Institution(ing)s: Co-Creating Inclusive and Sustainable European Art Institutions

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The Institution(ing)s: Co-Creating Inclusive and Sustainable European Art Institutions is a European Cooperation Project that encourages contemporary art and cultural organisations to co-create innovative institutional models that, through experimentation, co-creation, speculation and advocacy for sustainable futures, contribute to social inclusion, environmental, economic, and artistic transformation. Composed of 8 organisations of different scales, impacts and target audiences, in 7 European countries, the Institution(ing)s represents the diversity of the ecosystem of the cultural sector. It establishes a sustainable cooperation between 1 museum (CAM-Gulbenkian), 1 konsthall (Tensta Konsthall), 1 higher-education institution (Faculty of Human Sciences of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa), 1 publisher running an art Biennial (Errant Sound / The Listening Biennial), 1 local network (tranzit.ro), 1 arts-in-residency post-academy (Jan van Eyck Academie), and 2 non-profit art-organisations (MOCA NGO and Museum of Impossible Forms). Each partner performs specific roles in the art sector and responds to shared planetary challenges from each of their situated practices and economic, social, cultural, and political contexts across the European continent (N, E, S, W). By coming together with differences and commonalities in processes of changing their own institutional practices, the Institution(ing)s will bring innovative perspectives to respond to cross-cutting challenges and contribute to the strengthening of European citizenship in a project of social equity and sustainability. The project activities include 3 social labs, 3 material labs, 3 economy labs, 7 workshops, 8 residencies, 1 call for a glossary of future practices, 7 nomadic schools, 4 community gardens, 7 collective study visits, 8 content debate assemblies, 3 sustainability campaigns, 8 fieldworks for policymakers, and seals for good practices.