The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
A video from Art 21 documenting Michael Rakowitz’s continuing project in which artefacts looted from his mother’s homeland, Iraq, are reborn as colourful ‘ghosts’. A powerful contribution to the ongoing debates around the relationships between world museums and empire.
Learning through play is not just for children
With 50% of all employees needing to reskill by 2025, the ability of individuals to adapt is even more essential in this rapidly changing global economy. Learning through play helps both children and adults cope with change and difficult moments by instilling the skills needed to innovate.
The idea of being playful at work could feel counter-intuitive at the moment but just putting our heads down and slogging through is only going get us so far, we also to need to imagine, explore and create.
IR35 changes from 6 April
Tedious but important for all freelancers and any organisation employing 50 or more people. Larger employers now have to decide on employment status even if an intermediary, such as a personal service company, is in place.
Gender Pay Gap
Government drops gender pay gap reporting requirement for 2019/20 and extends deadline in 2020. Surprise, surprise reporting is down by 77%. In 2019 women received 86 pence for every £1 a man earned. When are we ever going to get to grips with this?
2021 Unlimited Commissions
In case you missed the announcements there’s a fantastic range of commissions being supported by Unlimited this year.
Awarding over half a million pounds to disabled artists is an incredible thing to be able to do, and one that we are excited to be able to deliver, but it is only part of the picture. The whole ecology of the cultural sector must support disabled artists at every and all levels, in order for the systemic discriminatory barriers to be removed.
Connected to Life
I am a huge fan of Chiharu Shiota and this piece is incredibly poignant.
A chain of beds in the foyer of the ZKM | Karlsruhe, floating through the air, recalls the shocking pictures of hospital corridors. These images of human vulnerability and misery call for a memorial dedicated to the suffering and lethal victims of the Covid-19 virus, but equally to the sacrifice of all those in hospitals and care facilities who are willing to risk their health and lives to save the lives of others.