Cash-free ways to earn a living

The arts are seeing a return to the bartering economy where cash is replaced by deals focused on time, goods and services.
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The Pixel Trader, aka photographer Shantanu Starick, travels the world trading his photography services for life’s essentials. Image: www.thepixeltrade.com

‘Cash is no longer king,’ ​declared Jeremy Wortsman, Director of The Jacky Winter Group at a recent panel for with Pause Festival and General Assembly.

As the creative industries face funding uncertainty and new technology rewrite copyright streams, some artists are looking to lateral forms of exchange to underwrite their practice or supplement their income.

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator