> How do you know that he isn't going to have a renown creator help select the artists? He has already done half the job by framing the entire project (around

> How do you know that he isn't going to have a renown creator help select the artists? He has already done half the job by framing the entire project (around himself). Involving a curator would mean allowing them to frame the project around the practices of the actual artists involved. > Your cynicism is not much different from those that complain that the immense resources spent by engineers at SpaceX could better go to helping the impoverished. My position would be more analogous to someone arguing that it's a shame people don't use the service offered by SpaceX to attempt more ambitious projects. > Furthermore, there is plenty of evidence that singular profound experiences can drive the creation of art or change the nature of an artist's future work. I did not contradict this. With regard to an "ivory tower team," I'm just a bit surprised you would think that any competent curator would necessarily be comparable to elitist academics. In actual practice, the kind of respected artists and curators I have in mind are habitually humble and thoughtful people.