school of commons (SoC) is a global community-based initiative dedicated to peer learning, and the study and development of self-organized knowledge production—through commons-based methods and practices. hosted at the zürich university of the arts (ZHdK) but the program takes place mostly online.
What's On
Care(fully) Following the Salt Traces
26.04.2026 — 27.09.2026
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Peer Learning Session: Queering Somatics, facilitated by Louise Croff Blake
10.11.2026, 18:00- 19:30 CEST
This session explores the language of fashion, and how wearable aesthetic codes shape our movement through the world. Find out more
Feedback Session: Counter Care, facilitated by Loren Beard and Sheila Shankar
13.10.2026, 16:00 (BST) / 19:00 (CEST) / 10:00 (CST)
Counter Care attends to the subversive, relational practices that sustain life under conditions designed to exhaust it. We work in response to systems and structures that unevenly distribute care, merging it with coercion, commodifying it, and sustaining it through devalued labor. Find out more
Peer Learning Session: TEXT ONLY HOME PAGE, facilitated by Sasha Kurlyka
15.09.2026, 18:00- 19:30 (CEST)
This peer learning / skill sharing session is for multi-disciplinary artists who are interested in exploring text-based computer art / web interventions. An algorithm is control: it is completely defined and knowable (even if it is not known in practice). Find out more
Projects
IdeaSquare x SoC
IdeaSquare and School of Commons are collaborating on a series of workshops exploring 'The Future of Collaboration'. Find out more
FOOTNOTES 2045
Annotating the Futures of Arts Education: A summer school that imagines, rethinks and shapes the futures of arts education. Find out more
To-Gather: SACO Contemporary Art Festival x SoC
The project sought to increase the flow, dialogue, and exchange of experiences between curators and artists from Switzerland and the South American Altiplano, connecting with specific territories through artistic residencies. Find out more
