Affects, Collectives, and Aesthetics. Panel at Transmediale 2019, Berlin
At transmediale, we hosted a panel discussion with Jeremy Gilbert (University of East London), Gary Hall (Coventry University) Laurence Rassel (Director of erg, Brussels), 01.02.2019
Jeremy Gilbert, Cornelia Sollfrank, Laurence Rassel, Felix Stalder, and Gary Hall (left to right) at the panel Creating Commons: Affects, Collectives, Aesthetics. Photo: Laura Fiorio, transmediale, CC BY-SA 4.0
The commons have become a powerful vehicle for conceptualizing and experimenting with ways of being, becoming, and working together, within and across conflicting settings.
As they are based on a careful handling of resources, they are mostly discussed within the framework of alternative economies, leaving aside the affective drive that shapes their multiple forms. Focusing on concrete practices, this panel brings together concepts of affect with structural definitions of the (digital) commons and addresses a number of questions:
* What kind of aesthetic can contribute to a practice of commoning? * How to create conditions for the production of free resources? * What can the focus on affect add to the fostering of the commons?
