The War of Art: Virus, Viral, Virtual, and Revival

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Presentation at the 1st FRAMEWork Conference of the Asia-Pacific Communication Conference (Manila, Philippines)

This paper is aimed at highlighting a series of reflections and questions on how culture and creativity are being managed during the COVID-19 pandemic. I argue that despite the pandemic exacerbating the vulnerabilities of the cultural and creative industries, this sector has long been encountering predisposed, pre-existing risks and susceptibilities. Drawing from the concepts of precarity of labour, technology, and vulnerability as a form of resilience and revival, I explored the Philippine cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as a case study, and looked into surveys amongst the cultural workers and creatives on the effect of the pandemic, giving a rich narrative on how crisis serves as a place of precarities and opportunities. Some of the numbers, collectives, and other organizations mentioned in this paper might have changed over the course of writing and publication. This only demonstrates the trickling ramifications of the pandemic, and an even stronger attestation to the precarity of the CCIs.

Period	24 Nov 2022 → 25 Nov 2022
Event title	FRAMEWork Conference of the Asia-Pacific Communication Conference: Disruptions and (re)constructions in the time of COVID-19: Turning the gaze on the Global South
Event type	Conference
Conference number	1
Organiser	Far Eastern University
Location	Manila, PhilippinesShow on map