01.03.2014
Together with Caterina Giuliani we started to work on Precarity Pilot a follow up project to Designers’ Inquiry in which many of the aspects around precarious work and de-precarisation developed through this research project are disseminated.
03.02.2014
Bianca passed the viva with Doina Petrescu (Architecture, Sheffield) and Matthew Fuller (Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths).
No corrections – which means time to think about dissemination!
06.12.2013
Just in time before the fellowship at Goldsmiths runs out, the thesis is bound and ready to be handed-in for the viva.
28.04.2013
To see the activities currently organised with the New Cross Commoners to investigate and experiment with practices of commoning, see: newxcommoners.wordpress.com
10.02.2013
The Construction site for non-affirmative practice has a brand new website, which is being updated much more often than D.E.C.
10.02.2013
To have a look at the works produced while at Campus in Camps please visit the following links:
28.09.2012
Until the beginning of December we will be working as “project activators” at Campus in Camps. This will give us the chance to think and work through our research on economic cultures in a complex context.
With the support of the project DE.MO./MOVIN’UP 2012
BY
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Direzione Generale per il paesaggio, le belle arti, l’architettura e l’arte contemporanea
with the participation of Direzione Generale per lo Spettacolo dal Vivo
AND
GAI – Associazione per il Circuito dei Giovani Artisti Italiani
20.06.2012
We included the first 9 conversations (CUP, Conway + Young, Islington Mill, Goldex Poldex, Feral Trade, Emma Hostel, Zoe Romano, image-shift and The Nonformal University of Teremiski) in a small publication, which is part of the exhibition Panorama 4 (16.06-30.09.2012, Franzensfeste-Fortezza). Visitors can assemble their publication and take it away.
Download the publication (zip, 2,1 Mb)
03.06.2012
The Construction site for non-affirmative practice has been invited by Casco to give a presentation on the 5th June at 7pm within the current exhibition “I Can’t Work Like This”.
18.04.2012
Designers’ Inquiry, a survey by the Construction site for non-affirmative practice on the socio-economic condition of designers today is on-line. Check the link for details. Or go directly to the on-line survey in English or Italian. It takes about 15-20 minutes.
Spread it widely please.
18.04.2012
Cantieroteca, the archive of the Construction site for non-affirmative practice, is now open. Check the link for details.
18.03.2012
Archivio del Cantiere
a project by Construction site for non-affirmative practice
in collaboration with Careof DOCVA
During this year’s Salone del Mobile (Milan, 17-22 April 2012), the collective Construction site for non-affirmative practice inaugurates the project “Archivio del Cantiere” (archive of the construction site) at – and in collaboration with – Careof, a non profit organization for the promotion of contemporary artistic research situated at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan.
18.02.2012
Next Friday, Bianca will be talking about Designing Economic Cultures at public works’ studio, during one of their beloved Friday Sessions. The evening, titled “Sunday soup and other ways to feed culture”, is organised and curated by Matilde Martinetti, who is currently collaborating with public works.
Friday 24 February, 7pm
public works studio
1-5 Vyner Street
London E2
09.02.2012
Tomorrow Bianca Elzenbaumer and Caterina Giuliani will give a talk at the Designing and Transforming Capitalism conference at Aarhus University (DK) titled “Construction site for non-affirmative practice: building collective support structures for critically-engaged designers”.
17.12.2011
Giorgio Camuffo invited the Construction site for non-affirmative practice to give a talk on the 19th December at the Faculty of Design and Art of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy as part of the series Werkstattgespräche.
Poster by Stefano Capodieci / illustration inspired by J.K. Gibson-Graham
11.12.2011
On the 13th December at 4pm the Construction site for non-affirmative practice will give a short lecture at Stefano Maffei’s class Factory@everywhere at the Politecnico di Milano.