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Emily Eisenstein, week 6, art and social change

The Post-Competitive, Comparative Game of a Free City

5 takeaways:
-people who live in excess should give to people who don't have enough
-basic necessities should be free and easily accessible
-if a community works together they can create change
-there is something deeply wrong with our society when people can not afford food for their families
-having hospital bills be so expensive is a way for the rich to say that they don't care if poor people are sick


Manifesto for the Guerrilla Art Action Group

-rich artists need to give back to the people who need it
-art should be accessible to everyone
-art cannot repress underrepresented voices, it needs to give them a platform to speak
-artists should never be elitists
-art must always be for the people, not for the profit

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