Day-long symposium about how to strengthen the cultural sector

ArtTable x Amsterdam Art Week symposium about strengthening the cultural sector. Two of our Basecampers will contribute insights to this conversation.

"The art world is often compared to an ecosystem, operating as a dynamic system of interconnected and interdependent components that each contribute to the system’s function and balance. Each part affects and is affected by others. The system gets regulated by policies, codes and funding structures, which are the product of the social and political context in which we are situated. Precarious conditions affect the way the ecosystem can function. Individual artists and practitioners, as well as advocacy organizations and institutions, emphasize the need to increase our resilience and flexibility to better adapt to the constant changes we face. More and more, we realize that we can only reach the necessary level of resilience through collaboration, as it opposes the individualistic, competitive and extractivist tendencies that are labeled as the cause of our vulnerability. In order to respect the balance of the ecosystem, we need to consider the functioning of all of its parts. Where do we need to provide support in order to not lose vital parts of the system, and how do we uplift the practices that help keep us afloat?"

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