Taking place from today to Friday (27- 29 April), Jamm’Art will facilitate online conversations around evolving subjects in order to gain ‘a collective understanding of the “state of the art”’.
Organised by Culture Action Europe, jam sessions are an increasingly common tool for facilitating large-scale discussions within a distinct period of time.
The session will be hosted on a web-platform that enables multiple conversations to run in parallel. A visit to the homepage will provide an overview of what’s going on and you can decide from there which conversations to engage in.
As well as written debate, you can share videos, images and other files. A group of facilitators in Gdansk, Poland, will move the discussions forward and pull threads together to allow the issues to be explored to their full potential.
To kickstart the event, Culture Action Europe have proposed a series of questions focusing on the role of art, artists and intellectuals in political discourse, democracy and society. These will evolve over the 72-hours of the session.
Paying Artists
One question is particularly pertinent to a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign. It asks: ‘Should artists live off their arts? How?’
Representatives from the Paying Artists campaign, which aims to secure payment for artists when they exhibit in publicly-funded galleries, will be engaging in the debate throughout, as will members of the AIR Council.
As well as participating in the existing dialogues, the campaign will also be leading some provocations.
These include: What principles should artist-led projects adopt when it comes to artists’ fees? Do publicly-funded galleries have a responsibility to pay artists? What are the implications of working for ‘exposure’ for other artists? When is it OK for artists to work for free?
To participate in the discussions, or start your own debate, register on www.jammart.eu.
