On the Artist Pension Trust and the Future of Self-Organized Redistribution

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, May 17, 2022

Artists and other cultural workers have tried to create stable, long-term collective income systems for themselves forever. In 2004, an American tech entrepreneur launched one of the most ambitious redistribution schemes up to date, the Artist Pension Trust (APT). The idea was to give artists not just long-term income, but even a pension—a luxury highly uncommon among [...]

Last Chance to Propose Contributions – Our Creative Reset Conference

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, April 18, 2022

What lies beyond the ruins of the creative industries ideology? Can we imagine the end of precarity? What is the future of work in the cultural sector? During the Our Creative Reset Conference, experts and (beginning) cultural workers explore how to take agency over their own education, collective organization, and income. The Institute of Network [...]

Call for Proposals – Our Creative Reset Conference

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, March 22, 2022

What lies beyond the ruins of the creative industries ideology? Can we imagine the end of precarity? What is the future of work in the cultural sector? During the Our Creative Reset Conference, experts and (beginning) cultural workers explore how to take agency over their own education, collective organization, and income. The Institute of Network [...]

‘Kunstadacemies moeten hun studenten beter voorbereiden op het leven na de opleiding’, opiniestuk in Het Parool

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, December 16, 2021

Veel afstudeerders van kunstacademies ervaren een harde, stressvolle landing op de arbeidsmarkt. In deze onzekere tijd verdienen zij het meer grip te krijgen op hun eigen toekomst. Academies zouden studenten beter moeten voorbereiden, stelt Sepp Eckenhaussen Lees het hele artikel hier: https://www.parool.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-kunstadacemies-moeten-hun-studenten-beter-voorbereiden-op-het-leven-na-de-opleiding~b9b4a47c/.

Out Now: Post-Precarity Zine

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, December 15, 2021

The Institute of Network Cultures and the Learning Community Critical Making are proud to present the Post-Precarity Zine, a toolbox for beginning artists. Times have changed. The art world and the creative economy are no longer the ones we used to know. The digital economy, the pandemic, and the cuts within the cultural field are [...]

Shifting the Definition of Professional Competence: Jue Yang on the Post-Precarity Autumn Camp in Metropolis M

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, December 8, 2021

‘The rhetoric that artistic freedom should be separate from talks of money and professionalization still prevails in art academies and public imaginations, making the survival — not to mention well-being — of artists a neglected topic. The Post-Precarity Zine, a result of collective reckonings from the Post-Precarity Autumn Camp, co-organized by the INC, Platform Beeldende [...]

‘MoneyLab Updates 2021’, lecture by Geert Lovink at Hotel Maria Kapel (Hoorn)

By Angela Luong, December 1, 2021

Presentation on Wednesday morning September 29, 2021, the third day of the Post-Precarity Autumn Camp: How to Survive as an Artist? at Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn (NL). As crypto fantasies overflow with the same old biases, we once again put the question of the definition of money on the table. What is the definition of [...]

Freelance Worker in the Dutch Cultural Sector? Fill Out This Income Loss Survey

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, November 30, 2021

Once again the cultural sector is being hit hard by the corona measures and once again the self-employed are at risk of being left without support. In order to take action against this, we want to get a clear idea of your loss of income. The restrictive measures are understandable given the circumstances, but the [...]

‘The Elephant in the Device’, Silvio Lorusso on Gig Platform Fiverr

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, November 24, 2021

Need a logo, webdesign, translation, or set of subtitles? In the mood for something more extravagant, like a personal video message from Jesus Christ? Fiverr is your place to go. On this online marketplace, you can order freelance services quickly, easily, and cheaply from anywhere in the world. These extravagant possibilities spur the question of [...]

4 Demands for Economically Responsible Art Education

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, November 13, 2021

Our future generations of artists deserve to be prepared for the unruly reality of the labor market of the cultural sector. We therefore find it hard to understand why many art students graduate without knowledge of the Fair Practice Code or the Guideline for Artists’ Fees; have no idea about the trade unions and professional [...]