On Caring for Artists' Rights – Discussion with Wages For Wages Against

Venue: Event space, ground floor

In the conversation «On Caring for Artists' Rights» with Ramaya Tegegne and Tiphanie Blanc from the collective Wages For Wages Against, the question of fair working conditions for artists will be explored and the role of the art and cultural landscape as well as institutions will be discussed. The discussion will be held in conjunction with the group exhibition «Interdependencies: Perspectives on Care and Resilience» and is moderated by Tasnim Baghdadi (Head of Education and Programs).

Launched in 2017, Wages For Wages Against is a collective and campaign for the fair remuneration of artists in Switzerland, better work conditions, and an alternative economy of the arts, actively fighting all forms of discrimination through public debate and collective action. We require art organizations to be accountable and transparent to guarantee fair practices and equal opportunities in a too often discriminatory context. We want to pool our knowledges, recreate common spaces, unveil systemic mechanisms, talk about money and competition, regain power and governance over issues concerning artists, fairly redistribute public money, and counter rather than replicate patterns of domination. WFWA received a Swiss Art Award in 2022.

Ramaya Tegegne is an artist, researcher and cultural producer based in Geneva. She had solo exhibitions at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Istituto Svizzero in Milan, Ludlow 38 in New York, Kevin Space in Vienna, Galerie Maria Bernheim in Zurich and Fri Art Kunsthalle in Fribourg. She co-founded in 2015 the art and critical theory bookshop La Dispersion in Geneva, and co-ran the art space Forde in Geneva between 2014 and 2016.

Tiphanie Blanc is an editor, critic, and teacher of contemporary art theory based in Brussels. Active within the Wages For Wages Against collective since 2017, she fights for better recognition of artistic labor in Europe.

• This conversation will be held in English.
• This event is free of charge.
• No registration required.