I can imagine the
conversation. The artist requesting an exhibition, the curator explaining, much as she liked the artists work, that finances are tight and her schedule is already booked for two, maybe three years ahead...
And it got me thinking is this
best that artists can hope for in this digital age?
The music industry has been blown apart by the arrival of the internet with the traditional
gatekeepers- record producers, music publishers, and music critics ihaving lost their immense power.
The floodgates are open. Yes it’s
far more difficult for musicians to get their voices heard and they have to be good, very good to be heard. But at
least it is a level playing field.
And it got me thinking too
about my own practise. I make-work, upload it to several websites and get feedback
that day. For free. Instantly.
What I am doing, and others
who use the internet as an integral part of their practise, is build our own “tribe” or
“followers”, or if you want to be commercially minded our own “client base.”
