In Creating the Commons artists and scientists share their work with the public through presentations, performances, workshops and conversations. Also the various dilemmas of co-creation will be addressed, including authorship, inclusion, accessibility and control.
Data versus experience
What makes knowledge accessible? The academic project Cooperation Databank (CoDa) creates a meta-analysis of existing research on social behaviour to enable an easier search through this data. The artist duo Semiconductor makes scientific data on the lifespan of stars accessible by converting it to an immersive experience. Both projects make existing knowledge accessible, however they do that in a totally different way.
Striving for inclusivity
In the work of Aram Lee collective imagination is used to speculate on the future habitat of ethnographic objects. Inclusion and participation also play an important role in the work of researcher Luisa Schneider, who involves homeless people in her research, and the project Negotiating Health, which brings together the experiences of healthcare workers from diverse backgrounds.
Collective Soup
The artist collective Sunflower Soup aims to eliminate authority and hierarchy. In their approach the artists create collective work by deliberately accommodating each other’s actions, as well as those of raw materials, plants and the public, The tension between collective and individual is also present in the scientific project CaRe & DaRe. The project Case-study Research & Data Reuse is developing a new process to enable the reuse of qualitative data, which is difficult to share due to its sensitive nature, for use in communal research.
Control
How can we avoid that commercial companies control and dictate collective efforts? Both artists and researchers are attempting to break free from the power of commercial companies by creating independent platforms. With Common Garden Constant Dullaart has created a platform built on his own values. SciPost is a self-built open publishing platform founded in the interest of academic freedom.
Creating the Commons
Exhibition: May 11 – October 31, 2023
VU ART SCIENCE gallery
Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 PM
For current information about the ART SCIENCE dialogues and the participants: www.artsciencegallery.nl
In collaboration with VU Open Science Programme, Open Science Community Amsterdam (OSCA), Network Institute, Project Omboeken, LI-MA and Sanneke Huisman
