school of commons (SoC) is a global community-based initiative dedicated to peer learning, and the study and development of self-organized knowledge production—through commons-based methods and practices. hosted at the zürich university of the arts (ZHdK) but the program takes place mostly online.
What's On
WORLDPLAY
07.06.2026 — 13.06.2026
WORLDPLAY is an opening move for a network that explores the revolutionary potential of play: What changes when we treat games as ways of organising, not just expressing? How do those changes expand from one gathering to many, carried by people, through their practice? Find out more
Care(fully) Following the Salt Traces
26.04.2026 — 27.09.2026
How to follow salt traces without the map... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....................~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~............................................................................ ............................................................................ Find out more
Projects
IdeaSquare x SoC
IdeaSquare and School of Commons are collaborating on a series of workshops exploring 'The Future of Collaboration'. Find out more
FOOTNOTES 2045
Annotating the Futures of Arts Education: A summer school that imagines, rethinks and shapes the futures of arts education. Find out more
To-Gather: SACO Contemporary Art Festival x SoC
The project sought to increase the flow, dialogue, and exchange of experiences between curators and artists from Switzerland and the South American Altiplano, connecting with specific territories through artistic residencies. Find out more