COOP ~ Curating Positions: A cut through the screen from Month to Month

Seminar 4: 8 - 10 March 2023

Bibliography:

- “Coalition Building: Black Audio Film Collective and Transnational Post-Colonialism” by Okwui Enwezor
 - "All Incomplete" by Stefano Harney and Fred Moten, chapter 1
-  "Revolutions in Reverse" by David Graeber's, chapter Revolutions in Reverse
- “
Toward an Anarchist Film Theory: Reflections on the Politics of Cinema”,
Nathan Jun

Chronicles: Ian and Weronika

8th of March

MORNING

10:00-12:00: Presentation by Louis Henderson in the framework of the Seminar lead by Kodwo Eshun and Louis Henderson on DUB cinema

12:00-13:00: Discussion

AFTERNOON

14:00-16:00: Presentation by Kodwo Eshun in the framework of the Seminar lead by Kodwo Eshun and Louis Henderson on DUB cinema

16:00-17:30: Discussion

17:30-18:30: Wrap up

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film screening

9th of March

MORNING

10:00-11:45: Reflection on our ways of working + planning the continuation of the shooting

11.45-13.00: Savva student lead session / Shooting

AFTERNOON

14:00-17:00: Shooting

17:00-18:00: Viewing + feedback

18:00 - 19:00: COOP SUMMIT 2023 locations meeting by Nikos & Peter

EVENING 

20.00-22:00: Film screening

10th of March

MORNING

10:00-11:15: Daniel ~ student lead session in connection to the film

11.15-13.00: Gabriel ~ student lead session in connection to the film

AFTERNOON

14.00-15:00: Walk by Savva and Ian in connection to the film

15.00-17:00: Shooting

17:00-18:00: Wrap up

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film screening

 

Seminar 2 & 3: 14 - 19 January 2023

Bibliography:

- "The Devil Gril from Mars - why I write science fiction" by Octavia Butler
- "Parable of the Sower“ Chapter 3 by Octavia Butler
- "All incomplete" Chapter 1 by Stefano Harney and Fred Moten
- Conversation on friendship with Avery Gordon and Celine Condorelli
- “Socialism, a Life Cycle“ Pages 1-12 by Regis Debrais 
- "Revolutions in Reverse" from Graeber's book “Revolutions in Reverse”

Chronicles:
Daniel van der Giessen and Savva Dudin

14th of January

MORNING

10:00-10:30: Presentation tools for toolbox

10:30-11:30: BUILDING A SET preparation for wood workshop exercise + reading and discussion of Condorelli interviews

11.30-13.00: BUILDING A SET preparation for wood workshop exercise

AFTERNOON

14:00-15:00: Walk Weronika Zalewska and Anastasia Nefedova

15:00 -19:00: WOOD WORKSHOP

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film screening

15thth of January

MORNING

10:30-12:00: Student lead session Till Langschied

12.00-13.00: Student lead session Claudia Medeiros

AFTERNOON

14:00-15:00: Walk Saverio Cantoni and Gabriel Acevedo

15:00-19:00: Discussion of the texts

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film screening

16th of January

MORNING

10:30-12:00: Student lead session Savva Dudin

12.00-13.00: Student lead session Tomer Fruchter

AFTERNOON

14.00-17:00: Walk and face2face

17:00-18:00: WOOD WORKSHOP

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film screening

17th of January

MORNING

10:30-12:00: SCRIPT WRITING preparation for film exercise

12.00-13.00: SCRIPT WRITING preparation for film exercise 

AFTERNOON

14.00-16:00: SCRIPT WRITING exercise

16:00-18:00: Discussion of the texts

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film screening

18th of January

MORNING

10:30-12:00: FILMING EXERCISE

12.00-13.00: FILMING EXERCISE

AFTERNOON

14.00-15:00: Walk

16:00-18:00: FILMING EXERCISE

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Film and drinks

19th of January

MORNING

10:30-12:00: FILMING EXERCISE

12.00-13.00: FILMING EXERCISE

AFTERNOON

14.00-17:00: Discussion of the texts

17:00-18:00: Embroidery exercise

EVENING

20.00-22:00: Wrap-up

 

Seminar 1: 22 - 24 November 2022

Bibliography:

Against Competition by Marc Fisher (2006)

Code of Contact by FAC (Feminist Autonomous Center for Research Collective) (2021)

What is Anarchism by David Graeber (2009)

The Formation of the Local Councils by Omar Aziz (2012)

22th of November, TUESDAY

MORNING

10:30-11:30: Introduction to COOP by Marwa Arsanios, Leire Vergara and Leon Filter

11.30-13.00: Presentation by Marwa Arsanios

AFTERNOON

14:00-19:00: Presentation of participants’ work (20 min per person, you can choose to present a project you are working on at the moment, or something that is relevant to the COOP, or an older project that gives a good idea of your practice) 

EVENING 

20.30-22:30: Film screening

23th of November, WEDNESDAY

MORNING

10:30-12:00: Presentation by Leon Filter

12.00-13.00: CineZines - collective viewing of tools and introduction of chronicles as toolbox

AFTERNOON

14:00-15:00: Collective Walk - Arnhem Community Gardens

15:00-19:00: Discussion of the texts Against Competition, Code of Contact, What is Anarchism? and The Formation of the Local Councils and discussion, with collective textile-diagram-mapping.

EVENING

20.30-22:30: Film screening

24th of November, THURSDAY

MORNING

10:30-12:00: Presentation by Leire Vergara

12.00-13.00: Continuation of the discussion of the texts

AFTERNOON

14.00-17:00: Collective walk and exercise - rotation and contact – Sonsbeek

17:00-18:00: Organizational tasks and plans (budget and how we want to spend it)

EVENING 

20.30-22:30: Film screening

 

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