Towards an aesthetic commoning

This text detects a current context collapse within the independent scene of dance and choreography. It looks at the political potential of artist-driven spaces and asks if and how they could provide a forum for debate and collective articulation.

With the platform and space höjden studios in Stockholm as the main example, the text connects it to other practical initiatives such as PAF (Performing Arts Forum), ICC (Imaginative Choreographic Center and PIM (Para Institutional Models). The text briefly touches on theories of the commons and aesthetic autonomy in order to raise a concern about the collective attention to art works and artistic practices, and propose a direction where the production of discourse within common spaces centres it.