Introduction to Our House is on Fire, second annual Assembly for Commoning Art Institutions

On 25 and 26 October 2019 Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons organized the second Assembly for commoning art institutions entitled "Our House is on Fire." Casco Art Institute director Binna Choi and deputy director introduce the program of the two days. Following Casco’s inaugural annual Assembly in 2018, "Our House is on Fire" turned our attention to developing a climate justice code for art and art institutions in response to the current climate crisis and the question: What practical measures will art and art institutions take to care for our planetary commons with the power of imagination? The second annual Assembly was developed by a steering committee consisting of: artist Annette Krauss, researcher and organizer Ying Que - who co-organized the inaugural Assembly Elephants in the Room in 2018 - and Casco Art Institute: Binna Choi and Yolande van der Heide with support from Rosa Paardenkooper. The Climate Justice Code editorial committee consisted of: Platform BK: Joram Kraaijeveld; Commons Network: Thomas de Groot, Taru Aitola; Fossil Free Culture: Teresa Borasino, Harriet Bergman; artist Clementine Edwards. For more information on the 2019 Assembly "Our House is on Fire": casco.art/en/archive/assembly-2019 For more information on the 2018 Assembly "Elephants in the Room": casco.art/en/archive/elephants-in-the-room