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
to cast a spell: skills for collective action
05.06.2026

Closing the Festival der solidarischen Hochschule, To Cast a Spell: Skills for Collective Action brings together artists, curators, cultural workers, organisers, and researchers whose practices explore collective forms of learning, organising, and institution-building. Find out more
Digital Commons: Transforming time(s)
02.06.2026, 18:00-19:30 CEST

Transforming time(s): The politics of the commons (in) challenging time(s) Find out more
Embodied Resourcing in Times of Unraveling
09.06.2026, 18:30-20:00 (CEST)

Camille Sapara Barton will share about their embodiment social design practice and ways to apply somatics in socially engaged art making and to find anchoring in these times. There will be optional embodied practices woven throughout and plenty of space for questions and reflections. Find out more
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
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










