Art

A little over a year ago, I appointed myself Washington Park’s artist-in-residence. I’m not sure the people who run the park ever knew I was their artist in residence, but it didn’t matter. A self-appointed artist in residence doesn’t require anyone’s approval: that’s the singular benefit of doing it this way.

“Small Lake” represents a new type of creative release: one that not only puts work into the world and invites the public to purchase it, but also openly invites other creators to creatively and financially participate in the work, made possible by Metalabel’s innovation of earnings splits for all kinds of creative releases.

Today almost all creative work is digitized and essentially rented — lowering payouts, devaluing work, and redirecting the lion’s share of rewards to the platforms hosting the work rather than the creators themselves.