nika on survival kit ness
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nika dubrovsky on The Survival Kit Collection
Curated by Nika Dubrovsky
We believe that humanity has already developed the technology required to produce enough of everything. *But most of the time, these technologies are not used for the improvement of human life. **Imagine an alternative, where 3D printers were used to build houses for those in need. Or, with universal access to open-source information, medicine and dietary knowledge were available to all and any who needed it. The challenge now is to figure out how to collect, maintain, and distribute it equitably to everyone who may need it.
*have they ever?
mufleh humanity law: we have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity– Luma Mufleh
**imagine deeper.. 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.. [again].. for (blank)’s sake..
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]
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..
Since our collection is intended for distribution and use rather than hoarding wealth and accumulation, the Museum of Care will structure its entire Survival Kit collection in a way that allows visitors to replicate it if they wish.
Our museum will take pride not in its uniqueness, but in its ability to be replicated.
With the climate crisis looming, it makes sense to focus on a survival-centered collection.
and too.. we need to try life over survival ness
The David Graeber Institute is developing an idea of international Museum of Care using abandoned ships that are set to be pulled ashore and installed as a Museum’s building. The museum will be organized around a collection called the Survival Kit, which focuses on the maintenance of human life rather than the preservation of art objects.
Our Survival Kit collection tests how art and technology can rewrite social code. Not by controlling the system — by cutting paths through it, building autonomous spaces with different values. Each Survival Kit is a tool for self-reliance, care, and collective repair.
art (by day/light) and sleep (by night/dark) as global re\set.. to fittingness (undisturbed ecosystem)
We plan to devote special attention to technologies of Care and share the story of political software created for free distribution – an open source movement. We aim to host regular exhibitions dedicated to the defenders of the commons, organize public talks and events, and explore the intersections of science, technology, and politics.
all ness is huge.. nothing to date has gotten to the root of problem
legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do
A significant part of our museum will be dedicated to the native people of Saint Vincent—the Garifuna—their culture, traditions, and history of their heroic struggle for independence.
There will be a special room in our Museum, which will be called the “Room of Giants.” There we will start to collect the Metapersons, which can include individuals whose legacy we think is truly magnificent (like David Graeber) as well as entire nations (such as the heroic Garifuna people).
st vincent et al
This stands in opposition to the lineage of the museological tradition, whereby colonial ‘treasures’ were brutally decontextualized and recategorised as artefacts
An opposition that rejects scarcity of reproduction and bids anyone to make copies in the spirit of free distribution, of making survival a possibility for everyone.
This said, we wink at other museums that might want to become a part of a network, that might want to add, develop, and in turn distribute their own collections to all countries and continents!
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first meeting: dgi – survival kit – 1 22 26
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be you. 