@juliedabrusin.bsky.social Again, and after your government inches closer to a majority—are you comfortable having your legacy attached to the authoritarian scope of Bills C-2, C-8 and C-12? If not, how will you hold your peers in Parliament to account?
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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Today more than ever, it is essential to remember that one can be against a hateful regime as is the case with the Iranian regime…and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”
“…the Venice Biennale’s current posture lays bare the cynicism of the art world… it now bends over backward to avoid offending Israel and the United States. In doing so, it becomes complicit in ongoing genocide… What remains is not resistance, but the aesthetic window-dressing of violence.”
Does this Defence strategy include surveilling Canadians with Palantir and/or Paragon Solutions' spyware? How will surveillance and ideology be imbedded in your defence production materials?
*10/10 correction “I think the alleged conflicts of interest between museum directors, curators, and art dealers (from Dundas & Beverly to Sterling Rd and to St. Helens Ave) that insulate donors and patrons from visibility… in order to preserve flows of capital are on full display in this event.
END/ Rather than maintain this fraught perspective and my disillusion with the state of affairs in the public institutions that I used to find solace and belonging in, I thought I’d reach out to get your thoughts and feelings, if you will share them.
10/10 The conflicts of interest between museum directors, curators, and art dealers (from Dundas & Beverly to Sterling Rd and to St. Helens Ave) that insulate donors and patrons from visibility and from public accountability in order to preserve flows of capital are on full display in this event.
9/10 That being said, as a community member, I am angry that this event is taking place. It feels cynical, tone-deaf, unethical, and like nothing will ever be addressed or changed.
8/10 I am a Part-time, non-tenured faculty member of a university and an experimental artist-filmmaker. I understand the precariousness of speaking out with the potential loss of employment and career capacity. I understand that an event like this can offer an enormous platform for public exchange.
7/10 As one panel includes an AGO Trustee who participated in the acquisition committee under review, how do you feel about your forthcoming participation?
6/10 Will you speak about how such actions are the mechanism for naturalizing ideology in cultural resources? Does this contradict efforts to decolonize collections?
5/10 Are there plans to address public museum governance and transparency, donor overreach, influence peddling, and the protected collusion of wealth and power in decisions around public collections that impact citizens?
4/10 This symposium feels like placating the concerns of the moment—shielding or distracting via compelling speakers while moving off-site from the AGO. Am I missing something in how this event has emerged and will be directed?
3/10 With revelations about an AGO Trustee’s breach of museum policy and responsibilities as steward of a public asset, blocking an acquisition of Nan Goldin’s artwork (due to personal ideology rather than content), I’m curious why you are participating in an event centered on collecting via AGO.
2/10 I respect you, but I’m having a difficult time understanding how many of my peers are committing their labour and knowledge-production to this event at this time.
1/10 Dear Artist and Curator Peers,
Today I received an email about the upcoming ‘MOCA x AGO’ Symposium “Collective Views” and saw that you are participating. Would you share with me your reasons for taking part in this event? #moca #mocatoronto @agotoronto.bsky.social
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My thinking is letters that go to organizations don’t have an impact; we’ve seen time and again that interval reviews and self-assessment don’t address influence peddling. In Ontario, letters to the Auditor General, Lieutenant Governor, or Ombudsman are a better path to hold trustees to account.
Super helpful for me and my students. Thank you, @arunadsouza.bsky.social
If the UK can bar Naomi Campbell from working with charitable trusts and public funds, I’m sure arts communities can mobilize to ask for audit of policy process and the review of appointments of the CEOs and Trustees of our public assets. Bullet-point statements of allies are nice, but toothless.
And I’m sure good-minded artists will draft a statement about their ideological perspectives rather than doing the work of seeking out legal frameworks to hold accountable power structures preserved through collusive influence and opacity (ie., revoking Trustee and institutional charitable status).
The spirit of a sense. Thank you, Fred.
Spotnitz, Frank (May 1991). "Dialogue on film". American Film. 16 (5): 16–21.
“All aspects of documentary filmmaking involve choice and are therefore manipulative. But the ethical... aspect of it is that you have to... try to make [a film that] is true to the spirit of your sense of what was going on. …these films are biased, prejudiced, condensed, compressed but fair.” RIP.
Ewa Puszczyńska’s answer is irresponsible and incorrect. The members of this jury are not acting as independent artists at the Berlinale, they are acting as a “jury”—an assessment committee appointed by a festival that is state funded—their roles are inherently political. Face the music, assholes.
Yes, but are the labour industries targeted for investment the labour industries that need it in the 21st century? Or, is this investment in “historical” labour (preserved practices) that will see the rest of the world (including other middle powers) once again pass us in innovation/productivity?
It’s difficult not to see the omissions of health care and education (both impacted by international permits) as an ideological perspective mismatched with actual labour. How different are the Carney cabinet culture wars than those stoked in America? I thin line. Same perspective, different optics.
