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Making Public


Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth,
Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth, installation view BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2024, photo: Tom Janssen
until 2 June 2024
Chapter one, exhibition

The exhibition foregrounds the artist’s collaborative approach to bringing together ecological, feminist, and decolonial knowledges and practices that put forward ideologies of shared usership.

until 2 June 2024
Chapter two, reading groups and online publication

The reading groups are held in the lead-up to the convention to learn together histories and propositions of usufruct.

Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth,
Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth, installation view BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2024, photo: Tom Janssen
24 May 2024 until 25 May 2024
Chapter three, convention

The convention in the context of the project Usufructuaries of earth is a two-day gathering that summons different practices of non-expropriative userships in relation to land, housing, social reproduction, agriculture, and knowledge.

Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth,
Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth, installation view BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2024, photo: Tom Janssen
Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth,
Marwa Arsanios, Usufructuaries of earth, exhibition opening BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2024, photo: Tom Janssen
24 May 2024 until 25 May 2024
Convention: public program

The public program is open to everyone, but it is advised to pre-book your ticket through Eventbrite in order to assure access. A ticket for 1 day costs €6, a ticket for both days costs €10. Some soup and snacks prepared by b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN* upon solidarity donation.