Sustainable Creativity, DIY Economies, and Fighting Corporate Control with Ethan Minsker

What responsibility do artists have in an era of climate crisis, corporate consolidation, and cultural disposability?

In Episode Ten of The Bigfoot Manifesto, host Dave Pederson speaks with artist, writer, filmmaker, and cultural organizer Ethan Minsker about sustainable art practices, DIY publishing, and resisting corporate control through community-driven creativity. Minsker's work spans books, zines, film, installations, and nonprofit arts organizing—and challenges the idea that art must be permanent to be meaningful.

This episode explores:

• Sustainable and biodegradable art practices

• Why artistic permanence is a myth in a finite world

• DIY economies, zines, and independent publishing

• Art as resistance to corporate and extractive systems

• Creating work that can safely degrade rather than pollute

A conversation about art, ecology, labor, and why making things still matters—even when nothing lasts forever.

Guest: Ethan Minsker — Links & Projects

Village Works — Books + Zines https://www.villageworksnyc.com

East Village Vintage Collective — Books + Art https://eastvillagevintagecollective.com

Instagram @ethanminsker https://www.instagram.com/ethanminsker

Website https://ethanminsker.com

Art Pawn (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/artpawn

Films Man in Camo — Tubi https://link.tubi.tv/7V83Nn6XKYb

Scooter LaForge: A Life of Art — Tubi https://link.tubi.tv/fWTHLwdYKYb

The Great Record Hunt (Pilot) — Vimeo https://vimeo.com/244676698

Citizens for the Arts (Non-Profit) https://www.citizensforthearts.com/