Since its origins in the 19th century, Western avant-garde culture has been based on the development of

The (first) Autonomous Fabric symposium, organised by the Willem de Kooning Academy on February 10, 2017 at several venues across the city, presented an excellent overview of the contemporary relevance of the term ‘autonomous

How to relate yourself as an artist to a community in a sustainable way? How to avoid institutionalization without losing the power to organize? How to not become cynical working in a public space seeing many people just don’t care? How to start thinking about artistic education as a critical entrance to the social fabric of the city?