Economics and the arts with Debbie Fish

Onions Talk: Change making through social engagement

Debbie Fish is a set designer, installation artist and performer, and co-director of GoldFish Creative. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Victoria University and a Graduate Diploma in Economics from Massey University. Her theatre, performance, and set design background feeds into her practice as an installation artist, unfolding the enduring drama of social and biological life and the often-messy collisions between the two. Fish is an alumnus of the Keelung National Museum of Marine Science and Technology International Environmental Art Residency in Taiwan (2017), for which she made a site-specific artwork connecting marine science and contemporary art. Her work is also included in several public and private collections, including the Arts House Trust.

In this episode we talk about:

• Ways of being creative with getting income for the arts and not being afraid to ask for money
• Intention of the art and its relevance in time of crises
• The intricacies of working cross sector as an artist
• Bringing out quieter voices in economics
• Being a translator in between spaces and introducing the artistic process of creative inquiry and interrogation

https://www.goldfishcreative.co.nz/

@debbiefish_art

References in episode:

13:22 - East Coast Exchange [https://eastcoastexchange.toha.nz/]

24:10 - Report: Arts Funding, Value & Tech [https://www.goldfishcreative.co.nz/resources]

Also referred to:
Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast & Slow - [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11468377]

Kate Raworth, Doughnut Economics - [https://www.kateraworth.com/]

Ecological Economics - [https://www.isecoeco.org/]

Christiana Figuerez & Krista Tippet, Ecological Hope & Spiritual Revolution - [https://onbeing.org/programs/christiana-figueres-ecological-hope-and-spiritual-evolution/]

Donella Meadows, Systems Thinking - [https://donellameadows.org/]

Deirdre Kent - Healthy Money, Healthy Planet - [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4505519]

B-Corps - [https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/]

ArtsPay - [https://artspay.com/]

Max Haiven - Art After Money, Money After Art - [https://maxhaiven.com/aammaa/#INTRO]