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The quest to value things outside of an economic mindset is fragile but integral for our humanity and social cohesion. BalletLab, Amplification, 2012. Photo: Jeff Busby.
1 See Ralph Myers’s 2014 Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture for more on this line of thinking: “The subject of this lecture is what I see as a grave threat to the artistic life of this country: the creeping replacement of artistic leaders with managers and producers, and the far-reaching consequences this, if it allowed to continue unchecked, could have on our national cultural life.” 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour 3 Interdependant is more accurate: http://www.fairwork.gov. au/find-help-for/independent-contractors. 4 The Australia Council for the Arts determines in its Dance Sector Plan 2012-2013, “Smaller dance companies have very lean staffing structures which can lead to burnout and loss of expertise.” http://2014.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/ assets/pdf_file/0004/130972/CURRENT-Dance-SectorPlan-2012-2013.pdf.
Matt Cornell choreographs shows, composes music and performs (usually onstage). Matt is a positive-nihilist, liberated by our grand pointlessness while simultaneously indulging in the self-generated significance of empathy and humanity. He likes to think about, deconstruct and question the arbitrary configuration of systems, and is passionate about seeing through cognitive bias (aka bullshit) to the practicality at hand.
5 Artistic vision has use value, in Marxian terms, where money has none; although money has exchange value and is thus a more liquid asset. Hellen Sky. Photo courtesy Hellen Sky