Urgent values emerging within the subversive discourses of creative and artistic practices, such as collective, cooperative, collaborative, co-creative and so forth, hold mutual resonance in the commons. In a cultural context, what is common to us, given the diversity and plurality we strive to include and imbibe?

The shifting connotation of the commons as ‘resources’ to ‘relational social framework’ sets us on a path beyond numerous dichotomies of our time; socialism and capitalism, centralisation and dispersion. Motivated to operate in a framework based on collective intelligence, STIR takes the first steps in restructuring its art editorial through an expanded panel. To this effect, join us in welcoming Dr. Beth Citron and Dr. Cleo Roberts-Komireddi as the new consulting editors.

This issue carries their first affect in pushing the boundaries of content. It also brings stories across art, architecture, and design, threading common pursuits in building collective futures. The debut column by Korean curator, Lee Daehyung, delves into the intricate nexus of technology, culture, and aesthetics; Suzana Milevska unpacks the aesthetics and ethics of apology; while architecture studio APPARATA recourses the enigma of an artist to make space for hope in council housing.

If finding common ground over differences can mobilise a social struggle for the creation of new forms of relationships, how shall we pool our collective intellectual resources?