Workshop & Discussion: ARTISTIC CRISIS ECONOMY : subcultural, cooperative, illegal, criminal and subversive narratives and practices with Davide Skerlj (IT), Alessandra Nicolini (IT), Giovanni Morbin (IT) introduced by Josip Zanki (HR)

In his book Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Mark Fisher claims:“There are certainly conspiracies in capitalism, but the problem is that they are themselves only possible because of deeper level structures that allow them to function. Does anyone really think, for instance, that things would improve if we replaced the whole managerial and banking class with a whole new set of ('better') people?” (2009:72). The structure of neoliberal capitalism and culture, regardless if postmodern or deconstructivist, enters a phase of its own auto-cannibalism. The paradigm of culture and utopia is changing and transforming into different models of existence. Culture can be envisaged as a large faded palimpsest with numerous layers. The workshop deals with questions about what the artists’ idea of resistance to bio political hegemony could be and what possible strategies of artistic crisis economy there are.

Venue:

Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael

Palazzo Zenobio

Dorsoduro 2596

30123 Venice