A4CT (Artivism for Critical Thinking) is a nomadic and volunteer-run initiative connecting art, activism, and critical thinking.
A4CT has no permanent space, fixed programme, or single format. It
takes shape through an online journal, conversations, workshops,
gatherings, zines, and collaborations. Online: we use our online journal and social media as spaces for critical discourse,
reflection and exchange around art, activism, and cultural
production. Offline: we bring people together through conversations, workshops, and
gatherings that explore counter-hegemonic forms of collective organisation and artistic creation (upcoming events).
We acknowledge that cultural and artistic work in today’s neoliberal economy is often organized through
project-based, competitive, and self-exploitative conditions -> alongside the pressure to self-censor. Within this landscape, we seek to assemble infrastructures of non-dependence to learn what practices can unfold and to imagine otherwise. That is why we currently operate without state funding (read more), while exploring alternative ways to collaborate with institutions and organizations. Not to replace paid work with volunteering, but to experiment with other forms of creating, supporting, caring, and working together beyond funding regimes, institutional agendas, or predetermined outcomes.
At its core, A4CT is an unfinished and nomadic practice. Its structures remain
provisional and open to change, developing through the relationships,
needs, conflicts, and possibilities that emerge from its activity.
If you have an idea, a contribution, or a proposal for collaboration, get in touch: artivism4ct@proton.me