From Michael Burns.

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this is a youtube video about how financialization has radically shifted the creation, production, and consumption of art and culture, causing significant political shifts along the way. it’s also kind of about how 9/11 led to Justin Bieber’s recent coachella performance. kind of.

note: i say Gen Z at one point in this when i meant Gen X and we didn’t notice during the edit. OOPS.

my previous video on financialization and prediction market apps:

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my recommended reading list:
https://bookshop.org/lists/recommended-reading-michael-burns

primary sources:
W. David Marx, Blank Space
https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9780593833995
Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media
https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9780520392472
Grant Bollmer and Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory
https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9781503638792
J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now
https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9781804290866

Thank you so much to these artists for letting us use their original music in this video:
Sasha Bolof
https://sashabolof.bandcamp.com
https://alpha.subvert.fm/sasha-bolof

sxnwater (@COLORMIND.mp4)
https://sxnwater.bandcamp.com/album/negro-sonata-ost

CYBRSMTH
https://cybrsmth.bandcamp.com/album/insomniac

PLEASE SUPPORT THESE ARTISTS! LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC! SHARE! BUY RECORDS! ETC!

video edited by Henry Arrambide
@TechnoPoverty

0:00 intro – bieber does youtube
7:07 part one – blank space
18:40 interlude – we’re becoming the system
21:43 part two – it’s all derivative
30:57 part three – the warehouse is the point
39:27 part four – take culture back
46:56 conclusion – everything is now