Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface x
4. Acknowledgements xviii
5. I A is for… 1
6. 1 A is for aftermath (COVID-19 as a forced suspension) 2
7. 2 A is for Anti-fascist Year 6
8. 3 A is for application 10
9. 4 A is for Artyzol 15
10. 5 A is for assemblage or apparatus 18
11. 6 A is for art strikes (lessons to be taken) 25
12. 7 A is for art workers 30
13. II B is for… 37
14. 8 B is for belt-tightening 38
15. 9 B is for (no) borders 41
16. 10 B is for burn-outs (and other pathologies of responsibility) 44
17. III C is for… 47
18. 11 C is for capital (economic, social and symbolic) 48
19. 12 C is for capture 51
20. 13 C is for circulation 54
21. 14 C is for control 58
22. 15 C is for co-opetition 62
23. 16 C is for co-optation 65
24. 17 C is for curatorial mode of production / revolution 67
25. 18 C is for cynicism and cliques 75
26. IV D is for… 77
27. 19 D is for dark matter 78
28. 20 D is for deadline 80
29. 21 D is for demonstration of paintings 82
30. V E is for… 85
31. 22 E is for enthusiasm 86
32. 23 E is for entrepreneurs of the self 89
33. 24 E is for exclusion 92
34. 25 E is for exodus 95
35. 26 E is for expanded field (of art) 97
36. VI F is for… 99
37. 27 F is for fear 100
38. 28 F is for Free/Slow (University of Warsaw) 102
39. 29 F is for footprint (or carbon miles) 106
40. VII G is for… 111
41. 30 G is for generosity 112
42. 31 G is for grant Art (NGO-isation) 114
43. VIII H is for… 117
44. 32 H is for herding cats 118
45. 33 H is for home (office) 123
46. IX I is for… 125
47. 34 I is for independence 126
48. 35 I is for instituting the commons 128
49. 36 I is for interdependence 135
50. X K is for… 139
51. 37 K is for (no) kids 140
52. XI L is for… 145
53. 38 L is for labour of love 146
54. XII M is for… 151
55. 39 M is for mutualising (risks and economies) 152
56. XIII N is for… 157
57. 40 N is for neoliberalism 158
58. 41 N is for networker 161
59. 42 N is for numbers and measures 164
60. XIV O is for… 167
61. 43 O is for one percent 168
62. 44 O is for opportunism 171
63. XV P is for… 173
64. 45 P is for patainstitutions 174
65. 46 P is for pollination 178
66. 47 P is for poor (artists) 180
67. 48 P is for precarity 182
68. 49 P is for productive withdrawals 187
69. 50 P is for project 192
70. 51 P is for projectariat 194
71. XVI R is for… 197
72. 52 R is for radical pragmatism 198
73. 53 R is for repurposing 203
74. XVII S is for… 209
75. 54 S is for seeing everything twice, or the catch 22 of the projectariat 210
76. 55 S is for semi-peripheries 212
77. 56 S is for sprint 215
78. 57 S is for squabbles 217
79. 58 S is for struggles 219
80. XVIII T is for… 223
81. 59 T is for time machines 224
82. 60 T is for trawling 227
83. 61 T is for turns, or on the vicious cycle 229
84. 62 T is for twilight, or support structures against exclusion 230
85. XIX V is for… 233
86. 63 V is for visibility 234
87. XX W is for… 237
88. 64 W is for wages (for artwork) 238
89. 65 W is for winner takes it all 242
90. XXI Y is for… 245
91. 66 Y is for you are not alone 246
92. Credits 248
93. Bibliography 250