Together with the artist duo “stöckerselig” and in exchange with national and international institutions and decision-makers, they are currently working on a petition, which they want to present at the Art Days at the end of August.
The petition contains three points. Firstly, all institutions that receive state funding should be obliged to pay fair fees in accordance with Visarte guidelines and to compensate for the actual working time and expenses.
Secondly, local artists should be adequately represented in exhibitions, collections, commissions and committees. The petitioners even demand a quota. “Art thrives on the exchange between international positions and those that are closely linked to Basel. This exchange must also find its way into the institutional level,” says the petitioner. Draft to the petition, which is available to Bajour and is publicly accessible.
Process instead of production
The third point of the petition is a little more vague. It calls for what Christian calls “the new present and not future expectations”. During the conversation it becomes clear that the artists have in mind an interplay between society and art, a world in which art is not a category in cantonal administration, but an essential pillar of dynamic urban development. Art should not be understood as the production of an object that can be exhibited in a museum, but as a process.
In addition to the required obligations and quotas, this last point in particular corresponds to the revolution that Schöberl actually wants. A revolution that dissolves genre boundaries, establishes art as a community in society and yet functions economically within the system. A utopia?
