Everything I've done, the only thing I've done is I'm an artist figuring out what an artist is. What is the game we play? What do we do that's special, right now?
People think we have courage, but actually we simply don't know how to live with fear. … But we are afraid. We are terrified. We are the canaries in the coal mines: hey, there's danger, you got to be alert. And the powers that be don't know what to do with us.
We'd rather be where teenagers come on a first date than a quiet exhibition space. It's all about the conversation.
A thriving cultural life makes us better citizens. Not necessarily more productive citizens in the sense of producing more stuff, but flourishing citizens, as individuals and communities. That's the value of arts and culture for public policy.
Art is a very important instrument for highlighting issues that need more scrutiny, and for making what's hidden and obscured meaningful.
Our work for recognition and justice will have more impact if it grows from real relationships, rather than ideological position.
Material Support for Hybrid Arts: revisiting the report “Investing in Creativity” through the lens of Hybrid Arts.
I'm always thinking about how art can be useful in a practical sense. How can we use creativity to galvanize people towards action? That's the real power of this work - it can touch people emotionally through artistic elements while also informing them through research.
Revisiting the report “Investing in Creativity” through the lens of Hybrid Arts: Demand/Markets
Economics … simply cannot deal with the future. But culture can.
Revisiting the report “Investing in Creativity” through the lens of Hybrid Arts: Valdation
Revisiting the report “Investing in Creativity” through the lens of Hybrid Arts: Introduction