Perfectly put Helen!
Art reframed as a new asset class for fractional ownership ain't my idea
of utopia.
I have a question brewing - that I want to run by everyone - about the
value of art and artists now and in the future.
If anyone can tell me what that question is I'd be very interested to
hear what it is;)
Otherwise...soon...
:!
On 09/10/17 09:22, helen varley jamieson wrote:
agree. thank goodness my art is mostly ephemeral & can't be stuck with
a financial pin like a dead butterfly ...
On 07.10.2017 02:29, Alan Sondheim wrote:
I noticed this -
"Maecenas touts itself as a blockchain platform that, according to
its creators, will democratise access to fine art. For the first
time, the Maecenas website enthuses, technology will allow investors,
collectors and owners to exchange shares in paintings and sculptures
instantly, akin to the way stocks of a company are traded today."
This does NOT democratise access to art; it's nothing more than a
secure way to protect and exchange's one investment - which plays
into the notion of enclaving described in Mike Davis' City of Quartz
(think it was written in the 80s). Art has to RESIST enclaving,
unless one accepts useless decoration and connoisseurship as the only
form of art worth considering.
One of the amazing things about Furtherfield is, at least as far as I
can tell, it itself is a form of resistance! I'd thank God for this,
but given the state of things on the planet, I wouldn't want to
burden Her with more communication.
- Alan
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