She focuses on the notions of familiarity, repetition and categorisation, and the influence of bureaucratic infrastructures on our relationship with movement, freedom and language. She is interested in collaborative modes of working that initiate dialogues about precarious living and working conditions in the art worlds.
hold, place, transfer ↵ repeat
29.02.2024 — 06.03.2024, 29.02.24, 16:00 – 06.03.24, 17:00 Opening: Thursday, February 29, 18:00
Betül Aksu’s first solo exhibition titled hold, place, transfer ↵ repeat opens at Material in Zürich between February 29 – March 6, 2024. Curated by Marea Hildebrand from The School of Commons, the exhibition brings together two series of works on paper accompanied by an installation that displays the artist’s printmaking materials. Find out more
Bureau of Commons
17.09.2021, Friday September 17th, 17:00 – 18:00
Eligibility Criteria (and beyond) lab presents Bureau of Commons, a self-declared territory for authorisation. The Bureau issues random authorisation for people who have the permission to circulate in the Bureau territory. Find out more
Open Open Call
08.12.2021, 08.12.21, 18:00-19:00
Eligibility Criteria (and beyond) is running a collective writing workshop called Open Open Call. In this workshop, we will collectively write a call for participation with one criterion in mind: anyone can apply. Find out more
The Learning Commons: Self-Organised Learning
13.10.2023, 13.10.23, 12:00 – 14:00
This year’s Learning Commons conversation, hosted by SoC alumni* Betül Aksu, invites artist and activist Zeyno Pekünlü and the SoC community to discuss self-organised learning spaces and the knowledge created within. Find out more
IF IT IS A GARDEN THAT HAS BECOME A WILDERNESS
26.12.2022 — 06.12.2022, 26.11.22, 19:00 – 06.12.22, 18:00
On alternative environments for learning Exhibition, Workshops, Performances and Podium Unveiling the works in progress of the hybrid, multidisciplinary research of SoC’s 2022 fellows and beyond Find out more
Book: Researching the Researcher, Noticing why it wanders
A collective publication by the 5 READ labs that were part of the School of Commons in 2021. Read more
Open open call
Eligibility Criteria (and beyond) Lab facilitated a workshop to collectively write a call for participation with one criterion in mind: anyone can apply. Read more