Workshop led by Eileen LaurieHow can we stay healthy and in some kind of balance? How do we find the strength and courage to act? How do we help protect this blue planet and all those who live on it?
It can all feel quite impossible. Too much. Too fast. Too hard. And we are too isolated.But … What if we got together - to hang out, create, dream? Slowly with no pressure to produce or perform?In this Zine workshop, led by visual artist Eileen Laurie we will work with the theme of CARE - self-care, community care, planet care. We try out different creative activities, and Eileen will show how to make a simple zine from one sheet of paper. We’ll use collage, stickers, marker pens, stencils etc. You don’t need to be able to draw!
There will be tea and coffee, and there is a kitchen and microwave if you would like to warm up food.Monday 18 May
— 18.00 - 20.30
— Ateljé XX, Industrigatan 20B
— Language: English
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Some inspiration from African-American writers, artists and activists:Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare by audre lorde
bell hooks
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Venting our frustrations
Are you an artist, designer, architect, musician, writer, dancer, performing artist, illustrator, photographer, animator, craftsperson, curator, museum guide or some other kind of cultural, arts or creative worker?Fully or part-time employed, self-employed, freelance or newly graduated?Join us in building and organizing a community of leftist cultural workers in of Malmö!
Most of us feel the political, financial and technological difficulties of our times. Funding for arts and culture are slashed, cultural policies serving only commercial interests, our cities are rapidly gentrifying and AI is creeping closer to automating us out of our livelihoods. Simultaneously we’re overwhelmed by the realities of climate and ecological crisis, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, growing militarism and the inequalities inherent in capitalist society everywhere.But artists have always dreamed of another world. A socially, economically and ecologically just society, where art no longer is an exchangeable commodity and luxury for the few, but a joy for the many. So let's get together to think and discuss how we can organize ourselves as cultural workers and how we can use our skills in support of existing progressive movements and organizations. It could be workshops, political actions, social gatherings, study circles, unionizing, community organizing and much more.Bring your colleagues! No prior experiences needed, we’ll learn together and from each other.
Who are we?
These meetups are organized by a loose group of cultural workers who want to create opportunities for leftist colleagues in the culture, arts and creative fields of Malmö to get together in solidarity and organizing.