La muerte del artista

A warning about how the digital economy threatens the lives and work of artists - the music, writing, and visual arts that sustain our souls and societies. You hear two stories about making a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley: "There has never been a better time to be an artist. If you have a laptop, you have a recording studio. If you have an iPhone, you have a movie camera. And if production is cheap, distribution is free: it's called the Internet. Everyone is an artist - just get creative and get your stuff published." The other story comes from the artists themselves: "Sure, you can put your things there, but who is going to pay you for them? Not everyone is an artist. Making art takes years of dedication and that requires means of support. Yes. things do not change, art will largely cease to be sustainable." So which story is the real one? How do artists manage to make a living today? Deresiewicz, a leading critic of contemporary art and culture, set out to answer these questions. He maintains that we are in the midst of an epochal transformation. If artists were artisans in the Renaissance, bohemians in the 19th century, and professionals in the 20th, a new paradigm is emerging in the digital age.