Today it is Tik Tok reducing the world to the insignificant and inconsequential.
TIK TOK AND THE ART HISTORY SHUFFLE. LET’S DANCE!
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BITUMEN, BUMS ON SEATS AND THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE ARTS
t would seem that there is both a cultural divide and a divide of expectation when it comes to Federal government support. Upwards of half a million people actively involved in the Arts may well vote with their feet at the next election and look for a better deal or at least elected officials who take them seriously. In 2019 16.4 million Australians were eligible to vote with a 92% turnout at the ballot box. A disenchanted Arts block of 500,000 could well make the difference in urban areas where Arts practitioners ostensibly reside.
THE IVORY TOWER, THE OPTIMIST AND THE FAILURE OF ARTS EDUCATION
So, while curriculum writers and critics argue about how many Australian artists might be mentioned in classrooms, their endeavours will fall on deaf ears unless the visual arts are prioritised and not left to chance and competing curriculum demands of what becomes increasingly irrelevant in people’s lives.
OF BANKSY, BIG BROTHER AND THE PAPAL INDISCRETION?
Another public case against yet another giant corporation on behalf of street artists everywhere at least keeps the rights of street artists in the public spotlight.
CENSORSHIP, POWER and a POLICEMAN WITH A BRUSH.
Trying to separate the artist from the work of art or the colonial imperialist from the nature of the culture created, is futile.
COLLABORATION, SYNCHRONICITY and a LEAP OF FAITH
Collaboration at any time is a matter or trust and mutual understanding. Committees, musicians and any manner of team and familial groups all manage it more or less successfully. For artists though it is a very different matter. Artists traditionally work alone. When...