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Celebrating the digital pivots of 2021

From phoenix festivals to million dollar fairs, the year ushered another wave of innovators turning challenges into opportunities.

22 Dec 2021

Celina Lei

All Arts

2021 created a multitude of opportunities to expand digital offerings. Image: On View: Panoramic Suite at Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art courtesy of Naoshi Hatori and Pippa Samaya.

Pivoting – the ability to do a sharp 180 when things go sideways – has been one of the most vital adaptability skills in the last two years.

COVID not only prompted those in lockdown to ramp up their digital offerings, but even for those not in lockdown, going online was essential to maintaining engagement with interstate and international audiences.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is an arts writer and editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne.