{"id":2283,"date":"2016-11-09T19:23:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:02:19","slug":"carving-out-the-spaces-for-our-commoned-life-a-training-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stealth.ultd.net\/?p=2283","title":{"rendered":"Carving Out the Spaces for Our Commoned Life: A Training Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a joint initiative with City in the Making<\/a> and\u00a0Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto<\/a> we have been\u00a0delving into\u00a0mutual support structures<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0economic spaces<\/i>\u00a0that can lend our lives a different basis and more resilient horizon. The resulting UNIDEE module\u00a0Carving Out the Spaces for Our Commoned Life<\/i>\u00a0is an explorative two-week “training ground” aimed at the particular precarious conditions of artists, designers, curators and other cultural producers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carving Out the Spaces for our Commoned Life<\/p><\/div>\n

It is the paradox many of us encounter: while we dedicate ourselves to initiatives, projects and proposals that aim at a \u2018better\u2019 future (more resilient, fairer, more inspiring\u2026),\u00a0we experience to be operating from a present we increasingly feel alienated from. And there we find ourselves: continuously in the search for a resilient context for our\u00a0practice and production. Looking around, sharing experiences with fellow souls, it is evident that this vulnerable position undermines the reach and impact of that future (and\u00a0life) we care for.<\/p>\n

However, if present is such, it is high time to use our capacity to disrupt its unfolding. In this desire, we are not alone. Over the last years, a vast number of initiatives have\u00a0sprung up to take matters into common hands and re-design the very reality from where we work, how we live and how we exchange among each other. It may not come as a\u00a0surprise that imagining, designing and constructing such different \u2018existential\u2019 and professional realities to a large degree entails working on their (different) economic\u00a0groundings.<\/p>\n

The double-module\u00a0Carving Out the Spaces for Our Commoned Life: A Training Ground\u00a0therefore takes different economic principles and workings at its core. In the\u00a0two weeks we have\u00a0explored whether we, as artists, designers or cultural practitioners can envision a novel mutually supportive economic \u2018space\u2019 for our lives and work. A\u00a0daunting task, to which aid we will call some of the forerunners that have already started the transition.\u00a0But equally a formidable challenge that demands we break down\u00a0some of the assumptions and workings concerning the economy, delve into areas we usually experience as \u2018outsiders\u2019 and start re-creating them on our terms. Money, debt,\u00a0insurance, time, services \u2013 to name a few.<\/p>\n

The module took\u00a0a five-day journey\u00a0at Cittadellarte-Fondazione<\/strong> Pistoletto<\/strong> (Biella, from 14th to 18th of November, 2016) into a\/o Ons Geld<\/a>, Positive Money<\/a>, the book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years<\/a>” (by David Graeber), the Spanish housing crisis and the PAH<\/a> (Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), the history of the co-operative movement, banking alternatives like ebanka<\/a>, complementary currencies, mutual credit systems like Sardex<\/a>, the mutual income insurance Broodfonds<\/a>, the book “Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work<\/a>” (by Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams) – and much more, after which\u00a0a subsequent five-day line of exploration\u00a0at the Stoking House of City in the Making<\/strong> (from 21st to 25th of November, 2016) took us to the very practices that are set to emerge from here. A day long 5-course dinner\/seminar around\u00a0mutual support structures has rounded up this exploration in a rather\u00a0“fulfilling” manner …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a joint initiative with City in the Making and\u00a0Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto we have been\u00a0delving into\u00a0mutual support structures\u00a0and\u00a0economic spaces\u00a0that can lend our lives a different basis and more resilient horizon. The resulting UNIDEE module\u00a0Carving Out the Spaces for Our Commoned Life\u00a0is an explorative two-week “training ground” aimed at the particular precarious conditions of artists, designers, curators…<\/p>\n

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