Short abstract:

In-grid, a trans* feminist artist/educator collective, will discuss our collaborative working practices and protocols. We will talk about our formation and share some recent projects including Servpub, Real Bodies and Chain. These examples illustrate how our collective protocols come into practice.

Long abstract:

This panel contribution is concerned with the work of In-grid, a trans* feminist artist/educator collective working through digital infrastructures. We practice infrastructuring through a method of re-figuring; learning, forming and enabling. Via this collective practice, we create new forms and imaginaries of technical skill-sharing, co-creation and documentation. During these processes, critical, political and affective positionalities are entangled with the materials with which we are engaging, carefully avoiding conflating the nuances of our individual desires and the needs of all those taking part. These methods are normally invalidated through the hegemonic terms of cloud computing and commercial technological development. To do this otherwise (Pritchard, 2018) we embrace queer, crip and feminist methods, bringing in different temporalities, rhythms, dynamics and dialogues that transform infrastructuring practices through mutual care and collective affinity (Kafer, 2013).

We will share reflections on a series of case studies describing how we have been practising collective working otherwise, so that others can build from our successes, failures and frictions (Davis, Angela Y., et al. 2022). We will focus on projects including our night club event series In-grid.RealBodies, interactive and performative installation Chain, and Servpub (servpub.net + wiki4print.servpub.net) a collaboration and co-creation of an open publishing infrastructure with other feminist collectives. Through reflecting on these collaborative projects we aim share methods, stories and emotions.