Gentrification, Artwashing, & The Creative Placemaking Hustle This particular series of #Groundtruthings was prompted by an article in the San Diego Union Tribune “LA-style studios crop up in East Village, as not-so-broke artists collect at The Ratner “ by Brittany Meiling. In the article Brittany characterizes the rising rents and displacement of local residents “in a once-derelict neighborhood (best known for housing cash-strapped artists)” as “out with the boho artists, in with the cash-flow-positive ones”. “LA-style” that is, she and the developers say they are making room for an influx of “Los Angeles-style production companies”. The big idea in the I.D.E.A district and Makers Quarter, is “to attract workers and companies to the neighborhood, with a focus on creative technology.” Their “idea” isn’t a very good one (cash-flow negative), and is based simply on UCSD’s plans to build satellite campuses for its art department in the area. Brittany and these developers actually describe digital media in their hype, as “a new media” in a “tech-forward neighborhood” while distinguishing painters and sculptors as “more traditional artists”. This bankrupt perception is what really resonated with me. The uncultivated and naive impression of contemporary visual art and artists that is echoed throughout America’s 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