soft turns in PUBLIC
The interdisciplinary arts journal PUBLIC will soon publish its latest special issue, "The Weather," featuring a contribution by Sarah Jane Gorlitz and Wojciech Olejnik, a.k.a. soft turns.
Their essay, "Humans in a Bottle: Material and Immaterial Ecosystems," draws on examples from their own artistic production to explore how slowing down, learning from other ways of knowing the world, and looking to plants and other intelligences can all contribute to a reactivation of an empathetic, intimate engagement with our environments.
"The Weather" is available for pre-order from the PUBLIC website, below.
Artists on Basic Income launch
On Thursday, January 23, the Media Arts Network of Ontario will host the public launch of an important new report, Artists on Basic Income: Beyond Precarious Livelihoods.
Based on testimonies by 20 Canadian artists, the report focuses on how artists understand basic income and envision its potential to transform their livelihoods, practices, sectors, and society as a whole. It also outlines practical considerations for implementing a basic income program, drawing lessons from testifiers’ experience of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). The report concludes with policy recommendations that will be of vital interest to policymakers, arts service organizations, and artists themselves.
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