Post AWU4aDqdb3P8I387Rg by bobdoto@pkm.social
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 (DIR) Post #AWU4a8ZRDZfvvG2oRU by bobdoto@pkm.social
       2023-06-08T11:12:54Z
       
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       For all the "you need to build in public" people... https://austinkleon.com/2023/05/07/artists-must-be-allowed-to-make-bad-work/
       
 (DIR) Post #AWU4a9FcgjQ425mVCC by bobdoto@pkm.social
       2023-06-08T11:15:57Z
       
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       One of the issues I have with "create in public" / "open the garage door" people, is that they assume the "commons" to be a neutral, friendly, "workshop-y scene. And, for people who create pallateable work, it is. But, for anyone who creates at the fringes, and particularly those on the fringes of poltics + art, social media is an especially violent environment. It is not a" safe space." It is a terrible one.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWU4aDqdb3P8I387Rg by bobdoto@pkm.social
       2023-06-08T11:19:21Z
       
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       Which, for those with less conviction, when confronted with this social violence, pushes them back into more tame work. Ever wonder why 99.9999% of "radical work" on social media is tame? Because it needs to be if you don't wanna get swatted. So, yeah. Create in public if what you're creating sits comfortably within the parameters of what's acceptable. But, if your work isn't that, just keep doing it the ol fashioned way, among peers, offline, in galleries, at readings where only 10 ppl show up.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWbsD4ggBGtm07VLua by nicole@pkm.social
       2023-06-12T08:40:48Z
       
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       @bobdoto Totally fair. As paradoxical as it may sound though, you could create work in public anonymously or pseudonymously. I do this for a few things I want to keep separate from my real name.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWbtn8mEYLyH40rdgW by ankteckningar@pkm.social
       2023-06-12T08:58:09Z
       
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       @nicole @bobdoto *raises hand. Very far from the fringe but choose to use a pseudonym anyways.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWc3xOmgtMc19BblVQ by bobdoto@pkm.social
       2023-06-12T10:53:04Z
       
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       @nicole truth. I've done the same.