I have copied this from the Nettime list, because it relates & refers to a discussion on this list...
marc I agree with you both - Thanks Simon! The 'crisis' has been an excellent excuse for rolling out an ideological agenda. If there had been a genuine belief in art as a valuable cultural economy (engendered by universities, artists, arts and cultural organisations) funding would have been maintained. After all, and across borders, arts funding has always been a very small percentage of gpd - and, in England arts are returning £6 for every £1 it receives - cutting it doesn't do anything to erase the deficits, on the contrary. What is good is that people now beginning to come together to fight the politics behind the cuts rather than simply the cuts themselves. What remains worrying is the amount of artists and exhibiting institutions that, still and increasingly, adapt their output to suit private sponsors and their agendas. But then, that has perhaps always been the case. All best m > > From: Armin Medosch <[email protected]> > > Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:18:14 +0200 > > To: nettime-l <[email protected]> > > Subject: <nettime> bittorrent of protest (was Re: [NetBehaviour] [spectre] > > looks like Slovenia might be next) <...> _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
