Gentrification, Artwashing, & The Creative Placemaking Hustle This particular series of #Groundtruthings was prompted by an article in the San Diego Union Tribune âLA-style studios crop up in East Village, as not-so-broke artists collect at The Ratner â by Brittany Meiling. In the article Brittany characterizes the rising rents and displacement of local residents âin a once-derelict neighborhood (best known for housing cash-strapped artists)â as âout with the boho artists, in with the cash-flow-positive onesâ. âLA-styleâ that is, she and the developers say they are making room for an influx of âLos Angeles-style production companiesâ. The big idea in the I.D.E.A district and Makers Quarter, is âto attract workers and companies to the neighborhood, with a focus on creative technology.â Their âideaâ isnât a very good one (cash-flow negative), and is based simply on UCSDâs plans to build satellite campuses for its art department in the area. Brittany and these developers actually describe digital media in their hype, as âa new mediaâ in a âtech-forward neighborhoodâ while distinguishing painters and sculptors as âmore traditional artistsâ. This bankrupt perception is what really resonated with me. The uncultivated and naive impression of contemporary visual art and artists that is echoed throughout Americaâs finest soccer city, San Diego. Link to full Blog: https://artewong.blogspot.com/2019/09/gentrification-artwashing-creative.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #contemporaryhome #lensculturestreet #contemporaryart #modernart #artandgentrification #artwash #ranchandcoast #gentrificationisviolence #NeoColonialism #downtownsandiego #gentrificationsucks #fuckgentrification #StopGentrification #barriologan #sandiego #artactivism #northparksd #northpark #eastvillagesd #gaslampsd #sandiegograffiti #sandiegohomesforsale #sandiegogram #sdblogger #sdbloggers #mopasd #contemporaryartdaily #phaidon #taschenbooks (at East Village, San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2XZUHXD3et/?igshid=pymukhj66ndb













