Autonomy, Agonism, and Activist Art: An Interview with Grant Kester, by Mick Wilson
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written by Grant Kester
shared by irrridule on February 9th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Thank you J - great upload.
I’m curious to read more about what Grant is talking about at the end - arts patronage. There was the beginning of a fascinating part 2 there and I wonder if there’s more I could read somewhere (anyone?). These issues come up often at the non-profit that I run, where I’ve discovered that the tide of non-profit management thought has shifted towards having a viable business model (for-profit), the main difference being that profits get re-invested into the corporation. In my imagination before running a non-profit, I thought they existed for the sorts of things that don’t have a market; but what I’ve found is that grants are given to non-profits that have demonstrated revenue potential (ie they’ve “discovered” a market). This is just a small example, but I’m curious about the European situation (which I have to admit, I always eye with envy) as well as other contexts that Grant touches on. What interested me about the interview was the possibility of dovetailing the discussion of funding with themes from the rest of the interview (and not simply surveying funding situations around the world).
February 13th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Thanks very much for sending the good interview with Kester,
Erik Hagoort.
June 10th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Thank you J - great upload.
I’m curious to read more about what Grant is talking about at the end - arts patronage. There was the beginning of a fascinating part 2 there and I wonder if there’s more I could read somewhere (anyone?). These issues come up often at the non-profit that I run, where I’ve discovered that the tide of non-profit management thought has shifted towards having a viable business model (for-profit), the main difference being that profits get re-invested into the corporation. In my imagination before running a non-profit, I thought they existed for the sorts of things that don’t have a market; but what I’ve found is that grants are given to non-profits that have demonstrated revenue potential (ie they’ve “discovered” a market). This is just a small example, but I’m curious about the European situation (which I have to admit, I always eye with envy) as well as other contexts that Grant touches on. What interested me about the interview was the possibility of dovetailing the discussion of funding with themes from the rest of the interview (and not simply surveying funding situations around the world).