Composing infrastructures for peer learning and commoning practices within School of Commons Read more

This code of conduct is a basis for all of our activities, gatherings, communications, and internal and external outputs. Read more

Slow Down session is a proposal for a collective media improvisation designed for people to express themselves, connect with the environment and soak themselves in the room full of sounds, lights, and other sensory triggers. Read more

'My greatest fear is to die by drowning.' Read more

Towards unfinished projects Read more

If you were to run an Undertranslation workshop, or you want to focus on undertranslating, please consider listening to our playlist. Read more

You should try talking in my shoes for a mile. —Sofia Vergara Read more

An (undertranslated) illustrated dictionary for alimentary sovereignty por Marina Monsonís Read more

You should try talking in my shoes for a mile —Sofia Vergara Nothing is lost in translation. Everything was always already lost, long before we arrived. —A manifesto for Ultratranslation by Antena Read more

Leigh-on-sea, Wednesday 20th of September, 2023 Read more

Since the middle of the last century, many efforts have been put into dissolving the distinction between artworks and documents. The liminal space that these practices unravel opens up a debate on productions, materials, and context surrounding such artistic inquiries. Read more

During the month of April, HumDrum Press had the pleasure of being invited to join a workshop led by backbonebooks as part of PrintRoom Rotterdam's Growing the Archive series. Read more

We understand the manifesto as active, growing, lived in and through, alive. Read more

Carina Erdmann, Steph Holl-Trieu, School of Commons Read more

A collective publication by the 5 READ labs that were part of the School of Commons in 2021. Read more

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

Band of Burnouts zine is featured in the new issue of PAGE magazine. Read more

What does “being productive” even mean? Do I procrastinate because I am afraid to fail at my task? Do I procrastinate because my task is a bit tedious? Read more

The Band of Burnouts publication is out in the world. Read more

Celebrating the release of our zine in audio form. Read more

An interview with Seattle-based musician John Parker, aka St. Celfer, on burnout, homemade instruments, and making during the pandemic. Read more

Talking about burnout with OpenAI tool GPT-3. Read more

A free download of the We Are Not Sick lyric book to share, spread, and DIY make for yourself at home. Read more

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

An extract from the special edition zine from our upcoming event with We Are Not Sick at Lange Nacht festival. Read more

'Noises that are fine but it's 5 AM, 10 PM, it's early, it's late, this has been going on for hours, I can't sleep, I can't read, I have to say something.' Read more

'If a tree falls in a forest and no one's around to hear it, is it a waste of that peaceful silence?' Read more

'For months, there has been an absence of ambiance.' Read more

'Musical wallpaper.' Read more

I. DEATH BY STOCKINGS II. JOSHUA TREE IV. ICONIC OCTOPUS ON SECRETARY Read more

In this essay I want to continue looking at sex work as a dimension that generates what Joan Tronto calls “integrated acts of care” or the affective and ethical dispositions involved in relational practices of fostering attention and holding space for another human. Read more

'Moses utilises methods from both epidemiology and ecology to understand the interface of human, animal and pathogen.' Read more

'It’s hard to relate to an oyster, they have no brain and the most primitive of central nervous systems.' Read more

Upon arrival at his grandfather’s hometown, Iskandar was greeted with grief. He expected that he would struggle with names and faces, but what he didn’t plan for is for his visit to coincide with the seventh-day ceremony of his great aunt’s death, when all their faces wore the same expression. Read more

In a human lifetime the period in which we grow taller is relatively short, a maximum of eighteen or nineteen years. Read more

'Milk impregnated the particular atmosphere of women.' Read more

We chat with one of the founders of the Center for Radical Death Studies on using cemeteries as a source of knowledge, how death changes the archive and how grief transforms into activism in the African American community. TW: Racial violence, sexual violence Read more

Conversation with Angela Chan, creative climate communicator Read more

Three instances of death are examined: a preman's ascension into mokṣa, a medical death checklist and programmed cell death found in fermentation. As we leave this world, what traces do we leave behind? Read more

Conversations with Bukola Oyebode and Danielle Bowler, editors Read more

Conversation with Nomusa Makhubu and Nkule Mabaso, curators Read more

Conversation with Nolan Dennis, artist Read more

This project was an extended conversation about climate and art, and in the process a wealth of insights and information was exchanged with the editors, curators and artists I spoke with. Read more

Work, we love to hate it as we pay tribute to, sing about, reflect on and whine about it. Read more

From capitalist realism to domestic realism, architecture has played a major role in the standardization of work as well as in the engulfing of time dedicated to labour. Read more

'What is "the quietest picture" you've ever taken?' Read more

From 1960’s utopian re-imaginings of the house of the future, to Wages Against Housework, this chapter explores the versatile and invisible character of female labour. Read more

This chapter departs from automation of labour and the evolution of work landscapes from factory counters to office cubicles. Read more

This chapter explores the blurred boundaries between work and leisure entangling the sources of the social, political and cultural stigma of leisure as laziness. Read more

This chapter re-writes the last chapter within the times of global lockdown. Read more

A collection of found footage from the lockdown period. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

Cuarentena Volumes is abbreviated as cv: “these times might become a dent in the curriculum vitae, allowing to focus on the work itself.” Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

A self-conducted interview which offers insight into Price's practice and reflects upon the ways in which she positions herself both in her work as well as her community during the pandemic. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

Centering the body without other bodies, Marquedant questions the parameters of being singular. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

A short video that shows the ways in which Rieger organised her activities into weekly schedules in order to maintain her singing practice as well as her social life. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

GCD Memes is a rolling body of work that attempts to reflect on the collective experiences of those involved in the GCD course at CSM from the student perspective. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

An essay which offers a welcome respite in thinking about the future of knowledge production and its rootedness in community. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

A short visual essay about the DIY infrastructures that pop up amidst a global pandemic. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

We may have infected ourselves because we were born in the same territory. Read more

Art On Demand is a collaborative participatory project which creates a platform from and for artists, curators, writers, theorists and audiences to collectively share and experience the creation of and encounter with art. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

A text reflecting Morrison’s interests in discursive frameworks; performative platforms for critical enquiry; and ways in which we can facilitate and mediate multiple spaces for the generation of knowledge. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

«Prom.run» is the publishing project that consists of a selection of materials that have inspired their practice as an art collective and addresses topics relating to self-organization and knowledge-related commons. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

BUMP GALAXY is a virtual world and community for mental health. In it, players can visit several different Care Commons and engage with mental health professionals from around the world. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

A short story, written as a diary entry, describes a lockdown-specific encounter. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

Im Zentrum dieses Projekts steht die sogenannte «Rumford Fliese», das erste Produkt, das gezielt für raumakustische Zwecke entwickelt wurde. Diese besondere Art von Keramik wurde im frühen 20. Jahrhundert erfunden, um in Auditorien das Echo zu brechen und die Raumakustik für das gesprochene Wort zu optimieren. Read more

This video work is a dreamy, haunting piece that looks at the role our personal stories play in the making of history, as well as the actual political potency of our feelings. Part of 'Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19.' Read more

This essay reflects upon the divergent responses to and asymmetrical consequences of COVID19 in McBride’s home country, South Africa, and her country of residence, Switzerland. Part of "Learning from COVID19: Reflections on knowledge-related commons and practices of self-organization amidst COVID19." Read more

an invitation to imagine Read more