2020 is interview season for the pod. This week we speak to Sagan Yee, who talks about their collaborative art and video game practice, their role in running the not for profit Hand Eye Society, and the relatively recent emergence of labour politics on to the video game making scene.
Find Sagan here: http://www.saganyee.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaganYee
Check out the Hand Eye Society: https://www.handeyesociety.com/
Or follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HandEyeSociety
Artists and artworks mentioned in this podcast:
Nadine Lessio: http://nadinelessio.com/
Hannah Epstein: https://www.han.ski/
Kenton de Jong’s ‘Regina Cemetery Tours’: https://reginacemeterytours.ca/
Kai Hutchence’s ‘Queen City Chaos’: http://www.queencitychaos.com/
Now Magazine article on housing costs an artist incomes: https://nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/real-estate/cost-of-living-in-toronto-2020-lowrates/
Art Stats report from TAC: https://torontoartsfoundation.org/tac/media/taf/Research/2019-TAF-Arts-Stats-booklet-FINAL-web.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0B1EivnD-FrlQPeAUcBfqGnpply5CJPYipoRmwEwBNAJ_FI9Vj8_Rytmg
Mayworks’ ‘Unfeeling Capitalism’: https://www.nghtshfts.org/unfeeling-capitalism
Game Workers Unite: https://www.gameworkersunite.org/
‘Rockstar spouses’ controversy: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/rockstar-spouse-accuses-dev-of-pushing-its-employees-to-the-brink
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