Spike Art #80 Summer 2024 - The State of the Arts artist book Rather than live in a

Rather than live in a protective crouch

It seems therefore strange

which was also shown in the KODE – Art Museums of Bergen

moresynthetic fabrics

Spike Art #80 Summer 2024 - The State of the Arts artist book Rather than live in aA sense of major flux is spreading in the art world and not only among its pessimists. Under pressure from reactionary politics and its own now more than ever imperatives, so much in art is transforming: criticism into a flashy rubber stamp; art schools into trauma industries; fairs into 3D PDFs; museums into everything for everybody; and art making into a moral protocol. Some artists are responding by dropping out, going Web3, or protesting genocide;