Difference between revisions of "The Substation Town Hall"
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* Why release a document under the name of Substation which represents the current AD's unmediated voice of management? [http://www.scribd.com/doc/300578396/BACKGROUND-EARLIER-PROPOSAL-MAY-12-2015-By-Alan-Oei BACKGROUND / EARLIER PROPOSAL MAY 12 2015 - By Alan Oei] This is not a text that all artists know how to read. It is not in the language for the masses, but looks like a document for upper management. Why release it wholesale? | * Why release a document under the name of Substation which represents the current AD's unmediated voice of management? [http://www.scribd.com/doc/300578396/BACKGROUND-EARLIER-PROPOSAL-MAY-12-2015-By-Alan-Oei BACKGROUND / EARLIER PROPOSAL MAY 12 2015 - By Alan Oei] This is not a text that all artists know how to read. It is not in the language for the masses, but looks like a document for upper management. Why release it wholesale? | ||
− | '''Artist Residency - zones of contact?''' | + | '''Artist Residency - how to define zones of contact?''' |
* idea for a residency programme potentiates the regional/international reach of the substation. What are the conceivable circulations and cycles of practice that the substation envisions in the next three years? What zones of contacts are privileged (SEA? Asia Pacific? Pick and mix?) What are the kinds of considerations that go into artist selection? | * idea for a residency programme potentiates the regional/international reach of the substation. What are the conceivable circulations and cycles of practice that the substation envisions in the next three years? What zones of contacts are privileged (SEA? Asia Pacific? Pick and mix?) What are the kinds of considerations that go into artist selection? | ||
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* 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!"... | * 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 | + | '''Difficult questions - how to define how difficult?''' |
− | 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? | + | * 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 15:16, 29 February 2016
IMPORTANT NOTE: the content in this page is not mine only but has been edited/compiled from various recent discussions with a number of other artists/art workers and also from other shared google docs. Some of the ideas have been reworded in my words. 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 just providing some useful starting points for thinking about The Substation.
Executive
Big picture / Meta-substation |
Operations
The day to day running of an art space |
Curatorial
Artistic decisions |
The Board's role needs to be clarified to the public
Ownership
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Labour and Fair remuneration for artists and artworkers:
Open season and sub season (Current AD has proposed a clear division within the year with an Open and Sub season as distinctly seperate)
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Process
The Public Voice
Artist Residency - how to define zones of contact?
Inclusivity of communities
Cabinet of Curiosities (Current AD has proposed a "cabinet of curiosities". details are still forthcoming)
Difficult questions - how to define how difficult?
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