Forget the artists, there's no such thing as an artist. Artists are made up of all sorts of different people. I'm pointing the finger lock, stock and barrel at the problem - the media, the government and the boards of Australia. Art is about change, it's about flux, it's about an organism. Art is not about a company.
Art is about the artists in that company.
Art is not about finding an audience, it's about establishing a strong relationship with communities. It's not about policy making. Too often in Australia, art just confirms the lifestyle options of the middleclass audiences that frequently attend it. I speak to artists everyday, I work with artists. People want to stay in this country, I want to stay in this country, I want to build a culture, I do not want to be part of the destruction of a culture, nor do I want to be part of the survival of a culture.