Making (a Living from the) Arts the arts in the 21st century Welcome to Sustainist Culture! Creating new forms of engagement in the arts Michiel Schwarz (Sustainism Lab, Amsterdam) what s new? perspective where we are, and where we might be going [ urban culture ] NXT Conference - Making a Living from the Arts, ELIA Amsterdam 15 September 2017 American theatre director Peter Sellars The challenge for artists is to create art that is part of something that is not art. Granby Four Streets, Toxteth, Liverpool
Assemble / Granby 4 Streets > Art? Assemble / Granby 4 Streets > Art? > Community Art? > Participative urban design? > Citizen architecture? > Co-creation in the arts? > Social impact art/design? > Creative neighbourhood regeneration? >? Assemble Collective a London-based collective working across the fields of art, architecture and design. art / artists backgrounds in architecture, art, design, theatre and cinema, art & design history, and more. transitioning into a new era working with local artists, community, neghbourhood activist, local authorities, housing cooperatives. society Transition: a more civic role for artists / creative makers more > bottom-up > interconnected > collaborative > localised > small scale > co-created > socially-driven > networks > sustainable
art / artists cultural shift new collective outlook a shift in culture > How we look at the world > What we value > How we create and make our lifeworld > how we engage with the planet > how we create our living environment > how we engage with each other new picture of the world society New context for art & artistic practice in the 21st century You can t evict an idea whose time has come Occupy Movement
#1 Placemaking #2 CONNECTEDNESS art & artistic practice Crossing the river by feeling the stones stepping stones [ [Chinese proverb ] #3 LOcal #4 commons #5 circularity #6 proportionality #7 CO-DESiGN Mapping the new sustainist culture new words/narratives new practices (urban culture) Art practice in the sustainist era #1 ART FOR SHARED CIVIC PLACES PLACEMAKING > bottom up urban practices #2 ART created out of RELATIONSHIPS CONNECTEDNESS LOCALISM COMMONS CIRCULARITY > relationships as key quality > resurgence of local experience > collective power of community > sustainable futures = social + eco PROPORTIONALITY > valuing small scale & nearby #3 ART that is engaged locally #4 ART THAT builds COMMUNITY #5 ART THAT is sustained socially & ecologically #6 ART at human scale CO-DESIGN > rise of co-creative practices #7 ART Through co-creation Art practice and art education? How might we design artistic practice with the aim of? Making (a living in the) arts contributing to public places connecting to what s happening in civic culture engaging with local people and neighbourhoods enhancing social impact in communities sustaining social and ecological values making with appropriate scale in a time of cultural transition culture makers become centre-stage (systems change Joost Beunderman ) looking for opportunities for co-creation
Making a living in the arts - what kind of models? Making a living in the arts - guiding (design) principles? > local civic art platforms > cooperatives & collectives > collaborative impact hubs > civic entrepreneurships' > co-working spaces > learning/makers labs > cultural commons > > micro rather than macro ( pebbles not boulders ) > networked rather than scaled up ( shareable & cumulative ) > crossovers rather than side-by-side ( common ground & collaborative ) Making (a living in the) arts Challenges for the arts / arts education in the sustainist era The Art of With The arts of the 21st century will have as their leading principle : combine and connect. [ ] Encouraging a culture in which art creates relationships and promotes interaction. connecting social entrepreneurship to social engagement pursuing collaborative artistic practice that reaches out (based on Charles Leadbeater) creating forms of engagement with and within civic culture / community Sustainism Lab Michiel Schwarz Michiel Sustainism Schwarz Lab contact@sustainism.com www.sustainism.com