08, 09, 10.11.2024

Collaboration Station Description
Organised in collaboration with a multitude of collectives, networks, organisations, unions, artists, theorists and members, Platform BK is excited to announce Collaboration Station: a three day programme including workshops, working sessions, lectures and panel discussions taking place at two locations – Gerrit Rietveld Academie and De Appel in Amsterdam – on November 8, 9 and 10, 2024.

In the face of crises and precarity we can’t emphasise the importance of solidarity and collectivising often enough. In response to local and global societal issues, we see more and more active collectivising happening on multiple levels. However, whilst the understanding of the importance of solidarity is growing, more often than not artists are still portrayed as the individual in their studio. How can we collectivise in the current individualising neoliberal system to face crises and precarity together? What does it mean to collectivise, and how do we work together?

We hope to tackle these questions and to amplify the artist as a collective during this event through the core themes of conflict in collaboration, alternative economies for collective work and unionisation in the cultural field. We invite anyone working in the arts who is interested in discussing and learning more about collectivising to attend. We hope to see you there!

Collaboration Station is made possible by our collaborators Stichting Doen, De Appel, Lumbung Practice Sandberg, Unsettling Rietveld/Sandberg, De Creatieve Coalitie, Hackers & Designers, and Institute of Network Cultures. Design made by Nuno Beijinho.

Partners:
● Institute of Network Cultures
● HACKERS & DESIGNERS
● De Creatieve Coalitie
● De Appel
● Unsettling Rietveld / Sandberg
● Lumbung Practice Sandberg Institute
● Stichting DOEN

● iii
● Kunstenbond
● Platform BK
● Varia
● NAA!
● Not Just a Collective
● Lobby Lokaal

● Sekai Makoni
● Yun Ingrid Lee
● Benjamin Earl
● Kate Rich
● Mia van den Bos
● Charlie Clemoes
● Peter van den Bunder
● Nanja van Rijsse
● Ezequiel Menalled
● Zoë Dankert
● Koen Bartijn
● Sepp Eckenhaussen
● Katie Ceekay
● Kuba Szreder
● Reem Shilleh
● Marije Baalman

Event Schedule
Friday: Conflict in collaboration at Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Morning
10:00 → walk in
10:30 – 13:00 → Workshops with Sekai Makoni (Active Listening) (language: English)
10:30 – 13:00 → Workshops with Yun Ingrid Lee (Coalition building, exploring and
honouring differences between and within unlikely partnerships) (language: English)
Afternoon
13:30 → walk in
14:00 – 15:15 → Presentation by Lumbung Practice (language: English)
15:30 – 17:00 → Talk by Reem Shilleh (language: English)

Saturday: Alternative economies for collective work at De Appel, Amsterdam
Morning
10:00 → walk in
10:30 – 13:00 → Let’s get vulnerable! – diving into resources, needs, participation and
compensation(s) – Worksession by Katie Ceekay (alternative economies, commoning)
(language: English)
Afternoon
13:30 → walk in
14:00 – 14:15 → Introduction to Hackers & Designers (language: English)
14:15 – 17:00 → Presentations & worksession with Kate Rich (Feral Trade), Kuba Szreder
(Platform for Plausible Economies) Benjamin Earl (Varia) and Hackers & Designers
(language: English)

Sunday: Become a member! Unionisation in the cultural field at De Appel, Amsterdam
Morning
10:00 → walk in
10:30 – 13:00 → Workshop on how to lobby with Lobby Lokaal (Language: Dutch)
10:30 – 13:00 → Open Letter workshop with Sepp Eckenhaussen and Koen Bartijn
(language: English)
Afternoon
13:30 → walk in
14:00 – 14:45 → Presentation by Mia van den Bos about the history of unions. (language: English)
15:00 – 15:45 → Talk by Marije Baalman (artist, researcher, iii financial director) (language: English)
16:00 – 17:00 → Panel Discussion – Zoë Dankert (moderation) conversation with Charlie Clemoes (NAA), Peter van den Bunder (Kunstenbond), Ezequiel Menalled (iii) and Koen Bartijn (De Creatieve Coalitie) (language: English)