From Art Labour Jogja, May Day 2025:
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IT IS IMPERATIVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEOLIBERAL NATURE OF THE ART WORLD, WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING THE INTRICATE INTERTWINEMENT OF YOGYAKARTA’S ARTISTIC MILIEU WITH LOCAL POWER DYNAMICS
AND VESTIGES OF FEUDALISM. THE QUESTION ARISES
AS TO HOW THE POLITICS OF CARE CAN BE PRACTICED WITHIN A SPACE THAT CONTAINS SOCIAL CAPITAL THAT IS NOT YET INDEPENDENT OF THE POWER THAT GENERATES IT. THE QUESTION REMAINS WHETHER WE CAN ESTABLISH SECURE ENVIRONMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER. ALTERNATIVELY, WE MUST CONSIDER WHETHER OUR ACTIONS WILL MERELY EXPOSE US TO THE SYSTEMIC STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE BY THOSE WHO TALK ABOUT DECOLONIZATION BUT END UP CREATING COLONIALISM, MIXED WITH SOME PRETTY INTENSE FEUDALISM.IT APPEARS THAT A STRUCTURAL AGENCY, IN ITS ACTIVE AND POWERFUL POSITION, HAS CREATED A GAP THAT HINDERS THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCOURSE. THIS GAP IS BOTH INTENTIONAL AND PROBLEMATIC, AS IT PREVENTS MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE TWO PARTIES. CONVERSELY, UPON OUR RELEASE FROM THEIR GRASP, AN ILLUSION OF FREEDOM IS CREATED. HOWEVER, WE ARE SUBSEQUENTLY THRUST INTO A DOMAIN WHERE THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THIS FIELD HAVE NO PRESSING NEED TO UNDERGO REFORM. CONSEQUENTLY, THEY ARE NOT INCLINED TO PROVIDE US WITH SUPPORT, AS DOING SO WOULD ENTAIL UNDUE RISK, AS THEY CONTINUE TO DERIVE BENEFIT FROM THESE EXPLOITED PRACTICES AND OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS.THE QUESTION THAT ARISES IS HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE THIS CONCEPT TO ONE ANOTHER. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY METHODOLOGIES FOR THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE PREVAILING SENTIMENT OF “SURVIVAL MODE,” WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE CONSTANT NAVIGATION OF OPPRESSIVE STRUCTURES, THE PERVASIVE SENSE OF PRECARIOUSNESS, AND THE PROFOUND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS WITHIN A SPACE THAT IS ITSELF OCCUPIED BY THE VERY STRUCTURE THAT PERPETRATES VIOLENCE AGAINST US.
From June Lee’s Artists’ Wage Calculator v 0.1a, May 2025:
我最近刚好碰到了需要计算时薪的问题，于是参考了一份艺术家工会手册，写了个时薪计算器。当然中国的艺术家要面对不太一样的情况，有待继续修改；同时往里加了个生命游戏，输入的数值会使背景画布出现初始点阵，然后持续演化成为最终（数字生命的残骸）图案。 Recently I’ve had to face the problem of how to calculate the payment for my work, and so I referred to a manual published by an art workers’ union. In it, they wrote about an honorarium calculator. Of course, artists in China deal with a different context, so for my version, many issues will be continually revised. At the same time, I took the opportunity to add a game of life*: any number entered will cause the background to become a dot matrix field that changes constantly until an unspecified end of the game.
当前计算器的背景网格中，黑色方块代表活细胞，白色方块代表死细胞。随着模拟运行，细胞根据一组规则在死和活之间切换并遵循以下原则：1.如果周围活细胞少于两个，任何活细胞则死亡；2.如果周围活细胞超过三个，任何活细胞则死亡；3.如果周围有两个或三个活细胞，任何活细胞则保持不变，传递到下一代；4.如果周围恰好有三个活细胞，任何死细胞则会复活。