Common Knowledge with Pink Ember Studio

Common Knowledge is a project that examines artists’ and creative workers’ collective, participatory, and community-based activities to make visible (and audible) the forms of social, cultural, and economic value they create.

Led by one of our artist-researchers-in-residence Channon Goodwin, an artist, arts worker and RMIT PhD candidate based in Naarm/Melbourne, Common Knowledge maps creative practice throughout the Merri-bek City Council area through audio recordings.

Channon sat down with Pink Ember Studio’s Aaron Billings for a conversation about the queer-run co-operative and the concept of “the commons”, which refers to a wide range of resources, systems and situations such as civic infrastructure, cultural works, and models of resource sharing.

Pink Ember Studio creates spaces for artists to make work and be part of a community. They are a not-for-profit, encompassing workshops and classes to share skills in our community, a multimedia gallery space, and light-filled open plan studio spaces. They opened their doors in December 2018, and are striving towards making an exciting space in Coburg that supports artists and provides access to affordable art and learning opportunities.

Find out more about Pink Ember Studio on their website.
https://www.pinkemberstudio.com/