Since the Mesopotamian hydrotechnologists, who specialised in irrigation systems, water has been harnessed for many different purposes (such as mills,… Read more ELISABETH VON SAMSONOW ° The Partition. Plain Water or Essence of Life?
Keyword: Collectivity
ANDCOMPANY&CO. ° The Ant of Assembly
Ants are a „secret world power“ – dumb individually, but supersmart as a collective: a „superorganism“. They make decisions without… Read more ANDCOMPANY&CO. ° The Ant of Assembly
AHMED AL-NAWAS ° Parallel Economies of Thinking Together
Since 2013 Ahmed Al-Nawas has been involved in serval collective paraxis in which the main driving force was the necessity… Read more AHMED AL-NAWAS ° Parallel Economies of Thinking Together
BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS / RAUMLABORBERLIN ° Hospitality as Spacial Practice
Hospitality is first and foremost a social practice and can be situated in any place and become manifest in many… Read more BENJAMIN FOERSTER-BALDENIUS / RAUMLABORBERLIN ° Hospitality as Spacial Practice
ISABELLE FREMEAUX & JAY JORDAN / LABOFII ° Compos(t)ing Together to actually do shit!
The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination (Labofii) has brought artists and activists together to co-design and deploy forms of creative disobedience… Read more ISABELLE FREMEAUX & JAY JORDAN / LABOFII ° Compos(t)ing Together to actually do shit!
SATU HERRALA ° Embodying Collective Action
Bodies are containers for life, they exist in the present yet carry the past within. Attuning to one’s body and… Read more SATU HERRALA ° Embodying Collective Action
LOTTE VAN DEN BERG ° Building Conversation
Building Conversation is a dialogical art platform, based in Amsterdam, initiated by Lotte van den Berg and Daan ’t Sas,… Read more LOTTE VAN DEN BERG ° Building Conversation
MERVE BEDIR ° Hospitality and the Politics of the Floor Table
The form of the table, who sits at the table, and how to sit at the table, as well as… Read more MERVE BEDIR ° Hospitality and the Politics of the Floor Table
MAX HAIVEN ° The Ghosts of Occupy. Notes on a Haunted Decade, in the Spirit of David Graeber?
What are the afterlives of the Occupy Movement, now ten years on? On the one hand, groups and tendencies that… Read more MAX HAIVEN ° The Ghosts of Occupy. Notes on a Haunted Decade, in the Spirit of David Graeber?
OLIVER MARCHART ° Future Politics / Political Futures. Pre-enacting the Cause for Assembly
Do we assemble for a cause or for reasons? What is the nature of a political cause? What is it… Read more OLIVER MARCHART ° Future Politics / Political Futures. Pre-enacting the Cause for Assembly
OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
Assemblies provide a crucial platform for direct decision-making in any attempt to make societies more inclusive and democratic, more just… Read more OLIVER RESSLER ° Voices to Reckon with
XENIA KOGHILAKI ° What a Body Can Do in the Mosh Pit
Moshing is a furious form of crowd dancing usually associated with punk and rock culture. It happens during live music… Read more XENIA KOGHILAKI ° What a Body Can Do in the Mosh Pit
JULIA RAMÍREZ-BLANCO ° Assembly as Performance. The Mass Assemblies of the 15M Movement
Assemblies are normally held on a scale that allows for direct discussion and participation. However, during the Spanish protest camps… Read more JULIA RAMÍREZ-BLANCO ° Assembly as Performance. The Mass Assemblies of the 15M Movement
TINO SEHGAL
Theatres regulate space and time for their audiences and demand collective engagement. Other kinds of venues – like museums or… Read more TINO SEHGAL
JONAS STAAL ° Art/Assemblism
Assemblism describes the visual morphologies that emerge from the practice of “performative assembly “in popular mass movements, as termed by… Read more JONAS STAAL ° Art/Assemblism
SIBYLLE PETERS ° Reassembling Humanz & Other Animals
In 2019 Sibylle Peters devised a project called Animals of Manchester (including humanz) for which she tried to install a… Read more SIBYLLE PETERS ° Reassembling Humanz & Other Animals