Commonism as a New Aesthetics of the Real

* Book: Commonism: A New Aesthetics of the Real. edited by Nico Dockx and Pascal Gielen, for the Antennae-Arts in Society series (Amsterdam: Valiz, September 2018),

URL = https://www.valiz.nl/publicaties/commonism.html

Contextual Citation

Pascal Gielen and Sonja Lavaert:

"Our book Commonism is about the triangle of ideology, aesthetics and the commons.1 Our tentative assumption is that commonism may be the next meta-ideology, after neoliberalism. We understand ideology not only negatively as a false awareness, but also positively as a logic of faith that connects fiction and reality and can make people long for and work towards a better form of living together." (https://www.onlineopen.org/the-salt-of-the-earth)

Contents

Contents

• 1 Pigeoning Fanzine: Commonism Issue, ‘Le drame incessant’. By Pat McCarthy
• 53 Introduction:Ideology & Aesthetics of the Real. By Nico Dockx & Pascal Gielen

Part 1: Commonability & The Art of Assembling

• 72 Herewith Your Common PDF

Liam Gillick

• 75 Common Aesthetics

The Shape of a New Meta-Ideology Pascal Gielen

• 91 The Salt of the Earth

On Commonism: An Interview with Antonio Negri Pascal Gielen & Sonja Lavaert (Excerpt [1])

• 117 Bread Kneads Hands

Futurefarmers

• 135 Notes on Artistic Commoning

Rudi Laermans

• 149 Indigenous, Not Homogenous — An Interview with Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Matteo Lucchetti & Judith Wielander (Visible)

Part 2: A-Legality & Commoning Economies

• 169 Precariat—A Revolutionary Class?

Lara Garcia Diaz & Pascal Gielen

• 183 Commoning Art, Democracy, and the Precariat, a Dialogue

Evi Swinnen in Conversation with Michel Bauwens

• 199 No-Pressure Economies

Nico Dockx in Conversation with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sedhapong Kirativongkamchon, Paphonsak La-or & Superflex about the land foundation

• 219 The Value of Squatting — a Nipple Another Exchange Value

Nico Dockx in Conversation with Dennis Tyfus

• 237 Blockchain: Tragedy in Cyberspace? How the Commoner Could Benefit from the Free-Rider

Walter Van Andel & Louis Volont

• 253 Induced Legality and the Art of Building Common Infrastructures

An Interview with Santiago Cirugeda, Recetas Urbanas Lara Garcia Diaz

Part 3: Secrets & Commoning Politics

• 269 When Politics Becomes Unavoidable — From Community Art to Commoning Art

Pascal Gielen & Hanka Otte

• 283 When Commons Becomes Official Politics — Exploring the Relationship between Commons, Politics, and Art in Naples

Giuliana Ciancio

• 299 Commons towards New Participatory Institutions — The Neapolitan Experience

Maria Francesca De Tullio (Excerpt)

• 315 Who Steals the Goose from off the Common? An Interview with Peter Linebaugh

Louis Volont

Part 4: Affects & Commoning Space-Time

• 331 Uncommon Common — Spatial Denial in Urban Settings of Los Angeles

Harry Gamboa Jr.

• 345 The Potentials of Space Commoning — The Capacity to Act and Think through Space

Stavros Stavrides

• 363 Building Bridges — Art as a Space of Rehearsal

Jörn Schafaff

• 381 Organizational Aesthetics and Emotional Infrastructure

Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas

• 401 The Commons as a Deliberative CounterIdeology

Eric Kluitenberg