Donderdag 14 mrt ’19 Start 17:00 Eindtijd 18:30 Boekmanstichting, Herengracht 415, 1017 BP Amsterdam Toegang is gratis, maar aanmelden is noodzakelijk i.v.m. een beperkt aantal plaatsen Welke mogelijkheden zijn er om buiten de structuur van culturele instellingen kunst een plek te geven als gemeenschappelijke voorziening? Waar Friso Wiersum en Erik Uitenbogaard op 6 maart ingaan op de institutionele mogelijkheden van de commons, schetsen Hanka Otte, […]
In the event titled “Emancipating Cultures beyond Multiculturalism From Canonizing Cultural Institutions towards Commoning Art Constitutions” Pascal Gielen, professor of sociology of art and politics at Antwerp University in Belgium, will discuss the importance of making conflicts and tensions visible and livable, rather than their elimination or suppression within the framework of multiculturalism and the ways cultural institutions can be the ideal platforms for this. […]
New book: Contemporary Artist Residencies: Reclaiming Time and Space The globalization process and the demands of the creative economy, together with the growth of the art market have all had an impact on artist residencies. Ecological and geopolitical urgencies are now also affecting them more and more. In response, many residencies today actively search for more sustainable alternatives than the current neoliberal condition allows for […]
As part of the ongoing, durational performance Negotiations, Kunstverein Archipelago organises a symposium that focuses on the notion of “the artist at work” and researches models to improve and make the working conditions for dancers and other freelance artists more sustainable in Vienna. An important aspect of Negotiations is to highlight and make visible the fact that dancing is also a form of highly skilled […]
On 7 and 8 November CCQO is joining the kick off meeting of the project Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities, funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. CCQO will be in charge of the research component of this project. Following the methodology of ‘convoking’, the newest member of our team, Maria Francesca de Tullio, supported by Pascal Gielen and Hanka Otte, […]
Hanka Otte is te winner of the fourth Boekman Dissertation Prize. Hanka Otte was awarded the Boekman Dissertation Prize in an award ceremony on 30 October. The Boekman Dissertation Prize is awarded once every three years to the best Dutch dissertation in the field arts, culture, and society. Dr. J.F. (Hanka) Otte graduated from the University of Groningen in 2015, with a dissertation titled Binden […]
The debate on decolonization and democratization of arts is heating the arts and cultural sector. Based on the idea of ’Conflict Matters’, in this seminar we embrace and organize the discussion, the debate and the disagreement as a lever to strengthen the transition process of the sector. Conflict does matter, gives impulses to practice and ensures continuous renewal. For whom? Professionals in culture, students, […]
Organised by ARIA, Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (UAntwerp), and CCQO, Culture Commons Quest Office 18 & 19 October 2018 At the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp In this seminar we explore whether the existing models of studios and rehearsal spaces are still suited to the current arts and creative practices. Every culture policy generates its own creation formats as well as its […]
September 26, 6pm Santiago Cirugeda (Recetas Urbanas) and Antonio Negri will launch the book ‘Commonism. A New Aesthetics of the Real’ (eds Nico Dockx & Pascal Gielen, Valiz Publishers) at the Venice Biennial for Architecture (Giardino Bianco Art Space – Castello, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1814, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy). About the book After half a century of neoliberalism, a new radical, practice-based ideology is making […]
‘Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.’ (Jacobs) The Sharing our Legacy conference encourages reflection on the central issues that define urban life by channelling its discussions through the basic question of “What makes a city better?”. This reflection aims to understand how cities can be shaped to better suit the needs and […]