dgi – nika & lisa – architecture of loneliness – 5 5 26
dgi events – nika dubrovsky and lisa novak on architecutre of loneliness (nika on poetic techs ness)
via tweet [https://x.com/Graeber_social/status/2039844427951222793?s=20]:
Architecture of Loneliness
Creative Conversations 5th May 6-7pm
This talk introduces David Graeber’s concept of poetic vs. bureaucratic technologies through the lens of spatial organization.
[with link to get free tickets]
from dgi site [https://davidgraeber.institute/architecture-of-loneliness/]:
Architecture of Loneliness
Event date: May 5 / 2026
Creative Conversations 5 May 6-7pm
This talk introduces David Graeber’s concept of poetic vs. bureaucratic technologies through the lens of spatial organization. I will examine the “architecture of loneliness” – a spatial regime that structurally produces segregation regardless of geography or political system. This is a practical talk. I will propose concrete counter-strategies: how direct action can be embedded in everyday spaces, how infrastructure can be self-made, and how communities might design tools to create their own forms of shared life.
nika on poetic techs et al.. loneliness et al..
there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance.. for (blank)’s sake..
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..
Nika Dubrovsky is an artist and author who writes children’s books for adults and adult books for children. She has participated in museum exhibitions and international biennials, but prefers Carnivals and Visual Assemblies. She is the founder of the David Graeber Institute and the editor of the books of David Graeber, who was a writer, an activist and anthropologist, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years and other works that have had a significant impact on contemporary political and economic debates. Nika’s latest book, Cities Made Differently (co-authored with David Graeber), was published by MIT Press in 2024 and has been translated into multiple languages. Her articles have appeared in publications such as ArtReview, artnet, e-flux, and others.
fa4kids.. david and nika on museum of care.. david graeber.. carnival.. visual assembly.. debt (book).. cities made differently.. another art world.. et al
Lisa Novak is an Assistant Professor of Art Education at The University of Texas at El Paso. Among her research interests are youth-led pedagogies and emergent arts programming, as well as the history of art education in community spaces and social movements of the 20th century. As the founder of the School of Collaboration and Invention youth arts program (socai.org), Lisa has facilitated workshops and programs with art and educational institutions across Canada and the United States.
art (by day/light) and sleep (by night/dark) as global re\set.. to fittingness (undisturbed ecosystem)
the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness
[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]
notes/quotes from online convo:
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be you. 