Agreed. I would so embrace this studio/team entity if its structure and actions were truly not hierarchical. But if the people still at ZA/UM want that kind of support while, apparently, investment people from the UK have exercised intense control over that group to kick out people affiliated with the original collective while hiring new ones employees, they’re asking something absurd. Despite the talents of individuals in that structure, or the passion they feel about collectivity, they aren’t a collective while power is structured at ZA/UM the way it seems to be. And if anyone working there or supporting these things says it’s okay to disregard the power structure at ZA/UM to support a supposed collective vibe within it then those are people you probably should not be jumping into a political project with.
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