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Domestic Workers Organizing — The Convention 189 Campaign as a Mobilization Model
"Precarity is on the rise. Low-wage service jobs have seen a significant surge in the last years, and domestic work has become one of the largest sectors of employment in the global economy. "
Labours of Love: Women’s Labour as the Culture Sector’s Invisible Dark Matter
by Macushla Robinson
UNESCO launches Global Survey on Status of the Artist
UNESCO is launching until 23 November 2018 a global survey on policies and measures taken around the world to support the economic and social rights of artists.
Otto Neurath + Gerd Arntz — visual education
"Neurath was a social scientist, scientific philosopher and maverick leader of the Vienna Circle who championed ‘the scientific attitude’ and the Unity of Science movement."
Transforming the Global “Precariat” into a Political Force
The concept of the precariat has explanatory power day-to-day and transformative potential in the socio-political world. For a just and honorable life, we need the political precariat.
“Ruminations on Labour” at Experimenter in Kolkata
Contemporary Indian artists ponder over the politics of labour at Experimenter in Kolkata – in conversation
Installation views from Al camello camello y al amor amor
An exhibition and publication launch by New Poetics of Labor, June 7 - 16, 2018.
American Hospitality
This article accompanies the inclusion of Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0 and b.a.n.g. labs' Transborder Immigrant Tool in the online exhibition Net Art Anthology ... The Transborder Immigrant Tool, was a mobile phone application intended to guide individuals who were making their way to the United States through the deserts of the U.S./Mexico borderlands to water. The application delivered poetry to its users in an effort to assist in their emotional and mental well-being while offering information about survival during the dangerous journey.
La isla en Vela
La isla en Vela es un nicho creativo para la producción artística y la gestión proyectos culturales. Somos un equipo dedicado al diseño, producción y desarrollo de contenidos visuales.
Maayan Strauss
Maayan Strauss is an artist based in Berlin and New York. Her multidisciplinary artistic practice examines infrastructure, labor, and mundane facilities and reflects on the nature and condition of artistic production.
From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances
Performed by Jon Wang, Kuby Lin, Ylang Ylang Poon, and Covey Gong. Music and sound by Yllis, Alex Wang, and Aron Sanchez. Produced by Kim Junsung. Videography by Jon Wang, Jessica Lee, Kuby Lin, and Ashland Mines.
The Download #7: In-person file sharing / El intercambio de archivos mano a mano
"The Download is a series of Rhizome commissions curated by Paul Soulellis that considers posted files, the act of downloading, and the user’s desktop as the space of exhibition. !!!Sección A R T E [No. 11+Rhizome], by Julia Weist and Nestor Siré, explores the structures of Cuba’s El Paquete Semanal."
Ramón Lineros
Introducing Ramón Lineros (lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia), one of the artists participating in New Poetics of Labor 2018.
Jeff Lassahn
Introducing Jeff Lassahn (lives and works in Chicago, IL), one of the artists participating in New Poetics of Labor 2018.
Abby Walsh
Introducing Abby Walsh (lives and works in NYC), one of the artists participating in New Poetics of Labor 2018.
Mira Dayal
Introducing Mira Dayal (b. Franklin, IN; lives and works in NYC), one of the artists participating in New Poetics of Labor 2018.
Yanis Varoufakis on Marx, an adaption from his introduction to The Communist Manifesto
"The Communist Manifesto foresaw the predatory and polarised global capitalism of the 21st century. But Marx and Engels also showed us that we have the power to create a better world."