alt Hacker NewsA similar program in the Netherlands once ran for decades. It produced about quarter a million uh, tangible units of art, which not even government institutions wanted anymore, not even for free. The warehouses became full and dusty.
This was later one of the motivations to cancel the program.
Not that similar though.
What you're talking about is paying people to produce 'art' by the unit.
This scheme is about paying credentialed artists so they can breath a little bit. No need to supply slop.