Project Art Works In Residence

Join Project Art Works as we launch our activation of the ground floor of 12 Claremont in Hastings as a gallery, workshop and event space, and shop. 12 Claremont has been beautifully restored and refurbished by Hastings Commons and will serve as a vibrant hub for creativity, inclusion, and community engagement. Date: Friday 7 November Time: 17.00 – 19.00 Location: 12 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA Project Art Works In Residence is an activation of the space over 7 months between November 2025 and May 2026.

Hello Halo Album Launch

Join us for the album launch of Hello HaloFriday 14 November 2025Project Art Works, Trinity Hall, Braybrooke Terrace, HastingsDoors: 19:00 | Film: 19:30 Celebrate the release of Hello Halo with a special screening of a documentary about its creation, a full album listening party, and a Q&A. Created by violinist and sound artist Ruby Colley, Hello Halo is a powerful, collaborative work inspired by her brother Paul Colley, who is neurodivergent and non-verbal.

Different Kind

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Project Art Works Artists to Feature in One-Night-Only Contemporary Showcase at Different Kind, Cirencester For one night only, Different Kind—a concept interior store in the heart of Cirencester—will transform into a contemporary gallery space, presenting original works by neurodivergent artists and makers. Among the featured creatives are artists from Project Art Works, whose work reflects deeply individual practices shaped by unique experiences of the world. Images: Determined, Different Kind, 2025.

RÉSERVATION DE STANDS | SICCAO 2026

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𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗢 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 || 𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲́𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗢 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀 ! Vous souhaitez exposer vos produits ou services au cœur des Industries Culturelles et Créatives (ICC) de l'Afrique de l'Ouest ? Rejoignez-nous à SICCAO 2026, le rendez-vous incontournable des acteurs des Industries Culturelles et Créatives en Afrique de l'Ouest. Boostez votre visibilité, développez votre réseau, et saisissez de nouvelles opportunités ! Attention : nombre de stands limités !

Doctor Who Screening – TV Festival

Following the success of last year’s Doctor Who at the Electric Palace Cinema, Project Art Works brings you a Doctor Who Cyberman Special with three classic Cyberman episodes plus art installation. These episodes chart the changing face of the Cybermen, from their 1st appearance in 1966, through to the 70s and 2000s! The Tenth Planet – released 1966 (25 minutes) Revenge of the Cybermen – released 1975 (25 minutes) Rise of the Cybermen – released 2006 (45 minutes) This screening, on Saturday 11 October at 14.

October Art Breaks

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Applications are open for Art Breaks at Project Art Works this October Half Term in Hastings. Art Breaks focuses on children and young people with complex needs, alongside their parents, carers, and siblings. Sessions will take place on Tuesday 28, Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October. Each day includes two sessions: 10:30-12:00 and 13:30-15:00. To apply, please complete the form at the link below by Sunday 12 October. Apply here: surveymonkey.

Press Release: Michelle Roberts Shortlisted for Sky Arts Awards

Press Release Michelle Roberts Shortlisted for Sky Arts Awards Congratulations to Michelle Roberts, who has been shortlisted for the Sky Arts Awards 2025. The nominees were announced today by Sky Arts, and a winner will be announced live on screen on 16 September. Michelle was nominated for the award by Artist Bob & Roberta Smith, who first came across Michelle’s work in the Outside In open call, where he selected Michelle as the winner.

Michelle Roberts short listed for Sky Arts Awards

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Congratulations to Michelle Roberts, who has been shortlisted for the Sky Arts Awards 2025. The nominees were announced today by Sky Arts, and a winner will be announced at 21.00 on 16 September. Michelle was nominated for the award by Artist Bob & Roberta Smith, who first came across Michelle’s work in the Outside In open call, where he selected Michelle as the winner. The prize was a solo exhibition Michelle Roberts: Red Blue Up which opened at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill in February 2025.

Aarden in de Polder - Exhibition opening on Saturday, 27 September

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Save the date: Exhibition opening on Saturday, 27 September.27 September–16 November 2025 Casco Art Institute: Working for the CommonsLange Nieuwstraat 7, 3512 PA Utrecht Scroll down for public program ⬇ From Casco's website: To land again, to find ground—not only beneath our feet, but within. Where do we truly live? After leaving, drifting, or being pulled away—how do we return? Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons is pleased to announce its 2025 Autumn artistic program, Rerooting in the Polder, an exhibition by Frisian artist and long-term Casco collaborator Wapke Feenstra.

Summer and early autumn 2025

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Aarden in de Polder at Casco Art Institute, UtrechtWith Aarden in de Polder (Rerooting in the Polder) Wapke’s long-standing engagement turns toward the Dutch landscape, offering particular attention to the distinctive form of the polders: flat, low-lying tracts of land (re)claimed from the sea, lakes, or rivers, made agriculturally productive and protected by dikes, and maintained through an intricate network of canals, pumping stations, and drainage systems. Wapke has spent several decades investigating the ecologies of land - its physical, mental, and social dimensions - by tapping into local knowledges and engaging with people and the everyday.

Summer Social

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The garden at Trinity Hall is complete and has a new nickname by the neighbours, the Magic Garden. Hard work is coming to an end as the transformed car park is now filled with insects and scented plants creating a calm, sensory, green space for our community to enjoy. To celebrate we will be hosting a summer social for our community, neighbours, funders and friends to learn more about the garden and see our exhibition for Coastal Currents.

New Role: Archive & Research Associate

Project Art Works is recruiting for a new role of Archive & Research Associate. Job description The Project Art Works Archive & Research Associate is a part-time role who will work across two strands: Support the organisation on archiving and storage of artworks, both digitally and physically in our buildings, as well as increasing public access to the archive. Work with the CEO and other members of the team to support the development and delivery of a new research project focussing on creative practice, disability rights, and neurodiversity.

Ketika Gudskul Menjadi Ucuy

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Saat Dayu baru berusia tiga tahun, ia belum bisa mengucapkan “Gudskul” dengan jelas, yang keluar dari mulutnya adalah “Ucuy”, pelafalan spontan yang terdengar lucu, namun justru terasa akrab di telinga. Tanpa disadari, sapaan “Ucuy” pun mulai digunakan oleh para anggota Gudskul sebagai sebutan baru untuk “Gudskul” dalam percakapan sehari-hari mereka. Dayu adalah anak dari pasangan Bonit dan Rake. Keluarga kecil ini tinggal tak jauh dari Gudskul. Kedekatan jarak, lingkungan kerja yang fleksibel, serta ketiadaan pengasuh alternatif di rumah membuat Dayu kerap menemani ibunya bekerja.

Carer’s Creative Workshop

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The Support Collective returned to the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill last week for another Carer’s Creative Workshop, supported by the DLWP’s Learning & Participation Assistant and Artist, Miguel Martin. Fourteen parents and carers enjoyed visiting the exhibitions, particularly taken with the work of Claudia Alarcón, an Indigenous textile artist from the La Puntana community of Wichí people of northern Salta, Argentina. Alarcón leads the Silät collective, an organisation of over one hundred women weavers of different generations from the Alto La Sierra and La Puntana Wichí communities.

14:00 Bola Kan Lagi Yuk!

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“14:00 bola kan lagi yuk!” Kalimat ini hampir selalu muncul setiap Kamis pagi di grup WhatsApp Viva Gudskul. Sebuah ajakan singkat sebagai pertanda bahwa hari itu waktunya main bola. Pukul 14.00 siang beberapa teman dari Gudskul bersama warga sekitar berkumpul di lapangan mini soccer DCM A.K.A, yang lokasinya persis di belakang Gudskul. Kegiatan ini sudah berjalan sejak 2021, dan kini menjadi kebiasaan rutin yang menyenangkan di tengah minggu. Sepak bola memang menjadi kegemaran banyak orang, mulai dari nonton bareng, hingga main bareng.

Short Course Juni – Juli 2025

Short Course Gudskul adalah program belajar singkat yang menyenangkan yang diadakan oleh Gudskul: Studi Kolektif dan Ekosistem Seni Rupa Kontemporer. Program ini menawarkan berbagai subjek untuk mendalami cara membuat karya seni, dari medium arsip, filem, video, sejarah sampai seni media baru; menulis tentang seni; mengenalkan seni di rumah, membuatkarya komik, jurnalisme musik mengelola ruang kreatif serta topik menarik lainnya dalam ekosistem seni rupa. Setiap kelas difasilitasi oleh seniman, desainer, musisi, sutradara, dan praktisi yang berpengalaman di bidangnya lebih dari sepuluh tahun.

2025 Lammas Land Haystack

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In 2025 we are meeting again on Saturday 28th June on the Walthamstow Marshes in east London to be close to the land, honour Lammas and common land, learn how to scythe, find and meet medicinal plants, make hay and a haystack, and generally celebrate late June on this public land, which holds many layers and histories beyond the current public park use. Find all the information about the day ,and how to get there here.

Summer 2025 Newsletter

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Rural Relations Writing Club Rural Relations Writing Club is a slow-growing series of writing workshops exploring rural life, memory, and imagination. We gather to write, drawing from memory, imagination, and rural practice. Open to anyone curious about rural storytelling in all its forms—no writing experience needed. Each session centres on a theme: kinship, grief, or harvest. Initiated and organised by Ioana from Seasonal Neighbours in collaboration with Myvillages. Every first Wednesday of the month and 🥣 Dinner includedin Rotterdam Zuid (5 min from Maashaven/Rotterdam)8 spots each session & sign up here: writing.

Unfreeze Your Brain Mini Festival

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SAVE THE DATE ! Kathrin from Myvillages and Bianca Orboi – are organising a two-day interdisciplinary, interspecies Mini-Festival UNFREEZE YOUR BRAIN at Alanus University in Alfter near Bonn. The programme has three main strands: art, economy and land, and contributors include Kompost Ensemble, artist and shamanic practitionerAnnabelle Wimmer Bakic; Katharina Reuter, Vorsitzende des Bundesverbands Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V.; local author Nadège Kusanika; biodiversity specialis Philipp Unterweger, (Un)Sustainability Speakerin Lavinia Muth, grower and open source specialist Roberto Tinoco and Wapke Feenstra with hey tattoos and a call to de-urbanise our gaze.

In Search of the Inírida Flower

Deep within the heart of the Amazon rainforest, where nature and culture are inseparably linked, blooms the Inírida flower — a symbol of the territory’s richness and vitality. During the COP 16 summit in Cali, this exquisite bloom becomes a beacon of hope, carrying with it the voices and traditions of indigenous communities who have safeguarded these ecosystems for centuries. However, beneath its beauty lies a stark reality: the pressures of unchecked extraction and the urgent need to balance development with conservation.

Super Short Course: Speculative Collective

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Speculative CollectiveProgram Super Short Course untuk individu kreatif yang ingin berkolektif dengan metode lumbung. Bagi kalian yang mau punya kolektif baru, jaringan baru, ilmu baru dan kesempatan yang baru, silahkan bergabung di kelas Speculative Collective di Gudskul Short Course. Program 1 bulan nongkrong bareng di malam hari, membentuk kolektif baru dan berkarya bersama mengembangkan potensi artistik masing masing secara kolektif. 8x pertemuan setiap pk. 19.00-21.00 Pertemuan 1 Minggu, 4 mei 2025.

COP16 Biodiversity Conference

Alrededor del Árbol for COP16 Biodiversity Conference, Cali, Colombia, 2024 Earthrise Studio invited Más Arte Más Acción (MAMA) to join them at Project Everyone’s Nature House during the COP16 biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia. In response, MAMA produced a special version of the circular table installation and soundscape, incorporating contributions from Centro Siembra and the Atrato Guardians. Presented in October 2024 in partnership with Global Witness, the installation highlighted the stories of the Atrato Guardians—14 Indigenous and Afro-Colombian representatives dedicated to defending the rights of the Rio Atrato in Chocó.

20th Edinburgh Art Festival 2024

Around a Tree for the 20th Edinburgh Art Festival, Scotland For the 20th edition of the Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF), Around a Tree brought together ecology, botany, and the arts at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) from 9th to 25th August 2024. At the heart of the project was a stunning 6-meter diameter circular table—crafted from the timber of a diseased Lebanese Cedar and built around a young Portuguese oak—that served as a hub for activities, accompanied by the evolving soundscape.

XX International Botanical Congress, Madrid

Around a Tree for the XX International Botanical Congress in Madrid 2024 Invited by Dr. Lucia Lohmann in collaboration with the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT), Around a Tree contributed to the XX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Madrid, July 2024, to explore the critical role of botanical research in addressing ecological and climate challenges. The focuss was on conducting video interviews with scientists from diverse career stages, geographic origins and ethnic backgrounds, creating an Oral History of Botany that documented career trajectories, assessed changes in the field and highlighted the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss.

ATBC Kigali, Rwanda

Around a Tree for the 60th Annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Kigali, Rwanda 2024 Dr. Lucia Lohmann, President of the ATBC and member of the Around a Tree team, invited MAMA to participate in the 2024 ATBC meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, to document the vital work of delegates through video interviews. These interviews focused on the impact of climate change on plants, conservation efforts related to their work around the globe and the significance of the ATBC as an international network for tropical biology and conservation.

Irish Plant Science Annual Meeting

Around a Tree for the Irish Plant Science Annual Meeting in Cork 2024 At the 2024 IPSAM meeting, leading international botanist Professor James Richardson of University College Cork played a pivotal role in kick-starting this stage of Around a Tree. Held on June 17-18, the project featured interviews with scientists that explored humanity’s relationship with plants in the face of rapid biodiversity loss. Uniquely, some questions were posed from the perspective of plants, encouraging deeper reflection on ecological interconnections.

Around a Tree: Overview

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Around a Tree: Connecting People and Plants Through Art and Science Originally presented by Más Arte Más Acción for Documenta15 in Kassel, Germany, in 2022, Around a Tree brings together art and science to explore humanity’s connection with trees and plants amidst the climate and biodiversity crises. In 2023, evolutionary biologist Professor James Richardson approached MAMA to see how to creatively address the impact of climate change on plants, during the XX International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Madrid.

Invitation: 24 November Event in Van Abbemuseum

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Join us on November 24th, the final day of the Soils exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, for a special event dedicated to Watching Cow and Landscape (Kijken naar Koe en Landschap). This project explores questions that are not only relevant to farmers, but concern us all, such as solutions for sustainability. We welcome both experts and enthusiasts to look at the soils with us. How can the museum, and especially the art of seeing and watching, help us answer the important questions?

OIL publication: launch and story so far

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OIL online launch Thursday 7th November 6-7pm GMT This publication has developed from ‘Oil as far as the eye can see – Energy regimes in the everyday’ a tour curated and guided by Rachel Grant that took place across Aberdeen, as part of Myvillages’ Summer Camp titled ‘Who Has the Energy’, commissioned, produced and held at Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden, July 2023. Join us for a presentation and discussion with OIL publication author and editor Rachel Grant (Fertile ground, Aberdeen), Sam Trotman (Programme & Partnerships Director Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Aberdeenshire), Kathrin Böhm (Myvillages) and Scott Herrett (Just Transition Organiser for Friends of the Earth Scotland and member of Friends of St.

SOILS at Van Abbemuseum

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The Brabant chapter of the Cow and Landscape is part of the SOILS exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, until 24 November 2024. What place can Dutch rural and more-than-human life be given within contemporary art amid growing demands for agricultural transition? We believe that good coexistence between humans and the more-than-human requires us to recognize how the economy is rooted in local cultures and (natural) environments. The work introduces the conceptual framework rural sociologist Inez Dekker and visual artist Wapke Feenstra developed together for this project as they journey through the Netherlands from autumn 2020 to spring 2024.

Pasang Surut: Edisi Khusus Vol. III – Sebelum Hancur Lebur – Martin Suryajaya

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Bersama:Martin Suryajaya (penulis dan pengajar)Nurul Muthmainnah (pegiat Riwanua)Harry Isra M. (pegiat Riwanua) Sabtu, 13 Juli 202416:00 WITA – selesai LURING di RiwanuaKompleks Perumahan Dosen Unhas, Tamalanrea, Blok H14Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan Pasang Surut adalah salah satu wahana percakapan tentang buku di Riwanua yang terjadi sekali dalam dua minggu sejak 2023 dan membahas beragam literatur tentang Indonesia dan dunia, baik fiksi maupun non-fiksi. Pada Pasang Surut: Edisi Khusus ini, Riwanua membahas karya terbaru Martin Suryajaya, Sebelum Hancur Lebur (Penerbit baNANA, 2024).

Lammas Land Haystack

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Haystacks are a series of gatherings about rural undercurrents and practices in urban settings, set up by Kathrin in her home town London May 2013. Haystacks paused during the pandemic, and are restarting with the 2024 Lammas Land Haystack. Haystacks have no fixed location. Previous haystacks are listed here. /|\///|\\\///|||\\\\///\/\\//|\\\//|\\//\\||//|\\

Provoke to think

The book that won’t be written Más Arte Más Acción (MAMA) has been reflecting on its past and future. We intended to write a book about it, but instead came up with a card game using some of the words, phrases and questions harvested from our many conversations. It seemed like a good way to open up our reflections to others, to move away from an introspective process towards sharing in a more open space.

Gudskul Shortcourse 2024

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Gudskul Shortcourse 2024Info lebih lanjut: +62 813 9466 1335gudskulshortcourse@gmail.com Gudskul ShortCourse adalah program belajar yang menyenangkan yang diadakan oleh Gudskul: Studi Kolektif dan Ekosistem Seni Rupa Kontemporer. Dilaksanakan secara Hybrid, program ini menawarkan berbagai subjek untuk mendalami cara membuat karya seni, dari medium arsip, filem, video, sejarah sampai seni media baru; menulis tentang seni; mengenalkan seni di rumah, membuat karya komik, jurnalisme musik dan mengelola ruang kreatif. Setiap kelas difasilitasi oleh seniman, desainer, musisi, sutradara, dan praktisi yang berpengalaman di bidangnya lebih dari sepuluh tahun.

Pakghor – Palan, After Rain, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale_2024

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Pakghor – Palan, After Rain, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale_2024 Britto’s another version of PAKGHOR and PALAN at AFTER RAIN, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale After Rain Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024 20Feb- 24 May 2024 Artistic Director: Ute Meta Bauer Curators: Rose Lejeune, Wejdan Reda, Anca Rujoiu, Ana Salzar Herrera Adjunct curator: Rahul Gudipudi Palan & Pakghor 2024 Commissioned by : Diriyah Biennale Foundation A collective project by artists, craftsman and community as part of Britto Arts Trust

Rasad, In Focus. A Closer Look at Photorealism_2024

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Rasad, In Focus. A Closer Look at Photorealism_2024 Britto’s “RASAD” (an unique version) is currently on view as part of a larger exhibition “In Focus. A closer look at Photorealism” at the Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands From 10 February to 9 June 2024 Curated by Esmee Postma. Artists AKM Maynul Islam Alok Raj Bongshi MD. Aminul Islam Ashim Halder Sagor Farhana Ferdausi Imran Hossain Piplu Mahbubur Rahman Shimul Saha Shimul Datta S.

New text in the library: As if it was a farm

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We just added a new text to the website library: "As if it was a farm" was first written by Kathrin and Wapke from Myvillages in November 2023, and revised in January 2024, with input from Inez Dekker and Indra Gleizde, reflecting on questions and suggestions discussed during a Rural School of Economics gathering of friends, collaborators and comrades during the 20th anniversary weekend in Rotterdam in November 2023: “Looking back to the future we want”.

Pasang Surut: Edisi Khusus Vol. II – Perang Suara: Bahasa dan Politik Pergerakan, Hilmar Farid

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Bersama:Hilmar Farid (sejarawan)Besse Puspita Syarif (pegiat Riwanua)Fathul Karimul Khair (pegiat Riwanua) Jumat, 26 Januari 202414:00 WITA – selesai di RiwanuaKompleks Perumahan Dosen Unhas, Tamalanrea, Blok H14Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan Pasang Surut adalah salah satu wahana percakapan di Riwanua yang terjadi sekali dalam dua minggu dan membahas beragam literatur tentang Indonesia dan dunia, baik fiksi maupun non-fiksi. Pada Pasang Surut: Edisi Khusus ini, Riwanua meluncurkan dan membahas Perang Suara dan Bahasa Politik Pergerakan karya sejarawan sekaligus Direktur Jenderal Kebudayaan, Kemendikbudristek, Hilmar Farid yang diterbitkan oleh Komunitas Bambu baru-baru ini.

Panggilan Terbuka Studi Kolektif 2024

GUDSKUL STUDI KOLEKTIF 6 2024 “Praktik Lumbung” Panggilan Terbuka: 11 Januari – 11 Februari 2024 Masa Studi : September 2024 – September 2026 (dua tahun)Panggilan terbuka untuk kolektif seni di Indonesia yang ingin bergabung dalam Studi Kolektif Gudskul 2024. Studi kolektif dengan format belajar yang berbasis inisiatif pesertaBerintegrasi dengan de Appel’s Curatorial Programme (Amsterdam) dan Sandberg Institute Temporary programme: Lumbung Practice (Amsterdam)Ditujukan untuk enam kolektif seni di Indonesia melalui proses seleksi, dengan dua orang perwakilan per kolektif* (total 12 peserta)Durasi dua tahun, diikuti secara hibrida (daring dan luring)Mempelajari praktik kuratorial kolektif, bagaimana menggalang dana, estetika kolektif, mengelola kelembagaan kolektif seni, mengembangkan program, mencari strategi keberlangsungan ekonomi bersama, serta merawat ekosistem seniStudi kolektif terdiri dari kelas bersama, residensi seni, riset, kunjungan antarwilayah, proyek kolaborasi dan festivalPeserta kolektif akan berpartisipasi dalam berbagai kelompok kerja lumbung yang sudah terbentuk pada documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022**Studi kolektif bertujuan untuk membuat model lumbung bersama dan menciptakan jejaringan lumbung di wilayah masing-masing kolektif pesertaBiaya studi kolektif Rp 10.

Speech by Ade Darmawan (ruangrupa) in the Committee on Culture and Media, German Bundestag, July 6, 2022

Dear members of the Bundestag, my name is Ade Darmawan, and today I’m addressing you as part of ruangrupa. Let me start with a brief comment about history. In 1955, Arnold Bode established documenta in Kassel, Germany, to heal the wounds of the Second World War. A few months before, in that same year, a group of leaders collectively laid the ground for what would be known as the Non Aligned Movement, in Bandung, Indonesia, discussing a way forward independent from and built on the wounds of the colonial powers.

Pasang Surut: Edisi Khusus Vol. I – Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict – A Primer, Phyllis Bennis

Pasang Surut #8 (Edisi Khusus): Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict – A Primer, Phyllis Bennis Tongkrongan kali ini barangkali tongkrongan paling emosional sepanjang seri Pasang Surut. Sebabnya, karena buku yang dibicarakan tidak lain dan tidak bukan berjudul ‘Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: a Primer’ karya Phyllis Bennis. Fakta bahwa buku ini ditulis oleh seorang kulit putih membuat kita dapat mengerti bahwa isu Palestina dan Israel bukanlah isu agama. Ia merupakan isu kemanusiaan.

Pasang Surut #7: Gadis Kretek, Ratih Kumala

Pasang Surut #7: Gadis Kretek di Antara Dua Wahana Pasang Surut kali itu kami adakan malam hari. Dan oleh suatu kesepakatan, maka mulai vol. 7, Pasang Surut akan selalu diselenggarakan malam hari. Lulu dan Zaki butuh waktu dari Gowa ke Riwanua karena jarak yang lumayan jauh dan kemacetan yang kerap terjadi di sore hari. Pasang Surut kali itu diikuti cukup banyak orang: Uul, Neriah, Besse, Unu, Lulu, Zaki, Rahma, Megu, Aqram, Andan, dan Fathul.

Pasang Surut #6: Kejatuhan dan Hati, S. Rukiah

Pasang Surut #6: Kejatuhan dan Hati, S. Rukiah Novel ini pertama kali diterbitkan pada tahun 1950. Sebuah novel lama. Lalu pada tahun 2011 diterbitkan lagi dalam Bahasa Inggris oleh Yayasan Lontar dengan judul ‘The Fall and the Heart”. Tahun 2017, Ultimus menerbitkan kembali versi Bahasa Indonesia dengan ejaan yang telah disempurnakan. Namun, semua peserta Pasang Surut saat itu merasa desain sampul dari Ultimus seakan dikerjakan asal-asalan. Saya dan Munib mengira kalau gambar perempuan pada bagian sampul merupakan potret Rukiah.

RSoE Writer in Residence - Kevser Güler

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RURAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS WRITER IN RESIDENCE ROTTERDAM 2023 We are happy to announce a new activity of learning and reflection in our school - writers in residence. It is made in collaboration with Goethe Instituut Rotterdam. Kevser Güler - a Turkish curator - from 8 till 19 November will be a writer in residence for Rural School of Economics (RSoE), in our base - Rotterdam. She will meet our network and write about our birthday party.

Pasang Surut #5: Kota Palopo yang Terbakar, Musytari Yusuf / Mohajus Abukomar

Pasang Surut #5: Kota Palopo yang Terbakar, Musytari Yusuf / Mohajus Abukomar Tongkrongan memulai pembicaraan tentang buku ini pada pukul 5 petang sembari berdoa hujan akan turun. Suasana memang agak gerah sebab di luaran mendung tengah menggelayut, tetapi hujan tak jua kunjung turun. Novel ini merupakan pemenang sayembara penulisan roman UNESCO-IKAPI pada tahun 1968. Penulisnya bernama Musytari Yusuf yang ketika pertama kali menerbitkan buku ini, ia menggunakan nama samaran ‘Mohajus Abukomar’.

Pasang Surut #4: Dawuk – Kisah Kelabu dari Rumbuk Randu,  Mahfud Ikhwan

Pasang-Surut #4: Antara Teknik Penceritaan dan Kemasukakalan Karya Pasang Surut telah di volume keempatnya! Pada pertemuan yang membahas Dawuk: Kisah Kelabu dari Rumbuk Randu kepunyaan Mahfud Ikhwan ini, saya masih terlambat datang. Perjalanan ke Riwanua terasa begitu jauh, macet di sore hari begitu membuat risau. Sepertinya, banyak hal yang saya lewatkan karena keterlambatan. Jika melihat ke belakang dan mengingat kembali aspek apa saja yang telah dibahas di klub buku ini, topik apa kiranya yang tidak sempat saya dengarkan sedari awal?

Pasang Surut #3: Keberangkatan, N.H. Dini

Ketika semua pergi, apa yang membuatmu memutuskan tinggal? Barangkali itulah persoalan pokok yang dibicarakan dalam buku N.H Dini berjudul ‘Keberangkatan’. Kami harus menunggu beberapa waktu untuk membaca buku ini. Beberapa toko yang menjual buku ini secara online memasang harga setinggi langit. Beruntung Kak Andan memiliki satu eksampelar di Riwanua Jakarta. Ketika buku itu tiba dari ibukota, kami pun membacanya bergiliran. Tokoh utama dalam cerita ini bernama Elisabeth Frissart. Ia seorang indo alias anak hasil pernikahan seorang perempuan Eropa dengan penduduk setempat.

Save the Date_17 November_Myvillages is 20

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Looking back to the future we want – together celebrating and reflecting on 20 years of Myvillages 17 November 2023 in Rotterdam 11:00 - 16:00 Rural Rotterdam Trip 16:00 - 18:00 Gathering at TENT to connect and reconnect 18:00 - 20:00 DeUrbanising the Museum, panel and discussion at TENT 20:30 - 23:00 Party with good food and DJ Reza Afisina in Boerenzij Dear colleagues, friends, supporters and comrades of Myvillages

Pasang-Surut #2: Perburuan, Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pasang-Surut #2: Begitu Detailnya Pramoedya Ananta Toer “Peristiwa besar yang menjadi latar cerita seringkali tidak akan kita rasakan sampai ia jadi hari lalu, karena kita sibuk mencari jalan keluar dari persoalan yang kita hadapi saat itu. Kita kerap lalai kalau kita juga merupakan bagian dari satu kisah yang sama, yang dengan sedikit kemauan barangkali kita mampu mempengaruhi alur suatu peristiwa.” Pikiran ini menggelayut sepanjang siang setelah menyelesaikan ‘Perburuan’ karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer (selanjutnya ditulis ‘Pram’).

RSoE exhibition and event program at Radius, Delft

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27 May – 20 August 2023Rural School of Economics takes part in show and program NATURECULTURES Chapter 2: THE GLASS CITY at the Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology - Radius, Delft (NL).For THE GLASS CITY, Rural School of Economics offers a temporary working space for the understanding of the rural beyond the binary with the urban. Instead, the rural is invoked as a place, a mindset, a memory, an amalgam of trans-local territories.

nonkrong 04 am Acker

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nonkrong 04 auf dem Acker:Wie spreche ich mit meinem Dorf ?(Teil 2) A follow up conversation on how to initiate and communicate art and cultural projects in your rural community. After our last conversation at Wohnzimmer Alfter, we are meeting at the farm yard at Mandt, a local organic grower in Alfter. If it's sunny we'll be on the field. Mittwoch 19. April 2023 von 18.00 – 20.00 Uhr

Possible Dialogues

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The Possible Dialogues Journey Diálogos Posibles/Possible Dialogues is an initiative to connect social and environmental leaders, activists, artists and academics who have common interests relating to climate change and justice, but have not had the opportunity to interact. It was sparked at the end of 2019 by a conversation between Hector Fabio Yucuna Perea, Youth Coordinator of the Organisation of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon (OPIAC) and members of Más Arte Más Acción.

nonkrong at Wohnzimmer Alfter on 22nd March at 18.30 CET

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A third nonkrong in Alfter/Alanus University is taking place on Wednesday 22nd March at Wohnzimmer Alfter with the title "How to talk to my village?" - a question that came up in the previous nonkrong session after a discussion with Hey_Kompost on how to introduce new cultural initiatives to rural communities as a non-local, and how to connect so-called traditional practices with a feminist approach. Einladung an Alle nonkrong 03: Wie spreche ich mit meinem Dorf ?

Atrato [Collaborations] Micronuclei Analysis

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Atrato [Collaborations] Micronuclei Analysis About Atrato Collaborations Atrato Collaborations was a project that for 4 years (2018 – 2020) enabled the exchange between cultural managers and artists from Colombia and Switzerland. In Colombia, artists and managers from Quibdó participated whose practice relates to the Atrato River as a subject of rights. Swiss and German artists and managers participated who were interested in collaboration between practices and contexts that are far apart, but can meet -improbably- to generate connections, inspire each other and lead to common actions.

Plans for 2023

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In early December 2022 we launched "Lumbungsden" together with the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden, to honour the enormous achievement and proposition made by ruangrupa during documenta fifteen, and to support the global call for #lumbungcontinues as a localised practice made by many. In the first half of 2023 the Rural School of Economics will be mainly active * in Lumsden with a summer school in early July* in Pushkino, with a trans-local visit from Zvizzchi in May* at Terrra in Brezoi, setting up a new permanent collective place initiated by aaa* and redrawing the economy with Master Business students and growers in Alfter * a year with new local research starting on "

Speculative Collective (Board game)

What can cooperative board games teach us about art collectives? How do players set up common goals instead of competing with each other? Speculative Collective Board Game is a role-playing game for players to act as members of an art collective. The game provokes discussion about sharing resources, problem solving, and decision-making in art collectives. Players roll the dice and respond to cards with prompts or questions about their personal and collective projects, while also coordinating with other players for completing missions.

পাকঘর PAKGHOR _2022

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পাকঘর PAKGHOR _2022 পাকঘর PAKGHOR – THE SOCIAL KITCHEN 2021-2022 Bamboo, Clay slabs, Iron Clumps etc. In Bangla traditional kitchen stands for the word PAKGHOR In the countryside of Bangladesh, we did not have a concept of living room or dining room in past. PAKGHOR. was the place that usually covers both the needs of a family. It is indeed a meeting place for the family members at where they share, discuss, chat, plan and so on as part of a family life.

পালান PALAN _2022

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পালান PALAN _2022 পালান PALAN – ORGANIC KITCHEN GARDEN 2021-2022 Bamboo and Iron Clumps PALAN is Known as a very local Bengali Kitchen Garden that usually grown by the women and children of the house. The seeds are organically collected from the vegetables they use for cooking. Usually, a PALAN appears next to the PAKGHOR using dry branches, bamboo sticks, jute sticks or any other available found materials to organically make structures for the plants.

ছায়াছবি CHAYACHOBI_2022

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ছায়াছবি CHAYACHOBI_2022 ছায়াছবি CHAYACHOBI– MURAL PROJECT ON BANGLA CINEMA 2021- 2022 Acrylic on Canvas & Wall 14 Contemporary Artists and 1 Cinema Banner painter and 1 rickshaw painter teamed up the Mural project and have worked together for more than three months at the Studio Mahbub & Lipi in 2021. Seven Bangla films from Bangladesh and West Bengal, India were chosen to be worked on via a month-long research watching and discussing about number of films.

রসদ RASAD_2022

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রসদ RASAD_2022 রসদ RASAD – FOOD OBJECTS Local Bazaar and Supershop Ceramic, Metal, Fabric, Cotton and natural spices and seeds The Bengali word Rasad stands for FOOD in general. It can be either food for eating or food as the storage of knowledge and ideas towards any kind of creative actions. These days we are ignoring the natural resources and organic lifestyle. We are part of a global corporate market now.

COW CURRENCY Campaign by Rural School of Economics

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Bazo wrote an autobiographical story about the Hamar people and Gele made drawings of his pastoral childhood memories. Lumbung Press at documenta fifteen was happy to print the unique material! And voilà! A publication about Hamar through their own perspective! The Hamar currency is cattle and all land is free to be used by anyone. The book is also a complicated story of a conflict between strict customs and demands for change.