Well, we have turned About into a sort of splash page which, hopefully, will make for easier navigation for first time visitors. We are looking into self upload on the square space platform, to make it easier for a contributor to autonomously manage their output, making for a more active site, but still curated and debated - this must never become something akin to photo sharing sites - I am pretty sure we all would prefer obscurity to a scenario like that.
But we/I are not funded by anyone or have sources of income. We are basically two contributors at the moment, a number that needs to increase - but we also need to branch out, maybe with a youtube channel. I have personally been slow to do things, but that aspect is nearing an end, as I will put most of my personal shit up on AB and nowhere else.
So we are considering funding, but we do not feel confident that we have enough of a concept yet to start using Patreon for example, or even try and find some start up money. Our branding is reluctant, and it always will be - in short, we do not even want people living on the surface of life to follow the site or contribute.
We want a paradigm shift in how you consume art, popular culture and the like. Do not just scratch the surface, break it instead, stick your arm in and yank something out - anything - be it black, dark and nasty or indeed white, lofty and positive. Real art is not easy, it is fucking hard - it breaks you and kills you only to build you up again, it flies in the face of corruption and never aids it - you want proof? Take Salvador Dali, the only thing that exonerates this fascist asshole (he was a prick of a human being), is his incredible art. Ezra Pound, HP Lovecraft etc - the list is long of people that partially did not know any better, or were just bad apples. That will never keep me from reading them on my terms, or marvel at their output. Such is the power of art.
/Zaar Riisberg