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Artistic Lives

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Artistic Lives book

A Study of Creativity in Two European Cities

Artistic Lives

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Artistic Lives book

A Study of Creativity in Two European Cities
ByKirsten Forkert
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 15 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315568034
Pages 168 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315568034
SubjectsEconomics, Finance, Business & Industry, Geography, Humanities, Reference & Information Science, Social Sciences
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Forkert, K. (2013). Artistic Lives. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315568034

Artistic Lives examines cultural production as a non-standard, self-directed, and frequently unpaid activity, which is susceptible to developments that affect the availability of unstructured time. It engages with discourses which have historically had little to do with the arts, including urban sociology and social policy research, to explore the social conditions and identities of ordinary artists, revealing the importance of the cost of living or access to housing, benefits or employment in determining who is able to become an artist or sustain an artistic career. The book thus challenges recent policy discourses that celebrate the ability of cultural producers to create something from nothing, and, more generally, the myth of creativity as an individual phenomenon, divorced from social context. Presenting rich interview material with artists and arts professionals in London and Berlin, together with ethnographic descriptions, Artistic Lives engages with debates surrounding Post-Fordism, gentrification and the nature of authorship, to raise challenging questions about the function of culture and the role of cultural producers within contemporary capitalism. An empirically grounded exploration of the identity of the modern artist and his or her ability to make a living in neoliberal societies, Artistic Lives will be of interest to students and scholars researching urban studies, the sociology of art and creative cultures, social stratification and social policy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |12 pages

Introduction: Artistic Autonomy and Material Conditions

chapter 1|16 pages

Capitalism and the Figure of the Artist

chapter 2|22 pages

The Creative Subject and the State

chapter 3|18 pages

The Loss of Space and Time for Creative Activities in London

chapter 4|22 pages

Shortened Careers and Pressures for Instant Success

chapter 5|14 pages

Berlin: An Economy Based on the Marketing of Creativity

chapter 6|24 pages

Does Berlin Present an Alternative Model for Cultural Production?

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