Makes me think about the media monopolies too. If you limit yourself to commercially top ranking art, then it's more likely you're subject to some board of directors' questionable filter. That's more or less known by everyone: we all complain about the Netflix or Spotify algorithm. Still, few people then do something about it.
Here in Brazil some filmmakers defend that cinema should be state policy. After all, art feeds into national identity, and that's undermined if foreign studios have the upper hand.
It all seems too hard to overcome at the society level. But we can work around it individually, and it's so important for creatives. Monopolies are gatekeeping ways of working and influences that would make you a better creative.
Makes me think about the media monopolies too. If you limit yourself to commercially top ranking art, then it's more likely you're subject to some board of directors' questionable filter. That's more or less known by everyone: we all complain about the Netflix or Spotify algorithm. Still, few people then do something about it.
Here in Brazil some filmmakers defend that cinema should be state policy. After all, art feeds into national identity, and that's undermined if foreign studios have the upper hand.
It all seems too hard to overcome at the society level. But we can work around it individually, and it's so important for creatives. Monopolies are gatekeeping ways of working and influences that would make you a better creative.