现在单纯做艺术家，很多都要完蛋了，连钱也没有，也赚不上钱。有一些被极端自由主义洗脑过的艺术家，至今还在傻傻地相信“万恶的金钱”“视金钱为粪土”这种农耕文明的传说！我还有个搞艺术的朋友，有一次聊天，还天真地跟我说“恨透赚钱”，太笨了，这是不对的。
为了抵抗迂腐的艺术家，为了抵抗那种“人人都是艺术家”的艺术家——我们三个非常有特色的才子：毕达哥拉司屠、亚里士多德生、最高，要搞一个颠覆性的赚钱小组。我们服务对象包括男女老少病残孕以及带小孩的顾客！我们要让艺术走进千家万户，并且让艺术从千家万户里走出来！
人人早就是艺术家了，但还有很多人不知道自己是艺术家。杜尚说他的呼吸就是艺术，可他现在没法呼吸了。皮耶罗·曼佐尼把自己的排泄物装进罐头卖到上百万，艺术早就不是笔墨纸砚的艺术了。我们彻底和那种装腔作势的艺术拜拜吧——我们就是艺术，真的！我们的艺术一定要赚钱；不赚钱，那都是过去孩童艺术家们玩的游戏。
我们要做一个赚钱小组，师承美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普，互联！网！执政！我们将给人们普及必修课《做生意的艺术》。说到底就是：我们马上要赚大钱了！你有兴趣来花我们的钱吗？
我们包机票和食宿，秘密基地附近有好吃好玩，开车去海边很近，具体地址你先别急着问。希望找到一个懂淘宝、会电商的码农艺术家，需要会：
- 淘宝或微店后台运营 / 解决“付款后自动发货图片”这类需求
- 淘宝或微店店铺装修（欢迎有经验者报名）
- 最好是程序员，会写代码；如果不是，请告诉我们你掌握的技术
我们三个人——毕达哥拉司屠（写作艺术家）、亚里士多德生（社交艺术家）、最高（艺术家）——才华有的是，就是没有技术。所以不要担心自己不是天才或者英雄，我们只是在找一个普通人，会 Internet Technology 就行；如果你连这几个英语单词都不认识，请不要联络我们。
由于主创团队英语水平有限，本次活动仅限会中文（普通话）的人参加，不限国籍，也不限制年龄——学生、老师都可以。只要你会淘宝或微店后台运营 / 店铺装修，请加微信：wozhendehaokewu。
招募截止日期
2020 年 11 月 17 日
活动时间
2020 年 11 月 18 日 – 12 月 3 日
活动地点
浙江宁波
赞助商
都市罗曼史有限公司
强碱驻地计划最终迎来了北京艺术家羊羊来到宁波参与驻地。
Being “just an artist” in 2020 felt like heading toward extinction—no cashflow, no commerce, and lots of romantic myths about despising money. Highest recalls friends who claimed to “hate making money,” which he saw as naïve and dangerous.
To counter that inertia, the trio of Highest, “Pythagoras” Situ, and “Aristotle” Sheng launched a residency in Ningbo: a profit-driven art squad ready to serve everyone—kids, seniors, families, people with disabilities. The mission was to bring art into households and let household energy flow back into art.
The manifesto riffs on Duchamp’s “breathing as art” and Piero Manzoni’s canned excrement, arguing that today’s art must unapologetically embrace commerce. The group declared: “We are art. Our art must earn money. Without revenue it’s just a child’s game.”
They announced a syllabus titled The Art of Doing Business, jokingly “mentored” by Donald Trump, and asked, “Do you want to spend the money we’re about to make?” Travel and lodging were covered, the secret base was close to beaches, and applicants were urged not to worry about prestige—just bring real technical skills.
Open call requirements
- Operate Taobao or Weidian backends, including automatic digital delivery after payment
- Design storefront themes (experience preferred)
- Ideally able to code; otherwise describe the tools or tech you master
The organizers admitted they had plenty of ideas but lacked technical capacity. They sought a Mandarin-speaking
participant (any nationality, any age) comfortable with Internet technology. Contact: WeChat
wozhendehaokewu.
Timeline
Application deadline: 17 Nov 2020
Residency: 18 Nov – 3 Dec 2020
Location
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Sponsor
Urban Romance Co., Ltd.
The ALKALI Residency ultimately welcomed Beijing-based artist Yangyang to join the Ningbo base.