ブライス・ダラス・ハワードのインスタグラム(brycedhoward) - 7月23日 02時40分

There are a lot of questions about what’s happening in the entertainment industry… a lot of them existential. But in the last few weeks, what’s given me perspective was watching @theartofmakingitfilm.

For me, it felt like watching a doc about the film & TV industry, only with different names and characters. The commodification of art, the Catch-22 of finding an agent, the lack of financial support from governments to artists & art institutions, and the homogenous group of financiers, patrons, and dealers who seem to be running the business… it all feels very similar.

We are at such a tipping point in entertainment and art. Streaming has proven to not be profitable. For anyone. Not the studios and definitely not the creatives. We knew this going in. Streaming in the music industry taught us as much.

So the inevitable question that arises: What do we do about it?

There are glimpses of a future sustainable art industry that peeked through “The Art of Making It.” I saw these glimpses in the curators creating pathways for visibility outside of agencies, the patrons disrupting the buy-to-sell cycle, and of course, the emerging artists breaking new ground in their work and how they operate within the current systems. Those moments gave me hope.

Making a living as a creative — especially when the industry we work in is undergoing a giant correction — can feel unstable to say the least. And yet, within this transformation holds the potential to create new pathways towards a better and more equitable and transparent entertainment community. This is a big moment. And often in looking to other creative industries, it holds a mirror up to our own, allowing us to more clearly see the path ahead.

If you haven’t already seen “The Art of Making It,” I cannot recommend it enough. The doc features several boundary-breaking visual artists and their work is like a jolt of brilliance. You don’t need to be a visual art aficionado to appreciate it.

& I highly encourage watching this for the insights it offers to artists who are navigating this tumultuous yet transformative moment in the industry.

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