The publication PRECARIOUS FOR BEGGINERS refers to all non-institutional artists, cultural workers, and those managing small art and cultural entities operating within the sphere of subsidised culture, which is characterised by limited resources.
In this environment, individualisation and competition are the main parameters of the dominant capitalist way of production, and both institutional and non-institutional sectors are immersed and subjugated to that logic. As a result, poor working conditions, job insecurity, and a lack of social protections prevail.
This publication looks into the labour rights of independent artists and cultural workers as well as the efforts to improve their conditions. It explores these issues within the broader context of the country's cultural policies that shape the overall working conditions in the non-institutional cultural sector.
You can read and download the publication HERE.
AUTHORS / BOOK EDITORS Violeta Kachakova Ivana Vaseva
PROOFREADING & TRANSLATION Nevenka Nikolić
GRAPHIC DESIGN Nemanja Trajković
PRODUCTION Faculty of things that can’t be learned - FRU 19. AKTO festival for contemporary arts