Becoming Sponge
In March, Michael Murtaugh writes about an experimental approach to creating feminist infrastructures at Constant, the Brussels-based artists’ association.
In our work maintaining the infrastructure of Constant web publishing, we find inspiration in the figure of the sponge.
Sponges are porous. We engage with "bridging" protocols that honor the complexity of diverse practices (library sciences, informatics, archival practices, writing, and the intersectionality that feminisms bring to each), and engage with standards while maintaining our own terms.
Sponges are slow. Our work resists the ruptures of the "new," preferring care; graceful forms of maintenance given limited resources and continuity.
An earlier article in the same publication provides additional insights into Constant’s ways of working.