A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR ARTS IN AMERICA FROM CULTURBOT

The first thing we need to do is reposition the role of arts + culture in society. For many reasons the arts have moved to the fringes of cultural conversation. We need to reintroduce the idea of the arts as a place of civic discourse. Artists and curators need to work much more closely with non-arts partners – economists, sociologists, scientists, computer programmers, city planners, demographers, etc. – to identify the pressing conceptual issues of the day. Art – no matter the form- is about creating an object or event that focuses attention on a specific idea; it is a tool for enabling human beings to collectively and simultaneously focus their thought processes – thus the arts need to collaborate directly with non-arts disciplines and start leading the conversations America will be having as we move into a global future.

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