Aspirations and Exasperations

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Aspirations and Exasperations

An ongoing interview project to consolidate the mixed feelings of working in the ‘creative economy’ during times of neoliberal crisis ordinary, increasingly saddled by socio-political, ecological, and epidemiological tipping points. [More...]

On being used to being underpaid

On state bureaucracy forgetting care work

On self-exploitation for art magic

On working with puppets in a pandemic

On becoming weary and wary of exhibitions

On not being able to feel each other breathing on Zoom

On languaging care in a pandemic

On taking an exploitative employer up to task

On identity and barriers in the arts

On re-prioritizing ways of survival

On dealing with digitalization as a design student

On finding satisfaction in making, teaching, and waiting

On rebelling to keep an art practice during National Service

On collaboration and mixing work styles

On leaving behind a theater practice

On freelancing, Heart of Darkness, and finding an exit strategy

On work-life balance and fair compensation for artistic labour