Weaving Currents: Liberating Knowledge Beyond Institutional Thresholds

You are invited to a public event of Encounters, an ongoing discussion between School of Commons (SoC) x SAE Greenhouse Lab that explores the interplay between (scientific) knowledge and dominant narratives. It scrutinises how findings break down established assumptions, how they challenge the canon and enter the public discourse.

Based on research case studies, art practices on water exports and river systems, we will reflect/explore how knowledge flows from institutions despite or because of their preservation and practices. We will draw on methods from School of Commons' Ways & Workings framework and the research-led practice of the SAE Greenhouse, to activate critical questions and discussions on topics such as informal learning environments, knowledge decentralisation, decolonial pedagogies, and practices and methods of making together.

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Encounters is part of Stretching Thresholds, Holding Streams, a commission at the Migros Museum for Contemporary Art initiated by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk in collaboration with Sophie Mak-Schram and collaborators. As one of the commission's "streams," Chantelle Lue from School of Commons and Kenza Benabderrazik from SAE Greenhouse were introduced to each other. The resulting inquiry, Encounters, projects into the future through collective practices of ideation and imaginative approaches that could propose agroecological solutions for institutions, such as the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst.