How is free convivial space built?
Part of Storefront for Art and Architecture's public program "On the Ground's Margins" series.
How free convivial space is produced, sustained and shared in New York City?
Working with Woodbine and Interference Archive—two local collectives that have been operating on the margins of the capitalist-consumerist world, this exhibition-workshop examines everyday objects that make these spaces possible, and explores how autonomous communities are built around sharing a space, ideas, art, tools, skills and knowledge in their local contexts and beyond.
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The collectives brought into the gallery various documents, ephemera and everyday objects that, functioning outside their market value, weave together the foundational infrastructures and human relationships that enable the emergence of free spaces. The objects also act as props that unpack the stories, political realities, and future imaginaries of the convivial forms of practice that emerge at Woodbine and Interference Archive. During the workshop, the public participants are invited to engage with, circulate, and interrogate these objects as a form of intimate exchange and collective learning.
"Reservoir" is a journal about the everyday practice of the commune, created by Woodbine, published by Autonomedia.
The Lego toy box is a permanent fixture at Interference Archive -- so that parents with small children could also use the archive while on child care duties.
The volunteers at Interference Archive designed and built an info cart, which they often send out to parks and fairs to showcase their zine collections.
"Reservoir" is a journal about the everyday practice of the commune, created by Woodbine, published by Autonomedia.