https://varoufakis.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/varoufakis-moscow-keynote.pdf ”Now of course culture is becoming commodified. This is being acciomplished by expert gallerists, post modernized by cunning curators, sanitized through the meat grinder of the European commission’s funding formulae for the arts. Göring never understood that he had no need for his revolver.”..”You folks in here, you artists and curators, should be feared by the powerful in our societies. If you are not considered dangerous by the powers-that-be, you are not doing your job properly. As long as culture resists commodification, it is going to be a great threat for those who use commodification in order to extend their own realm as far and further afield as possible.”

To be passing, like something temporary casual but compulsory, not quite knowing
but need to understand is there. Not necessarily desire to ask why but what, does not let go.

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Could it be the question of what makes art become and stay solid good, grow in monetary value? What we appreciate in general and in art is what is good in general and in art or what we haven’t become to notice and pay attention to make art good, interesting and worth while? It is something to expect or a surprise. Or something ordinary depicted in a different way, multiple ways to see something is also good for art or to play it safe? When art is used to benefit a cause will we see evolving art or art in use to benefit the cause firstly? What do you think? I think when bureaucrats see their job to solve the issue of good art and make art promote a city for example it is never benefit of art. It is because bureaucrat sees himself/herself superior and artist inferior, a servant,  even though it should be the bureaucrat who is a servant. Artist who may be a curiously interesting field study, funny oddity and specimen to put in use, to talk about. It is not a case of community serving arts or artists having an important role other than making an image, pretty preferably.

Men are racy, masculine, righteous, fun-loving, talented, strong, doing whatever their gender is suppose to do as given to them, gender that has been conducting its calling without much objection because no one is opposing truly or giving other kinds of behavior models, when there is no one with authority telling what is not right to do, authority has to be taken. When authority thinks everything is alright and art represents the good in society it is time to look in to the mirror.

Women do the same as men they are crazy. She breaks the unwritten rules of what is good manner of the business. To my recollection something as good manners has not existed in art. An unknown female artist is a prey as is art student.

Sexism in art is not dealt with. It is alive as ever. To become an artist one has to start from dealing with sexism within the scene. It is so strikingly open, alive and approved that it is unbelievable. Civilized and sophisticated? Anything but. It is a legitimate fear that the person who addresses these issues openly will be shut out.

To my knowledge those who are paid more look down on those who are paid less. Those who are not paid at all are in worst situation. We get paid by what we deserve? I truly hope so. My simple conclusion is that humans are dictated by money, ranking of value of people is done by what one possesses and is paid. Money has straight forward correlation to professionalism and ability. The more one is paid the better that person is at what she or he does. How to prove one’s capabilities in this kind of system is to make friends with those who have got the money, impress them in their game and do the same as those who have money do. What kind of culture this creates is interesting and something we have right now. Credentials to one’s professionalism are more valid the more professionals one knows personally, the more opportunities one gets is via being known. It makes a culture of contacts not friends. To be able to say one is in is a sign of having wealth of relationships, circles which have made the illusion of making something good and valuable. Risks in closed up circles is that they rot inside without those who are inside noticing, without them having the courage to step outside that safe haven of security when they notice they should. Power corrupts, culture needs to be reinvented, something has to be destroyed. To fall high is scary but sometimes it has to happen. Wish it happened more often.