The post Obama frenzy is slowing to reveal that change, real change, is the result of a multi-layered entailment of social, political and economic challenges.  Identifying and understanding those challenges is hard work, for the condition in which we find ourselves in has been long in the making and clarity about why things are they way they are or what to do about it remains elusive. 

It would seem every decision point, every action, has its’ implications – good and bad. Never-the-less, there is something of a general perception, perhaps even global consensus, that things have in fact changed.  At question is whether some sort of major shift in sensibility has occurred that is serving to re-shape our understanding of the challenges that lie ahead.  I’d like to think this is the case.  For if true, it opens the door of possibilities for the leveraging of partnerships and collaborations, social media and networks, new distribution models, content generation and hybrid forms of cultural production.

I have to say what an amazing opportunity it is to lead an arts organization that is attempting to be both responsive and responsible to this shift.  In a world increasingly shaped by digital infrastructure,  ZER01 is acutely positioned to contribute both conceptually and critically to an artistic discourse that informs and is informed by creativity and innovation.  As the Executive Director for ZER01,  I take very seriously the idea that ZER01 is a catalyst and platform for this expression.  Exactly what that means and what the enactment will look like… is to be determined.

No comment on the CIA reference.