How can art and culture reconfigure ownership?

Art and culture have always been instrumental in shaping narratives and norms, both in support of and in rejection of power. As a result, they offer a unique possibility for intervening into the structures of ownership in experimental ways.

Beyond Cultures of Ownership: Emerging Strategies for Interdependence is an ongoing collaboration between Future Art Ecosystems (Serpentine Arts Technologies) and RadicalxChange, dedicated to nurturing a space where art, culture, civic activism and techno-social experimentation can give rise to new relational structures.

<aside> ✢ The winning projects from our Open Call for New Models for Interdependence and Ownership in Art and Culture

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Roadmap

Date Event
08/23 Beyond Cultures of Ownership: Emerging Strategies for Interdependence London 2023 Gathering announced
11/23 London 2023 Gathering takes place with 120 invited artists, activists, researchers and policy-makers setting the foundation for a global community.
12/23 Open Call for New Models for Interdependence and Ownership in Art & Culture announced.
12/20 Deadline for Open Call Submissions
03/24 RadicalXChange Oakland gathering

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Projects


The winning projects from our Open Call for New Models for Interdependence and Ownership in Art and Culture

Open Call: New Models for Interdependence and Ownership in Art and Culture [CLOSED]

BCO London Gathering 2023

R&D for Stewardship System for Art

Resources


Keynotes from the London Gathering 2023

Statements from the London Gathering 2023

Open Space Sessions Index from London 2023 Gathering

Reading List

BCO London Gathering | November 3, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXRSN8YLge0

On November 3, 2023, 120 artists, technologists, policy-makers, researchers and activists met at Somerset House in London for a day-long exploration of how art and culture can offer vectors for intervening into the structures of ownership in creative and experimental ways.

Read the recap by RadicalXChange Check out the full archive of keynotes, breakout sessions and photos


Partners

RadicalxChange is a global movement for next-generation political economies. We’re committed to advancing plurality, equality, community, and decentralization through upgrading democracy, markets, the data economy, the commons, and identity.

Dark Matter Labs works to create institutions, instruments and infrastructures for more equitable, daring and regenerative futures. Around the planet, we’re feeling the consequences of outdated institutions and inadequate infrastructures incapable of coping with planetary-scale challenges. Dark Matter believes in taking on these challenges via a new civic economy.

Somerset House Studios is an experimental workspace in the centre of London connecting artists, makers and thinkers with audiences. Located inside the repurposed former Inland Revenue building, the Studios offer space and support to artists pushing bold ideas, engaging with urgent issues and pioneering new technologies.

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