The Double {+} Anchor: Notes Towards a Common Cause
By Jem Cohen
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that the relationship between
those who make creative work and those who receive it should be one of
mutual support.
I call it the ‘double anchor.’ Each end holds up the other.
My starting place is the belief that our connections to the music,
writing, films (and so on) that we love are not luxuries, they are
sustenance. (I’m talking about art itself, not the distortions of “the
art world.”) It’s hard to speak about this without falling back on
well-worn truisms about common language or finding community or even the
notion of the sacred. Be that as it may, for many of us art is a rope
drawn through time. It gets us out of the quicksand of the daily grind,
yes, to a higher place. And we entwine this rope with our own work –
which hopefully lengthens the cord for others down the line. In a wreck
of a world, this is a matter of essential communication, joy, and
survival. There is no shame in taking this seriously and wishing to
protect it.
And what does this mean in the new digital landscape? Will this
landscape strengthen or weaken the anchor?
http://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/vertigo_magazine/volume-4-issue-2-winter-spring-20091/the-double-anchor-notes-towards-a-common-cause/#
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