Dìwö 

DÌWÖ POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

WE ARE A NETWORK OF ARTISTS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER TO CREATE IN PUBLIC SPACE.

Dìwö is network of artists that support eachother in creating work outside of the traditional institutions of the art world. The network embodies a radical socio-political attitude of highlighting the fracturing arena of human spaces by disrupting and elevating terrain through activism and art.

– Taking what already exists & repurposing (salvage).

– Work exists in society, not in institutions.

– Diwo means ‘Do It With Others’ and is a star in the constellation of Scorpio.

– Responsive, conscious and mobile.

– Focus on sustainable practises.

– Incendiary: challenging conversations, ideas of ownership and space.

What is public and accessible space?

We reengage with spaces under the tenet that what is public is not fixed and these spaces/places are ours. We create actions in space that challenge this space which we inhabit, grasping the impermanence of what is public or open. Making work in this way transforms our modes of paying attention.

Though the network is spatially diverse, the actions always have a hyperlocal character, investigating spaces that are in a state of rapid change and flux.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Dìwö embodies a model of governance through decentralized systems that are semi-autonomous.

GOVERNANCE:

– Circles (groups) around an artistic project with a representative who reports back to the collective. Means effective action can happen without needing full consensus, consensus is reached when whole group shares progress. The project someone proposes might be happening no matter what but the support can elevate it.

– Circles have a defined aim (a description of the artistic endeavor) and full authority in a domain (what the circle has authority over).

– Circles define their own roles, establishing operations into purposeful actions. Any member will fill one or more roles, as part of the artistic project.

– Circles make decisions by consent. There is consent to an artistic proposal when no member of the circle has an objection. By definition, objecting requires that a circle member has reason to assume that circle cannot achieve the project adequately if the circle approves the proposal.

– Any circle member can flag an issue in a proposal and make sure the circle improves the proposal before passing it.

– Rounds: Referring to the practice of talking one-by-one in meetings until everyone has spoken once in that round. The intention is to hear all voices. At the same time, rounds contribute to more mutual listening and understanding.

– Voting: Consent decision-making, the majority cannot outvote the minority. A group will strive to integrate each objection until all members consent.

– Each circle or role will have authority in a defined domain.

– A potential for voting in specific roles, for example, facilitator.

MEETINGS:

– The attendance of whole collective is not necessary as long as minutes are relayed. Fortnightly.

– Rotating faciliator & note-takers.

– Notes circulated 24 hours after meeting.

– Meeting structure: start with a check in and/or activity (means we go into the session with an emotional awareness & in artistic frame of mind)

– Speaking in rounds.

SAFETY:

Clear communication of site risks.