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The Workspaces are a new method of artistic process devised by the @work network for the Civilisation project. A workspace consists of a number of smaller workshops, where the artists bring in and work on Civilisation material in a shared space. The results are presented as Workspace meetings for an audience, who are invited to expand on this universal subject. Each Workspace is a unit in itself and can be seen as a complete experience, yet the research carries into the next Workspace and supports the performances the members are prepearing. This exploration was kick-started in February 2008 in Copenhagen , where 15 artists from six countries came together to form Workspace #1. Each participant was asked to bring one object or issue they would work on for the coming 48 hours. The artists would all be working in the same space in order to insure cross-fertilisation of work. The Workspace contained different materials and utilities to facilitate the work, including a number of “injections”, small interventions, made to stimulate the process. Everything the artists experienced was addressing civilisation, including their accommodation and diet. One unique thing about the Workspace is that it includes the development of the producers as well as the artists. As the producers are working in the same space as the artists, they can directly refer to the work and be inspired by it – and vice-versa. The result of this 48 hour biosphere was a two hour presentation of the networks first steps into civilisation. In video, small performances, images, texts and questions the guests at the presentation were guided through subjects such as surveillance, reduction, home, genocide, alienation and anarchy - raising an intense discussion at the end. Lappeenranta ; host Reality Research Center , May 2009 Riga ; host Dirty Deal Teatro, 2009 / Helsinki ; host Reality Research Center , 2009 Copenhagen; host TeaterKUNST, 2010 Athens; host Theatre Entropia, 2010 Berlin; host Emanuelle, 2011 Riddarhyttan; host Teatermaskinen, 2011
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