In precarious times, what strategies can small-scale arts and cultural organisations adopt to sustain themselves and support one another? How do we support our communities, collaborators and ourselves when resources are tight and expectations high?
Small and self-organised institutions play vital roles within cultural ecosystems. Their scale offers opportunities to connect with diverse publics and communities, act as testing grounds for new ideas, shed light on marginalised knowledge and experience, and facilitate experimentation in ways that larger organisations may struggle to do. Yet these same properties also make them especially vulnerable. The residency R33 – Together in Labour offers an opportunity to unpack the situation and discuss sustainable solutions for organisers, artists, curators, educators and activists who are similarly tackling the tensions of small-scale cultural work. Participants from Norway, Finland and internationally will gather at the start of June for a two-week residency program with PRAKSIS in Oslo.
Together in Labour is developed by Nicholas J. Jones, Artistic Director of PRAKSIS, Norway, and Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Artistic Director of Museum of Impossible Forms, Finland, in collaboration with Tenthaus, Norway.
The residents joining Nicholas and Giovanna are: Sepake Angiama, Director of INIVA, UK; Patricia Carolina, artist, organiser and active member of Verdensrommet, Norway; Farbod Fakharzadeh, Director of Arte ry, Titanik gallery and Titanik A.i.R residency, Finland; Sophie Mak-Schram, artist, affiliate of BAK Basecamp for Tactical Imaginaries, the Netherlands, and Structural Change Artist at Metal, UK; and Marsya Maharani and Petrina Ng, members of Collective Collective (CoCo), Canada. Tenthaus’s participation in the residency is represented by Belén Santillán and Ebba Moi.
Meet the residents – R33: Together in Labour
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 17:00 – 19:30
Join us at PRAKSIS as the residents of Together in Labour give short presentations of their practices before inviting audience questions and discussion.
Together in Labour: Roundtable
Wednesday, June 10, 14:00 – 16:00
PRAKSIS invites you to a roundtable gathering exploring questions connected to the theme of Residency 33: Together in Labour. What key challenges are small cultural organisations facing? How are small arts organisations, artist-led initiatives and self-organised spaces sustained?
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The participation of Farbod Fakharzadeh is supported by the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute.