Remember the Future, a podcast by ART.COOP

What does it mean for philanthropy to exist in relationship to the solidarity economy? What if artists led a redistribution effort to resource arts collectives?  In this final episode of Remember the Future Season 2, Marina speaks with Art.coop organizer and Remember the Future Fellowship co-lead, Sruti. They discuss the work of three fellows, Acres of Ancestry, Ohketeau Cultural Center, and Quest...

What if online marketplaces were designed for sellers to collaborate rather than compete? How can strikes be used not just as a form of resistance, but as a catalyst for co-creating a non-exploitative model? Ebony speaks with Mastress Tara from Artisans Cooperative, a member-owned handmade marketplace. Learn how they emerged from the Etsy Strike that 30,000 sellers joined, what they offer artisans...

What media platforms can we rely on when free speech is at risk? How can filmmakers and content creators own their labor and maintain creative control? Ebony speaks with Nick Hayes from MeansTV, the first worker-owned, anticapitalist, steaming service that reflects the 99%. They are financed through member subscription, free of any advertisements or venture capital. We discuss how MeansTV is build...

How can a cooperative model allow musicians to receive 100% of ticket sales for their live performances? How can concerts be a pathway towards community building? Ebony speaks with Kyle Schmolze from Groupmuse, a worker- and musician-owned cooperative. He shares the evolution of Groupmuse from their inception 11 years ago, how they transitioned from a traditional business model to worker and music...

Why did Art.coop create a fellowship and redistribute $90k to solidarity economy arts groups? Marina interviews Art.coop artist organizers Sruti Suryanarayanan and Ebony Gustave about their intention for stewarding the Remember the Future Fellowship, the process of collectively developing it, what Remember the Future means for them, and their dreams for the future of the fellowship. This was recor...

What does cooperation look like on a city-wide scale?  How can we make sure community members know their voices are not just heard - but acted upon?  Nia Evans and Cierra Peters explain the ways that the Boston Ujima Project gets results!  We also hear about their roots, and the shoulders of activists they proudly stand upon. –––– Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Boston Ujima Project...

In this cultural offering from musician and neuroscientist Clara Takarabe, we learn about a type of “clinical music” she helped develop, designed to cue the body to recognize that it is safe – and the personal experiences that inspired her to create this tool. –––– Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Northwestern Music and Medicine Program  Nireus with Clara Takarabe and H. Anton Riehl...

Just what exactly IS the “solidarity economy,” anyway? Hear all the ways that you’re probably already participating in it, right now!   Art.coop co-founders Nati Linares and Caroline Woolard speak about cooperation, and how to deconstruct the systems that convince us that the myth of the starving artist is real – and instead move towards a world in which artists’ work is valued in our economy! –––...

What does liberation feel like, physically?  Join our host Marina Lopez in this cultural offering, as she walks us through a meditative body movement exercise, and explains how a physical practice can yield revolutionary results. –––– Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Connective Somatics on Instagram   Art.coop –––– Episode Transcript –––– If you enjoyed what you heard, we invite you...

What happens when you not only recognize that you are on stolen land, but then you actually do something about it?  Witness the inspiring partnership between a theater company and Indigenous folks, and how they listen, care, and build stability, moving at the speed of trust. Enormous gratitude to our guests on this episode, Rhonda Anderson of Ohketeau Cultural Center, and Carlos Uriona from Double...

How can you use creativity to fight the systems that are literally built to stop you from being creative?  How can you make your process as radical as the art you make? Maddy Clifford, aka MADLines , walks us her music, the importance of political education for artists, and how she uses her creative practice to break the spells of systemic oppression. –––– Links and resources mentioned in this epi...

What does it look like when you report to your co-workers, instead of someone up top?   We hear from cooperative owner and artist Daniel Park, as he talks through the peaks and valleys of cooperative art-making and business ownership – and how your business can be as radical as the art you create. –––– Links and resources mentioned in this episode: Obvious Agency U.S. Federation of Worker Coops (U...