Pre-fair program // On Care-full Organizing

This collective moment that we will be setting up in different places and temporalities is an attempt to create a space for free speech and listening. Based on shared experiences, methods of gathering and organizing, this effort rests on notions as care, vulnerabilities, interdependence and alliance.

Therefore we question, what are our practical and theoretical foundations? What can we learn from existing initiatives and organizations? What is the origin of an action – a reaction – in opposition to epistemic violence, what form might it take?

At an open gathering of one hour, we'll share snippets of previous conversations with artists, academics or anyone else we meet, to open up the space to multiple voices, share ideas, quotes and gather thoughts. We want to learn together and create an active, ongoing protocol for what's needed to be carefully organized.

The conversation is a preparatory event for a series of assemblies to be held between Berlin and Paris over the coming year, serving as an active, collaborative protocol for moving forward. We want to reverse the logic of theoretical hegemony and use theory more as a tool for possible action.


This event is part of a collaborative program between SAVVY Contemporary and MISS READ.