Monthly Archives: August 2012
In Praise of Cafe Culture
David Dower and I recently discussed infrastructure for the arts in a Friday phone call. David made the point, with which I agree, that the internet is a kind of digital arts infrastructure that makes traditional bricks and mortar less … Continue reading
Personal Ethics
In my recent “Friday Phone Call” with David Dower, all about infrastructure for the arts, I shared that infrastructure has three meanings or three components: the physical bricks and mortar infrastructure of buildings and studios and light boards; the organizational … Continue reading
Means and Ends
It is Immanuel Kant who wrote that people should never be treated as the means to an end but only as ends in themselves. I think about this in relation to arts policy quite a lot. All too often, art … Continue reading
