Friday Selection Box: 27thOctober 2023

The Lab is back

Fundamentally, the Lab is a great opportunity to practice holding uncertain spaces, to gently explore your edges, to play with creativity, and to simply have fun. It’s a kind of not-for-profit human playground where people lead ‘experiments’ and participate in what other people offer. Think of it as a safe and welcoming haven for creative expression and failing happy.

Raising my children in an ableist world

THAT SUMMER, MICHAELA already 6 years old, I no longer viewed her as a child with Down syndrome. I’m not sure when it happened. Like many forms of change, it was a process, a combination of purposeful reflection and just being swept up in the flow of life—settling into new routines, normalizing what had once seemed unfathomable. But within the first year or two, I stopped seeing Down syndrome every time I looked at Michaela.

How might we build trust in an untrusting world?

Insights into the challenge of polarisations in digital societies and how we might address them.

Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) General Assembly

If you are interested in the Rights of Nature movement you might find this valuable. Sign up to attend – November 8th, 3pm.

Your active participation is instrumental in advancing the cause for Mother Earth’s rights, and we look forward to your insights and contributions at this year’s General Assembly.

Fashion City at Museum of London Docklands

A great look at the evolution of the London fashion industry and some amazing clothes

Journal for Artistic Research: Issue 30

Some fascinating articles in this issue. Landscapes, music, material practices and more.