{"product_id":"commoning-art-activating-the-transformative-potential-of-commons-in-the-arts","title":"Commoning Art: Activating the Transformative Potential of Commons in the Arts","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommoning Art\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that brings contemporary commons and art discourses into dialogue through feminist, queer, ecosocial, and critical studies perspectives. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFirst published in German in 2022, \u003cem\u003eCommoning Art\u003c\/em\u003e quickly became a key reference in debates on art, commons and cultural self-organisation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt builds on the intellectual legacy of Silke Helfrich (1967–2021), one of the most influential figures in contemporary commons theory, to outline three positions in current practice: Art for Commons, centering the commons as a political and aesthetic concern, Art as Commons, challenging ownership and copyright, and Commoning Art, approaching art as an ongoing process of collective self-organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on a variety of situated examples from artistic and curatorial practice, the transdisciplinary team of authors develops a methodology that advances an ontological reorientation of art, shifting away from the myth of individual autonomy towards forms of practice grounded in relationality and interdependence. From this perspective, art is understood as infrastructure that is collectively sustained through commoning processes of care, shared responsibility, and collective decision-making. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommoning Art\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens pathways towards legal, organizational, and material conditions that allow cultural work to be sustained with greater stability and reduced dependence on market- and state-based arrangements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscussed in academic contexts, artist-run spaces, and cultural institutions, the book has contributed to shaping how commons and commoning in the arts are theorised and practised. This English edition makes the work newly accessible to a broader international readership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSet Margins', 136pp, 23cm x 16cm, paperback, first English language edition, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Public Knowledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57582884815221,"sku":"M-CO-7751-S","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/5974\/0505\/files\/CommoningArt.jpg?v=1789646999","url":"https:\/\/store.magalleria.co.uk\/products\/commoning-art-activating-the-transformative-potential-of-commons-in-the-arts","provider":"Magalleria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}