During a walk through Gent, Jubilee explores the dynamic between a commons and an economic model that operates on the basis of collective ownership: the cooperative. In response to the social urgencies that were caused by the industrialization of Belgium a number of successful cooperatives were initiated in Ghent. We will explore inspiring models from the past, but also from the present.
This walk in collaboration with Katinka de Jonge and artist duo Vermeir & Heiremans will take us along various places where the 19th century cooperative Vooruit was active. We will pass by the first coop supermarket modelled on the fashionable Grand Bazars of Paris, as well as the Vooruit printing house and the first workers bank. We will have lunch at the cooperative heart of Ghent: the Anseeleplein, the central gathering place of the Openbare Werken festival. We will also pass art center VIERNULVIER, which in a previous life was known as the festive hall of the cooperative Vooruit. In Vooruit we will listen to an excerpt from Kunst Veredelt (Art Enobles), an audio walk by Katinka de Jonge, Adriënne van der Werf, Leonore Spee and Sascha Bornkamp.
