Much has been said about how corporations control the arts, choking out new voices who wish to actually create something new outside of the dying dinosaur system, but few things have been done about it.
Most of us writers are just too busy writing to do much about it. It's the same for artists, game developers, and the like. While it would be nice to kick these companies while they're down and steal their lunch, the fact of the matter is that we don't have the visibility the big dogs have. Even if they're dying and fewer than ever are engaging with them, the OldPub-style industries still command attention the rest of us can't manage without their backing and support system. At least, we couldn't.
Enter IndieGen.XYZ, an attempt to do just that for those in the NewPub arenas. From author and artist Paula Richey comes this new virtual convention.
The description:
IndieGen.XYZ is a virtual indie entertainment/pop culture con that makes it easy to find reliable, professional independent creators of books, comics, games, and videos with high production values. These small businesses and indie creators have had a perennial problem – invisibility.
I hope that by creating this site, I can help small businesses and our creative community be more visible and resilient as well as connect you with the very best in fresh new stories. Let’s make this happen! #IndieGenXYZ
Just go to the Browse Booths page and try out the search functions – more booths will be added every Friday for the foreseeable future.
She has put up an Indiegogo to help with funding and an application for those who wish to join. Check it all out for yourself. It is quite the ambitious project.
For those wondering when creators would begin to create their own platforms, here is an example. Be sure to check out the site and look around a bit. This is an ambitious project, and one that has needed to be done for awhile now.
Things are changing, and fast. And it's about time.
Lame! Ms. Richey should have funded a lethal tournament like a battle royale, and she should have only publicized the productions of the survivors.
ReplyDeleteI jest, of course, but such a tournament would have helped the indie scene more than it would have hurt it. It would have kept the indie market from saturation, and only the true warrior poets/artists/developers would have had their voices heard.
Now that would be a sight to see.
DeleteShe could have created different tiers for different genres and different media if she didn't want to cull everyone at once. It also would have been cool to convince the Kalashnikov Concern to donate primitive mech suits for the match among the mech authors.
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