SUSTAIN: SUSTainable Artistic INnovation

SUSTAIN explores the role of Spacemakers: parties that aim to contribute to systemic change by creating space for art in unusual places such as the economy, science, or technology. The goal: to work with art towards a sustainable and just society – ecologically, economically, and socially. Through interviews and focus groups with several spacemakers, the SUSTAIN research has resulted in two main outcomes: 1) The Spacemaker Toolbox, a practical tool for Spacemakers to explore and professionalise their work internally. 2) The Spacemaker Stories, a series of cahiers in which we look at the Spacemaker practices from a distance, helping Spacemakers articulate more clearly what they do, why they do it, how they do it, and the value they create. So, where The Spacemaker Toolbox focuses attention inward (strengthening the Spacemaker practice), the Spacemaker Stories consist of a collection of stories, reflections, experiences, images, concepts, and ideas that help give Spacemaking a place in the realisation of systemic transitions.