Available on the A*Desk – Critical Thinking blog (https://a-desk.org/en/magazine/temporary-art-review-and-march-a-journal-of-art-strategy/) in English, Spanish and Catalan. Partially republished in March – A Journal of Art and Strategy (https://march.international/adesk-interview-by-mela-davila-freire/), May 2021.
“…The slowdown in the pace of activity has been radical and prolonged, leaving many of us on the brink of bankruptcy and, what’s even worse, without clear ideas of how to get out of it. Although it seems clear that the professional world that we knew is changing, we do not yet know what is to come.
It is difficult, in the face of such uncertainty, not to fall into pessimism. In order to avoid this, this month’s magazine will be dedicated to exploring forms of collective organization, varied types of financing, and effective (and affective) strategies that generate acceptable working conditions for art professionals.
In the system that we are leaving behind, the possible modalities seemed to have been reduced to two extremes: salaried work in an institution, integrated into a hierarchy of interests that leaves little or no space for the projects themselves; or the fragile position of autonomous workers, force to wage a constant fight against precariousness. There are, however, alternative models to these two extremes. BNV Producciones in Seville, Bulegoa z/b in Bilbao, FelipaManuela in Madrid and MARCH International (Saint Louis and Berlin) have been experimenting with these models over the past few years, and they will be commenting on them in the magazine during this month.”