A Fair New Idea?! #2: Working internationally – Two collectives in conversation

An online conversation and collaborative writing project between two collectives

The collectives Beyond the Now (researchers and curators) and Cross Commons Curatorial Collective (artists and curators) are active in different parts of Europe, North Africa and Southwest Asia.

As part of A Fair New Idea?! – Flanders Arts Institute’s series of calls for new ideas for the art world – several members engaged in a conversation about the meaning of working collectively and internationally. During that collective writing conversation, they explored topics such as the politics of translation and language, organizational power dynamics, crossing organizational borders, and choreographing/impact of on-the-ground transnational connections.

This short film is an edited version of this three-hour conversation. The film captures not only the opportunities but also the challenges involved in approaching international collaboration as a sustainable exchange.