Difference between revisions of "The Substation Town Hall"
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* What role would The Substation take on with regards to pushing and defining its margins of inclusivity with regards to the different arts communities that look to Substation as a space to present work. for instance, to have a place (not to be a place) for a community like the punks, young theatre groups and art collectives, musicians and independent dancers / choreographers. | * What role would The Substation take on with regards to pushing and defining its margins of inclusivity with regards to the different arts communities that look to Substation as a space to present work. for instance, to have a place (not to be a place) for a community like the punks, young theatre groups and art collectives, musicians and independent dancers / choreographers. | ||
− | Cabinet of Curiosities (Current AD has proposed a "cabinet of curiosities". details are still forthcoming) | + | '''Cabinet of Curiosities''' (Current AD has proposed a "cabinet of curiosities". details are still forthcoming) |
+ | * Do we really need such a cabinet of curiosities? Are there really any real curiosities, or will they have to be invented? There are concerns that "quirky" plans like cabinets of curiosities in an art space perpetuates a false pretense of looking at so-called "unique" objects. Trying to make an artefact sound "quirky" or "weird" just emphasises its so-called "individualism" and self-importance, rendering it unable to provide any acute reflections on society itself. All the audience will get out of it is: "Oh! art is weird!"... | ||
+ | '''Difficult questions:''' | ||
+ | The Substation's direction now seems to be one that encourages artists to deal with "difficult questions" and think critically about society at large, and to reassess perhaps the stakes artists have in society. Difficult questions, surely, will include issues the state will not be willing to confront including operation coldstore, operation spectrum, josef ng, lack of democracy, 377a, labour rights, human rights, queer communities, capital punishment just to name a few. Will substation be ready to support artists who wish to deal with these concerns? | ||
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Revision as of 13:49, 29 February 2016
IMPORTANT NOTE: the content in this page is not mine only but has been compiled from recent discussions with a number of other artists/art workers and also from other shared google docs.
it was difficult to grasp the enormity of it all the issues so i thought it would be beneficial to divide it into questions on different levels. I have reorganised and typed it out in the hopes of providing some useful starting points for thinking about The Substation.
Executive | Operations | Curatorial |
The Board
Ownership
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Labour and Fair renumeration for artists and artworkers: With a so-called lean team at hand, where do they draw the distinction between artists as practitioners and artists as part time staff? At the interest of creating programmes with artists, how are artists compensated fairly? And how do we address issues of rights of the programme?
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Process
The Public Voice
Inclusivity of communities
Cabinet of Curiosities (Current AD has proposed a "cabinet of curiosities". details are still forthcoming)
Difficult questions: The Substation's direction now seems to be one that encourages artists to deal with "difficult questions" and think critically about society at large, and to reassess perhaps the stakes artists have in society. Difficult questions, surely, will include issues the state will not be willing to confront including operation coldstore, operation spectrum, josef ng, lack of democracy, 377a, labour rights, human rights, queer communities, capital punishment just to name a few. Will substation be ready to support artists who wish to deal with these concerns? |