To brutally summarise a lot of scholarly texts, contemporary art is made possible by neoliberal capital, plus the Internet, biennials, art fairs, parallel pop-up histories and growing income inequalities. Let's add asymmetric warfare, real-estate speculation, tax evasion, money laundering and deregulated financial markets.

Hito Steyerl

Inequality is pervasive but invisible. It's hard to see. You need a sort of tool to make it visible.

Hito Steyerl

Gaming has a certain form in which it is organized. It has different levels and a sense of participation. Achievement is very important. You are constantly judged in relation to earning points. I think that's a way many people have learned to understand the world.

Hito Steyerl

I don't think the Internet or a big digital corporation will manage to capture all of human relations. It's too boring. After a while, people want to talk to one another, one on one.

Hito Steyerl

A building is a very interesting frame. You always get a sort of sample of different people inside a building.

Hito Steyerl