She is the author of Offline Matters (Amsterdam: BIS Publishers, 2020) and founder of No Fun Magazine. Her work explores chronic illness and illness narratives, the social effects of technology, pervasive ideologies around ‘work’ and productivity, and experimental forms of publishing.
Let Letters Speak - Summer School with Naïma Ben Ayed at Le Signe
14.07.2021 — 18.07.2021
As part of our research into the body as a producer of knowledge and asemic writing as a potential conveyor of experience in relation to burnout, the Band of Burnouts lab is stoked to be joining Naïma Ben Ayed’s summer school Let Letters Speak at le Signe in Chaumont, France. Find out more
👄 Somatic Writing Week
28.06.2021 — 04.07.2021
From 28th June – 4th July, we will be gathering with our scholarship receivers for a week of somatic writing workshops, beginning with the Home School’s REGENERATION: (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals for New Growth with CA Conrad. Find out more
PRESS: Our Lab in Page Magazine
Band of Burnouts zine is featured in the new issue of PAGE magazine. Read more
Interview with St. Celfer – Part I & 2
An interview with Seattle-based musician John Parker, aka St. Celfer, on burnout, homemade instruments, and making during the pandemic. Read more
Introduction to the We Are Not Sick Zine
An extract from the special edition zine from our upcoming event with We Are Not Sick at Lange Nacht festival. Read more
📗Free Download: The ‘We Are Not Sick’ Lyric Book
A free download of the We Are Not Sick lyric book to share, spread, and DIY make for yourself at home. Read more
🌱 Garden Screening: The Wisdom of Trauma ft. Gabor Maté
28.07.2021, Wednesday, 28.07.21, 18:00
Our Band of Burnouts lab is hosting a garden screening of the new documentary The Wisdom of Trauma (2021) featuring Dr Gabor Maté. Find out more
An Interview with Geert Lovink
An interview with one half of the We Are Not Sick Band: Geert Lovink (media theorist, net critic, activist and founder of the Institute of Network Cultures). Read 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
Call for Contributions: Print Publication on Burnout
31.05.2021 — 27.06.2021, 31.05.21, 10:00 – 27.06.21, 23:59
Band of Burnouts is excited to announce our first call for contributions to an experimental print publication sharing experiences of burnout. Find out more
🎵 We Are Not Sick
03.07.2021, Saturday 3rd July, 19:30
Band of Burnouts is stoked to present a collaboration with the experimental theory band We Are Not Sick at the 2021 edition of contemporary music festival Lange Nacht Zürich. Find out more
✨ Scholarship Opportunity: Workshop with CA Conrad
21.06.2021, The overall duration of the course and time together is 28th June – 4th July.
Band of Burnouts is thrilled to announce that we are offering two scholarships for writers who have experience with burnout and would like to work with the topic in their practice. Find out more