Nicole Dennis, urban planner from the Academy of Emergency Art disagreed.
“It may be affordable to be an artist, but what type of artist and is that the kind of artist our society needs, of course there is a market for a range of things, but are we pricing out those artists that challenge us conceptually and produce the kind of art which doesn’t have a market.”
Ms Dennis criticised the government and the private sector for neglecting creativity in their planning.
“This is really a planning issue, planners have not planned for creativity in Sydney really at all, the new Sydney metropolitan plan 2036 doesn’t map or analyse cultural or creative capital.”I just got sent this article, it is from a few months ago - but this debate is still relevant. I spent the October long weekend at Sound Summit debating this issue again. People are moving, if you are an artist that is unsatisfied with the way art is valued in Sydney (and Australia) please send me an email contact@thecitymouse.org
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