Two recent articles approach the same question from different directions: how artistic practice is sustained under extractive conditions.

My Artquest article argues that peer support is infrastructure.

Despina Zefkili’s Fast-burning fuels in Octopus traces funding pressures and project-based production.

What connects them is a shared rejection of the fantasy that institutions will solve this for us.

https://artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/how-to-throw-your-own-party-peer-mentoring-as-infrastructure/

More info: https://videomole.tv/blog/support-structures-for-fast-burning-fuels/

#PeerSupport #SelfOrganisation