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URL:https://artsfront.com/event/vb7e2y9-little-lunch-online-llol
LOCATION:Melbourne
SUMMARY:Little Lunch #41
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DESCRIPTION:One of the big ideas that has really gained traction and moment
 um during COVID is universal basic income and a living wage for artists. T
 he amazing Mel Ree will kick us off with a performance. Then the organis
 ers of the Artist* Led Economy Symposium\,  Dario Vacirca and Lucie 
 McIntosh will be joined by symposium panelist and leading living wage ad
 vocate David Pledger to give us an update on the work currently underwa
 y\, and to share their plans for the Artist* Led Economy Symposium on 
 Thursday 28 May. \nAbout the Artist* Led Economy Symposium\nThe need for 
 a basic income guarantee has been explored over many generations. It becom
 es prescient during times of crisis and potential economic depression. At 
 its heart it seeks a redistribution of wealth to ensure a living wage to a
 ll people.\nThe symposium will address this simple concept and its complex
  manifestations and effects.\nFocusing on the creative aspect of future ec
 onomies\, the symposium provokes that ‘artists’ should be amongst the 
 leaders who imagine our future relationships to work\, identity and the me
 anings that flow from and between each. Here\, the term Artist* refers to
  the creative\, cultural and caring needs and capacities of human creature
 s\; foundational aspects of our lives we believe should be central to our 
 systems of value.\n\nDuring this C-19 crisis we are being confronted by th
 e failings of the social and economic systems we have considered natural a
 nd neutral for the past century. Collectively we are becoming aware that c
 ompetitive market based approaches to livelihood are not in the ongoing in
 terest of people and planet. Fear of scarcity and slowing down makes us qu
 estion the logic of capital accumulation\, and the role we play as actors 
 in this industrial matrix.\nPeople across the world are re-assessing what 
 they do with their time\, understanding that labour is more than a job. Ho
 w do we operate meaningful relationships when the thing that has defined u
 s is no longer relevant to the economy?\nComprising a series of presentati
 ons\, performances\, discussions and rigorous questioning\, this event wil
 l survey the field of basic income research and activism - covering the ph
 ilosophy\, economics\, policy\, and challenges facing advocates in its com
 munication and implementation.\nBringing together a diverse group of think
 ers and doers\, this symposium is an invitation to fundamentally re-think 
 the design of our economy and re-value the labour that is taken for grante
 d in our current system. Creativity and care are fundamental to our ecolog
 y. They should be valued as such in our economy. \nThe Artist* Led Econom
 y Symposium is a joint initiative of Arts Front\, BLINDSIDE and Next
  Wave. 
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