We are Commoners: Creative acts of commoning



Artists

Find out more about some of the artists involved in the exhibition. Watch their films, listen to interviews and be inspired to make something.

We’ll be adding more resources as the exhibition tours.

A large table is covered with leaves, paper, drawings and brushes made from twigs.

Gelawesh Waledkhani and Lise Bjørne Linnert

Collaborating with undocumented migrants in Norway.

The artist, a middle aged man, crouches in the very long grass.

Common Agency Projects (Shane Waltener & Laura Glaser)

Commoning Actions in green spaces.

A silver token, like a big coin.

Alice McLean and Justine Boussard

Campaigning to protect community assets.

A woman wears a large neckpiece made form cylinders of wood, some are natural and some are scorched.

Rachael Colley

Creating jewellery from found natural objects.

A small embroidered circular token

Deirdre Nelson

Mapping local commons.

A pink cardigan which has sections that have been re-knitted.

Amy Twigger Holroyd

Investigating enclosure through fashion.

A public bench which has been repaired with new wooden slats and inlaid decoration.

Linda Brothwell

Acts of Care: Bench Repair.

A close up of the exhibit, two rustic bowls on black stands and a large hanging decorated with small bundles of straw.

Fourthland

Rituals of making.

Exhibitors

Alinah Azadeh
Blackwater Polytechnic 
Lise Bjørne Linnert
Linda Brothwell 
Ele Carpenter
Rachael Colley
Fourthland
Laura Glaser
Kate Hodgson
Hefin Jones
Pinkie Maclure
Alice McLean & Justine Boussard
Deirdre Nelson
Jacky Oliver
Ana Joaquina Ramírez
Claudia Rodríguez
Rosina Santana Castellón
Amy Twigger Holroyd
Gelawesh Waledkhani
Shane Waltener


#WeAreCommoners


Where Next?

Fourthland: The new land we seek the new land we dream

Watch Fourthland’s new film.

a black and white photograph, exterior. Two large rocks with a person visible behind them holding up a bunch of grasses. The rocks are surrounded by trees.

Commoning Action 20

Take part in this immersive connection with Nature created by CAP

A man wearing a denim shirt and jeans in a park leaning on yellow strings which are tied around a tree. A woman with brown hair is opposite the man in the park, holding onto one of the strings to support the man leaning.

Artist: Fourthland

Rituals of making.

A close up of the exhibit, two rustic bowls on black stands and a large hanging decorated with small bundles of straw.

Artist: Gelawesh Waledkhani and Lise Bjørne Linnert

Collaborating with undocumented migrants in Norway.



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