The Philanthropist
State of emergence:
Why we need artists right now
These images accompany a text by Shannon Litzenberger on how artists might have the key to imagine different, more inclusive futures in time of crisis.
The main image shows artists within a collapsing system, in all their diversity, they are on a stage performing while the very curtain that frames them falls heavily on their shoulders. In the subsequent “spots”, a narrative unfolds, starting with the artists trapped in too narrow boxes. They then dance on the ruins of that rigid system and envision a future that looks like them. Finally, they build new worlds from the ground up.
The main image shows artists within a collapsing system, in all their diversity, they are on a stage performing while the very curtain that frames them falls heavily on their shoulders. In the subsequent “spots”, a narrative unfolds, starting with the artists trapped in too narrow boxes. They then dance on the ruins of that rigid system and envision a future that looks like them. Finally, they build new worlds from the ground up.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33bc011f03847153b5dcfed5b0abb67ba29fd4b481704ae11c59943d14d20faa/whyweneedartists_mainimage_julienposture.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df6b97835607a5e7680085a8f4fb7b7c73cbf317958db175663097caa9bc0df0/Chapter1.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ff9fff82abbb1f63f7df56c69cb5122c698872bf8375db716530b4513bd432e/Chapter2.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2befc1bd744fd5ba7afd2729b41d3e5017da98eaf8eac5cdf66d55e5c2be7ad0/Chapter3.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d02040c7342c04455a3b14a81cc983beb5875cf4ac5051898357f7cd69ba1263/Chapter4.png)