{"id":59328,"date":"2017-12-05T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=59328"},"modified":"2017-12-05T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T11:05:34","slug":"failed-artist-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Artists and the Jobs They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

In every interview, there is a moment when the artist is asked, \u201cWhat would you do if you weren\u2019t an artist?\u201d The artist inevitably answers, [extremely artist voice]: \u201cIt\u2019s all I know how to do.\u201d Here, we hypothetically fire them, and send them out in the world to sow their oats to use the skills they learned in their respective studios.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/h3>\n

1. Jordan Wolfson<\/h3>\n

Lands a job heading up efforts to revitalise the Hall of Presidents at the Epcot Center. First order of business: making robot Lincoln dance suggestively and having robot Gerald Ford beat the crap out of robot George W. Bush for no reason.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

2. Amalia Ulman<\/h3>\n

Joins the Royal Pigeon Racing Association as a fancier, trains a winning pigeon and becomes the first Argentina-born trainer enshrined in the American Pigeon Museum. Her acceptance speech consists of just one word: \u201cCoo.\u201d
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

3. Jack Pierson<\/h3>\n

Hires himself out to kidnappers to write their ransom notes.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

4. Lucien Smith<\/h3>\n

Turns to firefighting with great success, but disappears after putting out over 6,300 fires in his first two years on the job. He comes out of nowhere to put out a blazing condo building in Red Hook, drawing the ire of other firefighters, who all wish they could have so easily saved the lives of the rich.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Hito Steyerl<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Accepts a contract from the German government to be a counter-cyberterrorism agent, becomes disillusioned and shifts careers into choreographing dance moves for EDM music videos.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

6. Sophie Calle<\/h3>\n

Uses her past experience to get jobs as an exotic dancer, a private investigator and a psychic. Later, she combines her skills to predict who will be visiting the strip clubs she works in and how much they have in their bank accounts. Using these funds, she opens a monochromatic- food restaurant chain called Leviathan.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

7. Martine Syms<\/h3>\n

Becomes head writer for a sitcom TV show about anaesthesiologists on Netflix that runs for 12 seasons. She continues to be a graphic designer on the side.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

8. Raymond Pettibon<\/h3>\n

Gets drafted by the New York Mets to play in the outfield with Tim Tebow. He doesn\u2019t show up to spring training. His older brother, Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn,<\/a> finds him smoking a deadly concoction of banana peels and nutmeg on their reunion tour bus.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

9. Awol Erizku<\/h3>\n

Starts a fancy pregnancy photography business, which becomes such a hit that Awol Erizku\u2019s Beyonc\u00e9-Approved Pregnancy Photography\u2122 kiosks are installed in every Walmart the world over.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

10. Anicka Yi<\/h3>\n

Anicka Yi is employed by a shadowy pharma-giant to develop a scent for their laundry detergent that will make people fall in love. It\u2019s a success, but there are horrible side effects when a man in Florida falls in love with a goat that has eaten a part of a recently washed shirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In every interview, there is a moment when the artist is asked, \u201cWhat would you do if you weren\u2019t an artist?\u201d The artist inevitably answers, [extremely artist voice]: \u201cIt\u2019s all I know how to do.\u201d Here, we hypothetically fire them, and send them out in the world to sow their oats to use the skills they learned in their respective studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[1737,4357,1253,9751,9752,380,3202,1794,9753,5319,118,9754],"class_list":["post-59328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-amalia-ulman","tag-anicka-yi","tag-artists","tag-awol-erizku","tag-fail","tag-hito-steyerl","tag-jack-pierson","tag-jordan-wolfson","tag-lucien-smith","tag-martine-syms","tag-raymond-pettibon","tag-sophie-calle"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"\n10 Artists and the Job They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We hypothetically fire ten leading contemporary artists and send them out in the world to sow their oats and use the skills they learned as an artist.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Artists and the Job They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We hypothetically fire ten leading contemporary artists and send them out in the world to sow their oats and use the skills they learned as an artist.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-05T11:05:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maxwell Williams\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. This creativity manifests itself in SLEEK\u2019s quarterly print publication, digital and social media channels.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/\",\"name\":\"10 Artists and the Job They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-05T11:05:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-05T11:05:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eca2ce0fc99f02cdcca9bb6bbb12e671\"},\"description\":\"We hypothetically fire ten leading contemporary artists and send them out in the world to sow their oats and use the skills they learned as an artist.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"10 Artists and the Jobs They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eca2ce0fc99f02cdcca9bb6bbb12e671\",\"name\":\"Maxwell Williams\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8498dd838a5c3ea0857a7344452f9399d08a0936e698d497502917ae2a755270?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8498dd838a5c3ea0857a7344452f9399d08a0936e698d497502917ae2a755270?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Maxwell Williams\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/maxwell-williams\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"10 Artists and the Job They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists","description":"We hypothetically fire ten leading contemporary artists and send them out in the world to sow their oats and use the skills they learned as an artist.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"10 Artists and the Job They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists","og_description":"We hypothetically fire ten leading contemporary artists and send them out in the world to sow their oats and use the skills they learned as an artist.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/","og_site_name":"Sleek Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/","article_published_time":"2017-12-05T11:05:34+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sleekmag","twitter_site":"@sleekmag","twitter_misc":{"Verfasst von":"Maxwell Williams","Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"2\u00a0Minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/","name":"Schlankes Magazin","description":"Sleek ist Deutschlands f\u00fchrendes unabh\u00e4ngiges Medienhaus\/Marke f\u00fcr Kreativit\u00e4t und Innovation mit Sitz in Berlin, der kreativen Hauptstadt der Welt. Diese Kreativit\u00e4t manifestiert sich in der viertelj\u00e4hrlich erscheinenden Print-Publikation, den digitalen und Social-Media-Kan\u00e4len von SLEEK.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/","name":"10 Artists and the Job They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-12-05T11:05:34+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-05T11:05:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eca2ce0fc99f02cdcca9bb6bbb12e671"},"description":"We hypothetically fire ten leading contemporary artists and send them out in the world to sow their oats and use the skills they learned as an artist.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/failed-artist-jobs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"10 Artists and the Jobs They Will Thrive at After They Fail as Artists"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eca2ce0fc99f02cdcca9bb6bbb12e671","name":"Maxwell Williams","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8498dd838a5c3ea0857a7344452f9399d08a0936e698d497502917ae2a755270?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8498dd838a5c3ea0857a7344452f9399d08a0936e698d497502917ae2a755270?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Maxwell Williams"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/maxwell-williams\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}