No one can argue that most of the western world has befallen to corporate

and monocultural tastes; opting for efficiency over aesthetic, and the

bottom line over creative expansion. There is a general lack of care and

concern that the artist of our cities are being priced out at a rampant

rate. What will these centers of artistic energy do when they only left

with chain stores, mini-malls, and gas stations? Cinemas are closing

rapidly – book stores are nearly extinct. Places of cultural interest are

empty. What’s next for the culture of art in the 21st century?