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How can commoning practices bridge rural and urban realities while fostering shared responsibility between them?\u00a0 This question underpins K\u00e4se Syndikat, an artistic and practical exploration of community-led economies inspired by the farming traditions of Guttannen, a Swiss Alpine village.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At its core, the project emerges from our participation in communal labor after leasing a cow, Winja, from a\u00a0 farmer in Guttannen. In exchange for our contribution, we receive 150kg of alp cheese each year. While this presents the\u00a0 practical challenge of distributing such a large quantity, it also offers the\u00a0 opportunity to explore a community led approach for the distribution of cheese.\u00a0 By developing a platform for the cheese\u2019s distribution, based on the principles of commoning\u2014collaboration, shared responsibility, and co-creation\u2014 we aim to foster cross regional engagement as well as collective agency in the supply chain of a product that spans across urban and rural places. The cheese becomes a shared resource that structures social relations, fostering engagement and participation across its entire lifecycle \u2013 from its acquisition in the Alps, through transportation and storage, to its distribution.\u00a0

Accompanying this initiative is our ethnographic documentary, How to Lease a Cow<\/em>, which offers insight into Guttannen\u2019s 500-year-old farming traditions and the socio-economic transformations brought by the hydropower industry. The film highlights the resilience of communal labor, even as modern infrastructure disrupts traditional ways of life. It serves as an entry point to reflect on rural-urban dynamics, trust-building, and the challenges of sustaining commons today.\u00a0

K\u00e4se Syndikat invites audiences to engage in this network of shared effort. Presented as a cheese stand, the project K\u00e4se Syndikat serves as a platform for cultural and social exchange. Using the medium of cheese, visitors are invited to imagine future possibilities that emerge from the dialogue between rural and urban spaces. Joining the cheese syndicat serves as a platform for participants to reflect on their own agency and explore the potential for building a network of exchange.\u00a0

K\u00e4se Syndikat asks: How can we sustain shared resources, not as commodities, but as catalysts for relational world-building?\u00a0
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