Last year, CBS announced they’d be releasing a new reality television show called The Activist. The show would involve six activists advocating for three issues: health, education and environment.
For those of us in the not-for-profit world of the arts, particularly anyone working at the intersection of arts and activism, the neoliberal focus on individualised action and competition was all too familiar. For years, we’ve been dependent upon a relentless cycle of grant applications, competing over shrinking funding pools. We’ve become begrudgingly adept at making the most of our financial precarity.
