Pay A Day 2, sponsored by Alwynne Pritchard (01-12-2009)

second payaday was atacked by circumstances, let's say.
and multi tasking. emergency tasks for other jobs as well. will have to treat this like my normal working: spreading it over more time. but where is the day-thing then?

After one document, one good idea and one phone call: doc was 1,5-2 hours, good idea counts for 3 hours, phone call with preparation: 2 = 8 hours, a good day. not crazy, but not too bad payed either. so, still some hours to go. maybe tonight.

Now I know: will try to not work on Pay A Day, but on Social Piece during the payed days.

Again: the preperation of work and the work itself is not enough differentiated. Like acctually all my projects. Normally then only the work is payed and not the hours of preperation, communication and applications. Here, it is the opposite. (I recieve a little fee for the setting up of this project).

Here the answers of Alwynne Pritchard, as Alwynne Pritchard:


Pay A Day:

Does your commission fee represents your idea, what an artist should earn per day?

No.

How did you chose 'your' day?

At random.

Does the kind of day - week or weekend - made a difference for your fee? Should it make a difference?

No.  As a freelancer my time has never been divided into week/weekend etc. 

Would you find it weird to not get a free ticket to the performance of the piece, you payed for?

No.  Especially if I was warned in advance and given an explanation as to why.

Did you ever pay for an artwork, beside paying for entrance tickets? Did you ever commission a work of art?

Yes.  I have bought visual art, but never privately commissioned a composer before.


Do you expect me to work on this project/piece? How would you specify your commission, if I asked you to?

That it somehow relates directly to the questions raised through this kind of commissioning proces.

Did you check my blog/website before you decided paying me a day of work?

Yes.

Do you expect me to spent the entire day working? Should my working time be related to the fee? Would you suggest a logical formula for this?

No.  I think it must be very difficult to define a formula for this. 

Do you have a message coming with your contribution? Or a special question? Which one?

No.

In general:

Would you pay only for good art?

If I knew what good art was, I might be able to answer this question.

Who should pay for art? (society, artists themselves, other artists, sponsors, the actual audience, ...)

I have no idea.  I'm not sure it's ever going to be a good idea to make a definite decision on this one.

Who should be payed for art?

Or this one.

What should an artist earn per day?

Or this one.

What should be the relation between the fee and the work of art? Should their be an influence from one or the other side?

Or this one.

Social Piece:

Do you like the title?

Yes.

Do you mind, if the piece doesn't include music?

No.  I don't mind at all.

Would you mind being actively integrated in the performance:
- as a member of the audience?
- as a sponsor?

I don't mind being integrated into the performance in any way a all.

Will you be there at the performance (10 March 2010 in Bergen)?

Yes.

Should Social Piece be related to Pay A Day? Should it reflect the sponsorship, the single fees and the raised questions and their answers?

Yes.

Do you have a wish for Social Piece?

That it gets people thinking about stuff they might not otherwise have thought about.