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Misc. ♯ Dreaming of the commons. How can we keep collective practices alive?
Practicalities:
When? 2024-12-14, from 9:30 to 18:30.
Where? Agency.
Short summary: "For a year now, the Brussels collective Agency has been busy "dreaming" its future, building a "praticauthèque" [library of practices] and compiling a growing archive of "boundary things" on intersection and outer limits of the law, activism and art. These processes and practices, activated through assemblies and events, are the legacy of artist Kobe Matthys, who passed away last year. But how do we keep them going? " (KANAL)
Description:
"On this eventful day, we take our first and collective shot at "dreaming up" Agency by weaving together the different lifelines that make up its ecosystem. Together with Marie Moreau and the Bureau des dépositions, a structure committed to challenging repressive migration policies in France by attempting to redefine immigrants' rights through copyright and co-authorship, we imagine what might happen to the Bureau after a court ruling prevents its co-creation. With Erika Sprey we try to get a taste of what the future consultation and activation of Agency's library of practices may look like, presenting several dream-like cases in which local cosmologies clash with (post)modern ideas of commodification and enclosure. This exercise sparks a collective dialogue in which Sprey joins Mihnea Tănăsescu to examine how we may grant agency to more-than-human entities, drawing inspiration from several rights of nature cases, and gauging their implications for the custodial care of the commons. We conclude with an experimental session led by Fleur Courtois and Silvia Mesturini, in which we use the philosophical tool of Tarot Souriau to identify challenges and reimagine the future of Agency in pragmatic ways. " (KANAL)
Guest(s): Erika Sprey, Marie Moreau, Mihnea Tănăsescu, Fleur Courtois, Silvia Mesturini
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