​This page contains original material produced by Common Lab.
Also, useful material on key concepts that Common Lab is based on, grouped by subject and selected from previous projects by the organisers, on the experience of which Common Lab is built, and open source libraries. 

ABOUT COMMON LAB

About Common Lab by:
​Christos Savvidis, Sotirios Bahtsetzis, Lydia Chatziiakovou

About the workshop "How To Build a Community in 10 days" by Elli Chrysidou

About the workshop "How to Break and Rebuild your Mug in 10 days" by Lina Mantikou

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"STATE OF THE ARTS: NEW FORMATS AND AUDIENCES" CONFERENCE
REMEDIATION & DIGITISATION, PUBLIC SPHERE & COMMONING, ​
​AUTHOR/CREATOR, PRECARIOUS LABOUR, INSTITUTIONS

International, online conference, broadcasted on 1 November 2020, as part of the Freiraum Festival 2020 (30/10-1/11)
WWW.FREIRAUMFESTIVAL.EU

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ART WORKS  

Created in the context of "How To" workshop series and "State of the Arts".
Premiered at "State of the Arts: new formats and audiences", international, online conference, broadcasted on 1 November 2020, as part of the Freiraum Festival 2020.
WWW.FREIRAUMFESTIVAL.EU

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ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Dr. Sotirios Bahtsetzis - "Art for Social Change"

​Dr. Stephanie Bertrand - "Use and Artifice in Socially Engaged Art"

Dr. Stephanie Bertrand - "Arte Útil and Useful Curating"

Nato Thompson - "Reflections on Socially Engaged Art
​at Creative Time"

Pablo Helguera - "Social Practice Vs. Social Work"

Florian Malzacher - "What role can art play in this?
​On useful art & direct engagement."

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POSTINDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Dr. Sotirios Bahtsetzis - "Postindustrial Design"

"POSTINDUSTRIAL DESIGN: OUR STANDPOINT"
PUBLICATION, INSTITUTE HYPERWERK FOR POSTINDUSTRIAL DESIGN

spielmann_bahtsetzis_postindustrial_design.pdf
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RESEARCH

"THEORY OF CHANGE THINKING IN PRACTICE"
​PUBLICATION, HIVOS

hivos_toc_guidelines_final_nov_2015.pdf
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Rainer Rosegger - "Social Reporting Standards"

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COMMUNITY

Jeanne Van Heeswjik - "Freehouse: Radicalising the Local & the Birth of a Neighbourhood Cooperative"

Niels Boeing - "Fabrication, Art and Productive Spaces"

Felix Stalder - "Community, Urban Transformation,
​Digital Culture"

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TOOLS

The mobile studio and mobile stage were developed during projects Artecitya and LABattoir with a post-industrial design approach. Their aim is to train, empower and activate young creatives and communities through the production of content and encouragement of dialogue in public spaces.

Mobile studio

mobile stage

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INSPIRATION

How To You Do!
100 Constructive Provocations
Final publication for the project Artecitya - Envisioning the City of Tomorrow by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki ​(2014-2018)
Designed by: Dimitris Koliadimas (semiotikdesign.com), and Anja Lutz (anjalutz.com) 
​as the result of a participatory workshop.
Editor: Lydia Chatziiakovou (ArtBOX)

how to you do on instagram

Eric Ellingsen, ​artist, landscape architect

Kari Conte, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York

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SOURCES

• Empowerment Lecture Series of the Cultural Entrepreneurial Hub (CEH) by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki in collaboration with ArtBOX and Project LABattoir (2020).  Camera and editing by George Kogias. 
• Work as Invention. Art for Social Change, international conference in the framework of Artecitya - Envisioning the City of Tomorrow by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki in collaboration with ArtBOX, with the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the EU (31 March - 01 April 2017). ​

empowerment lectures

Artecitya Conference