How Technology Is Transforming Art & Why We Should Care

Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Stacey sits down with artist KNA to discuss how artists are impacted by AI and other evolving technologies, how they can use them to fuel their creativity, as well as what next steps need to be taken to secure resources and protection for the arts in an increasingly digital world.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Assembly required with Stacey Abrams from Cricket Media. I'm your host, Stacey Abrams. On our show, we take what
0:15.7	feels like impractical problems, break them down, and figure out workable solutions.
0:20.4	We won't solve everything, but it's a start. A few months ago, as I scrolled through my
0:26.1	FYP on Tik-Toc, a creator was fretting about the intersection of technology and art.
0:31.6	Waxing a bit nostalgic about the good old days of patrons as
0:34.8	protectors of talent. Of course patrons only supported certain artists and
0:38.9	specific styles, leaving most artists to find their own way.
0:42.3	Governments have dipped their toes into the leaving most artists to find their own way.
0:43.0	Governments have dipped their toes into the economics of arts and culture with funding,
0:47.0	but never as fully as they should, because art is a real job and it's big business.
0:53.5	In fact, the non-profit arts and culture industry
0:56.8	generates more than $165 billion in economic activity,
1:01.4	which support nearly 5 million jobs, and generates almost 30 billion in
1:06.2	government revenue.
1:07.2	But today's conversation is not about the woeful lack of true public funding for the arts
1:11.6	as a cultural and business obligation.
1:14.0	Instead, I bring you the topic that brought the Tik-Tocker to my feed.
1:18.0	Today's conversation will focus on technology's impact on how artist and musicians create and monetize their work.
1:25.3	And what that might mean for culture, the economy, and how our public discourse will unfold
1:30.0	or collapse.
1:31.2	Open the pod bay doors, Hal. I'm sorry, Dave.
1:35.0	I'm afraid I can't do that.
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