Is artists' exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks?

Abstract

Is artists' exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks? Developed by independent arts researcher Dr Susan Jones and organised collaboratively with Dr Jon Blackwood, Gray's School of Art, the Aberdeen mini summit held in June 2023 was informed by artists' activism on pay and conditions including creation of FRANK in 2021 and weindustria's 2023 research report Structurally F*cked. The research questions included: 1) what will equitable working environments look and feel like for artists? 2) what attitudes and measures will ensure lasting improvement in artists' social and economic status? 3) what would counter any impediments to their achievement?

Citation

BLACKWOOD, J., JONES, S., BUTLER, D., CALLAGHAN, B., POULTER, S., SEERS, L. and WRIGHT, J. (eds.) 2023. Is artists’ exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks? Proceedings of the 2023 Aberdeen mini summit, 16 June 2023, Aberdeen, UK. Wakefield: Axis [online]. Available from: https://www.axisweb.org/aberdeensummit/

• Conference Name: 2023 Aberdeen summit: artists' exploitation.
• Conference Location: Aberdeen, UK
• Start Date: Jun 16, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Jun 16, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 25, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 7, 2023
• Publisher: Axis
• Keywords: Artists; Equitable working environments; Social and economic status; Artists equity
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2120740
• Publisher URL: https://www.axisweb.org/aberdeensummit/