[spectre] Looking back to a situation in '94

[Mathias Fuchs]

John has a point there...
"We are in a situation that demands other models and other behaviors 
towards the institutions that impose this form of poverty through 
indentured servitude..." (hopkins)

It was not so long ago when artist and non-institutional participants 
were considered an asset for festivals and conferences.
I remember that the group of invited artists to 1994 ISEA in Helsinki 
threatened the organizers with a boycott, in case we were forced to pay 
conference fees.
Our argument was that we 1) did not have the money to pay for 
conferences, 2) that our supporting institutions, the arts councils and 
embassies would not understand that we have to pay for delivering 
artistic work and 3) that these festivals and conferences create income 
based on the participants' input.
In the end, none of us paid.

Today?

-- 
Prof. Dr. Mathias Fuchs
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Gamification Lab