COMMODE is an independent project developing frameworks for artistic research and critical dialogue. Operating across writing, conversation, performance, exhibitions, studio residencies, research and advocacy, COMMODE provides context for artists and arts workers to test ideas, develop projects, and experiment with forms of practice.
Each project unfolds as a study, bringing together emerging and established practitioners whose work contributes to contemporary debate. Committed to artist-led modes of production, COMMODE foregrounds practices that engage with the social and political complexities of the present.
COMMODE was founded in 2025 by curator DJCS.
Supporters:
Donations help pay artist and writer fees, and cover basic operational costs such as our website.
If you would like to support COMMODE, please contact us.
COMMODE extends thanks to the individuals who have supported us, including Jillian Allen, Jim and Mary Barr, Emily Berryman, Elvis Booth-Claveria, Samuel Mark Clyma, James Dobson, Jack Ellery, Henrietta Fisher, Ritual Heaps, Kat Lang, Manon, Lucy Reid, George Turner, and others who share our commitment to experimental and critical discourse.
In 2025 COMMODE received support from Creative New Zealand.
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