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Join the residents of PRAKSIS Residency 33: Together in Labour as they introduce their work through short presentations, followed by audience questions and open discussion.

Running from 1–14 June 2026, Together in Labour brings together artists, organisers, curators, educators and activists to consider the conditions, pressures and possibilities of small-scale cultural work. The residency asks how small arts organisations and self-organised initiatives can sustain themselves — ethically, financially and emotionally — in increasingly precarious times.

The residency takes as its starting point the labour that often remains hidden within cultural production: administration, fundraising, care work, governance, relationship-building, hosting, maintenance and the many forms of emotional and organisational commitment that keep small institutions alive. Through shared discussion, collective writing, peer learning, meals and encounters with local practitioners, the group will map challenges and exchange strategies for survival, solidarity, slower working rhythms and more sustainable forms of cultural practice.

This event offers an informal opportunity to meet the residents, hear about their individual practices and learn how their work connects with the residency’s broader questions around care, responsibility, resilience and institutional life. Whether you are part of the Oslo arts community, involved in cultural organising, or simply curious about how art spaces are built and maintained, you are warmly invited to join the conversation.

Together in Labour is developed by Nicholas J. Jones, Artistic Director of PRAKSIS, Norway, and Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Artistic Director of Museum of Impossible Forms, Finland, in collaboration with Tenthaus, Norway. The residents joining Nicholas and Giovanna are: Sepake Angiama, Director of INIVA, UK; Patricia Carolina, artist, organiser and active member of Verdensrommet, Norway; Farbod Fakharzadeh, Director of Arte ry, Titanik gallery and Titanik A.i.R residency, Finland; Sophie Mak-Schram, artist, affiliate of BAK Basecamp for Tactical Imaginaries, the Netherlands, and Structural Change Artist at Metal, UK; and Marsya Maharani and Petrina Ng, members of Collective Collective (CoCo), Canada. Tenthaus’s participation in the residency is represented by Belén Santillán and Ebba Moi.

The residency is supported by Kulturdirektoratet, Oslo kommune, the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute and Norsk-finsk kulturfond.