Das irische Grundeinkommen für Künstler hat mein Leben verändert. Andere Menschen verdienen das gleiche Glück | Caelainn Hogan

Other people, like those of us on disability/invalidity/blind pension who have to deal with €254 a week, with many many strings attached?

It’s worth noting that the scheme does not in reality have any economic benefits. They tried to claim it does, but attributed it to a nebulous wellbeing gain.

I’m broadly in favour of the scheme, certainly as an experiment, but there’s not a sufficient evidence of actual art yet. I’m not sure, for example, how this woman counts as an artist. She wrote a book about the Mother and Baby Homes several years ago, she seems to be a journalist rather than an artist.

The article is extremely vague when it comes to what was actually done.

>Only months into the scheme, I found out I was pregnant. The basic income helped me decide to have my baby, knowing I could continue creative work and keep my small studio space in a light-filled warehouse in the heart of Dublin. The Back Loft, one of the few affordable spaces left for artists, is a strong community of visual artists, musicians, writers, tattooists and knitters.

>The basic income gave me more freedom to experiment in my work, to write for independent publications and engage with community initiatives. I helped to create events that brought together artists across forms and raised money for a local rape crisis centre.

There’s not much in there that suggests any large output of artistic works.