can the value of artistic creation be measured? Its social value, its significance for the development of a collective identity, and its role as a medium of communication capable of transcending boarders is of greatest importance. However, that appreciation rarely finds concrete expression in the working conditions of artists.

In times of a global attention economy, international competition as well as networks, and urban diversification, the promotion of culture on a local basis must be revisited with regard to a global context; that context also changed the working conditions and those of art production substantially. Consequently, the circumstances demand a re-consideration of the conventional understanding of contemporary art and its working conditions.

If we comprehend art as a social value which should not solely depend on the logic of the market, then we have to create suitable structures for the freedom of creativity and artistic production – without the promise of exposure becoming an instrument of power.

Event concept: Johanna Bruckner, Ida Lennartsson and Alice Peragine