Al's xpub3

_about xpub3

gr *･｡ﾟ. erica .*･｡ﾟgr and I started exploring options for creating a follow-up project after we graduate. We are interested in exploring the opportunities for us to continue our collective work, look for funds and stay for a while in Rotterdam. Our research started with exploring the funds in Netherlands (and Europe).

With this project, the graduating master students from XPUB 2021-2023 started exploring ways to continue working collectively, expand the new skills and practices they embraced during their studies, and discover opportunities for artists (collectives) in the Netherlands (and Europe). During the second year of XPUB, Erica and Alex facilitated a few sessions to harvest ideas from the group and see who would like to be involved in the future - and how much. The research started with collecting information about funding opportunities (by creating a pad and wiki page to list them and attending Piet Zwart Institute series of lectures about fundings) and continued with sessions with the XPUB students. During those sessions, we started exploring who is interested to stay in Rotterdam, what are the personal and collective needs of each one of them, what skills and experience they are willing to share with the others, and what type of roles they feel comfortable undertaking in a collective process. The next steps include drafting a plan on the next sessions to take place in the Autumn and prepare the first application together.

_WIP places

▶ pad of the sessions facilitated by me and Erica
▶ draft pad of funds research
▶ Funds for artists wiki page