#CareerChange by Mercedes Azpilicueta and Ohad Ben Shimon offers a critical and empathetic framework to think anew the cultural values, personal trajectories and professional practicalities involved in being an artist today.
The collaborative participatory format #CareerChange took place for the first time on Saturday November 24th, 2012 at the Kunstvlaai Festival of Independents INexactly THIS; as part of the collaborative project Day Shifts: Taking Turns at Upominki, an artist-run space based in Rotterdam.
During nine hours we played the role of career change advisers and conducted intimate interviews with 17 people. Each encounter lasted approximately 45 minutes, where people were opening up to share their doubts and insecurities in order to reflect upon, improve or change their career. While most participants brought into the space different concerns to discuss, others preferred to tell their own personal story as a way to better understand what they were doing and where are they going. They used the space and us as interlocutors for their thoughts and feelings related to their career and personal life.
