«The degradation of artistic practice and reception is the endpoint of political and economic forces that are way beyond our reach and our pay grade, somewhere up in that vast, mechanical realm of neoliberalism, the modus operandi of which has always been clear: it’s easier to turn people into profitable consumers and tireless workers if they’re deprived of literacy and culture.»
#art #politic #economy
https://yalereview.org/article/namwali-serpell-navel-gazing