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> [What institutions or galleries assume is that videos are available and that they can just stream them for free without taking into account any sort of production cost or anything like that because the web is seen as a sphere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/what-institutions-or-galleries-assume-is-that-videos-are-available/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

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## More by Hito Steyerl

> [Inequality is pervasive but invisible. It's hard to see. You need a sort of tool to make it visible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/inequality-is-pervasive-but-invisible-it-s-hard-to-see-you-need-a/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [Most of my work has always been online. But I try not to share it on commercial or corporate platforms, so you will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/most-of-my-work-has-always-been-online-but-i-try-not-to-share-it-on/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I don't think the Internet or a big digital corporation will manage to capture all of human relations. It's too boring. After a while,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-don-t-think-the-internet-or-a-big-digital-corporation-will-manage/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I'm trying to find ways to transform parts of the art world into something more productive or more satisfying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-m-trying-to-find-ways-to-transform-parts-of-the-art-world-into/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [We need, let's say, municipal digital platforms, for teaching, for schooling, for education, but also, of course, for the arts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/we-need-let-s-say-municipal-digital-platforms-for-teaching-for/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [If you want to make a difference with art, which is a motive I perceive as questionable, then the single most stupid approach would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/if-you-want-to-make-a-difference-with-art-which-is-a-motive-i/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I don't like being lectured - and I expect my viewers don't either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-don-t-like-being-lectured-and-i-expect-my-viewers-don-t-either/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I've always been interested in exploring technique in relation to technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-exploring-technique-in-relation-to/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [As a dialectical materialist, I do not believe that social contradictions can be solved individually. On the other hand, if you give up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/as-a-dialectical-materialist-i-do-not-believe-that-social/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [To brutally summarise a lot of scholarly texts, contemporary art is made possible by neoliberal capital, plus the Internet, biennials, art fairs, parallel pop-up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/to-brutally-summarise-a-lot-of-scholarly-texts-contemporary-art-is/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I like the combination of two different ideas that connect at an unexpected level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-like-the-combination-of-two-different-ideas-that-connect-at-an/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I never got into being an artist. For me, it's always more research, storytelling, maybe technological experimental. It's more like a laboratory setting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-never-got-into-being-an-artist-for-me-it-s-always-more-research/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [What institutions or galleries assume is that videos are available and that they can just stream them for free without taking into account any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/what-institutions-or-galleries-assume-is-that-videos-are-available/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [I am focusing more on finding ways to improve situations rather than creating evidence or doing any form of consciousness-raising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/i-am-focusing-more-on-finding-ways-to-improve-situations-rather-than/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

> [Life is just embarrassing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hito-steyerl/life-is-just-embarrassing/)

[Hito Steyerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hito-steyerl/)

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