ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses social media as a space where curatorial and artistic work is produced and published, discussed and shared. Working conditions on the platforms are discussed with a focus on the terms of use, the space itself and the audience. Based on the manifesto “Wages for Facebook” (2014) by curator Laurel Ptak, the discussion then takes into account social media work as under- or unpaid work and puts it in relation with Federici’s “Wages Against Housework” manifesto (1975), which is the basis for Ptak’s project and the analysis of the wages for housework movement by bell hooks. Finally, after consideration of the recent work by artist Alina Lupu, the chapter closes with the attempt to hint at the potential of curatorial perspectives to enable a more caring infrastructure.
