Interconnection

Interconnected networks recognise the power of collaboration and partnership in creating meaningful connections and driving systemic change. This principle encourages building bridges between profit and non-profit sectors, institutions and grassroots work, and between past initiatives and present movements. By fostering collaboration and resource sharing, we can create webs of solidarity that amplify impact and expand opportunities for artists and participants. Interconnection invites us to challenge ingrained social divides, redistribute resources, and open cultural spaces to those often excluded due to socio-economic status, cultural background, or caring responsibilities.

Suggested Application

  • Build partnerships across sectors, connecting commercial and non-profit spaces, institutions, grassroots and interdisciplinary initiatives.
  • Share resources such as time, networks, skills, spaces and funding to widen access and opportunity for underrepresented artists.
  • Use collaborative projects to bring caregiving themes into cultural spaces where they are often invisible.
  • Create decentralised tools that foster ongoing exchange, movement-building, and collective visibility, archiving initiatives wherever possible.
  • Research past and present initiatives to inform current practice and strengthen solidarity between projects.