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The Blueprint

Art & Culture

How we replace GEMA and GEZ.

We need art and identity in order to understand ourselves. The mental stimulation through music, books and images educates us tremendously. But how do we finance culture in an environment without capitalism? How can GEMA and GEZ be replaced? Where do we get the infrastructure and what do we pay for it with?

Let us assume that we pay 5 euros a month for art and culture. These 5 euros are divided into basic provision and self-determined content. Of these 5 euros, one part goes into a kind of basic-provision fund, for artists who are just starting out, supporting them until they can stand on their own feet. Another part of the 5 euros would be for the basic provision and serves to maintain the infrastructure, and the rest we use to make publicly relevant content available, such as information, education and medicine. Then the content can be accessed at any time free of charge and free of advertising.

The deeper change

Basic assumptions with 20 million participants and a 5 euro contribution: Split as described:

Type 1: Emerging artist (music / illustration / film)

Result:

Source of income B – Self-determined allocations

Total income Type 1

Type 2: Established indie artist (podcast, band, documentary)

Deductions:

Additional:

Type 3: Niche artist (e.g. experimental art, minority languages)

Direct allocations:

5. Important safeguards

So that it does not tip over:

No tax, but membership with a say in decisions.

The model shifts from compulsory contribution and “Who runs the most advertising?” to “Does the art mean something to people?” Artists no longer live from dependence and self-exploitation but from relationship, relevance and expressive power.

No wealth, but viable, without side jobs.

Today only possible with advertising, sponsoring or platform dependence

Artists publish directly.

Artists must be able to create art without a contract; they must be able to work without a contract. Contracts with record labels, advertising agencies or book publishers are no longer needed. You like a guitarist. You like a picture? A sculpture or a book? Well - you have 3 euros left over. With them you can transfer one euro to the guitarist. If the guitarist now has 2,000 followers who transfer one euro to him per month, he would already have a livelihood. Now two euros of the three euros are still left. With them, other artists and cultural workers can be paid. As you see fit. Conversely, this means that artists publish their works directly and without detours. If, after 5 years, the artist cannot support themselves with their art, their art must remain a hobby for the time being.

Today we all pay – but decide nothing. This model lets us pay less – and finally decide for ourselves. With this conceptual construct for financing artists, GEMA and GEZ would be obsolete. Unwanted content would be immediately overridden and there would be no advertisements. In addition, it is ensured that art comes into being because artists feel the inner drive to write, to sing or to paint. An artist will no longer do it for the money, he will do it for the sake of art.

Structures for Creative Freedom, Diversity and Independent Art

Art and culture do not arise on command. They thrive where people can think freely, experiment, fail and go new ways. That is why Zivilisation 0 creates the conditions for creativity to grow out of itself.

Artistic freedom is an inalienable fundamental right. Every form of artistic expression is protected as long as it respects the freedom and dignity of other people. Neither state institutions nor economic interests determine which art may come into being or which topics are socially desired.

The financing of art follows the principle of independence. Public culture funds are managed transparently and awarded by plurally composed, regularly rotating committees. Different styles, perspectives and social positions receive the same chance of funding. Art is not judged by political proximity, economic benefit or majority taste.

Every region has freely accessible culture and creative spaces – studios, workshops, stages, music studios and digital media centers. These places are open to professional artists just as much as to people who want to rediscover their creativity. Culture thereby becomes part of everyday life and not the privilege of a few.

Diversity is a natural consequence of open structures. Different cultural backgrounds, generations and ways of life enrich one another and create a lively cultural landscape. Even uncomfortable, experimental or controversial art has its place, because social progress often arises where existing views are questioned.

Cultural heritage is preserved without limiting innovation. Traditions and new forms of expression complement one another. Past and future together form the cultural wealth of a society.

In Zivilisation 0, art is neither a commodity nor an instrument of political influence. It is an expression of human freedom, a space for insight, criticism, beauty and hope. A society that protects independent art also protects its ability to question and develop itself anew again and again.

FAQ

Culture & Information Fund

1. What is this, actually?

The Culture & Information Fund is a voluntary pilot model in which citizens pay 5 € a month in order to:

2. Is this a new tax or compulsory levy?

No.

3. Why should I pay if I hardly use culture?

Because culture – like education or roads – is public infrastructure.

In addition:

4. What exactly do the 5 € go to?

Per month:

5. How do I decide on my share?

Via a transparent platform:

6. Do artists simply get money without performance?

No.

7. Doesn't this promote mediocrity?

On the contrary:

8. Can't big stars skim off the system?

No, because:

9. What happens to ARD, ZDF and the GEZ?

Nothing is abolished

In the long term:

10. Who controls all of this?

11. Isn't this vulnerable to fraud?

Less than today's systems:

12. Why not simply reform GEMA and GEZ?

Because:

13. What do I personally get out of it?

14. What does it cost me compared with today?

5 € / month

👉 Less money, more influence.

15. What happens if the pilot project fails?

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