Dear Manifesto,

I think of you as a platform where cursors can meet and start a dialogue. Similar to the original call Caro and Pablo wrote for the school. We would like to instigate the conversation about our intentions by asking questions. Trough this co-writing manifesto we would like to gather the possible paths and ways: it's simple, join the script by adding your name and responding accordingly –or ask other questions. Check it once in a while to read reactions.

Who are you?

Caro van der Hole (CvdH).

Pablo Calderón Salazar (PCS).

What do you think the intention of the other school should be?

CvdH: A mental container where creativity and real contexts meet; A buffer between traditional education and studios, where we can set up interdisciplinary and collaborative work. A free state to test and experiment. On the other hand the definition should be in constant flux and adaptable. What do you think?

PCS: I see it as this dialogical manifesto in itself: an ongoing conversation. In matters of education I think this is very important, as we see institutions taking years –if not decades– to structure and perfect curricula and programmes that then become obsolete. On the other side, if education becomes an ongoing conversation (as Paulo Freire would say), it will always be relevant and responding to the situations of the context where it is taking place.

What is the motivation for starting or joining the other school?

CvdH: My motivation is to urge a revolution in education.

PCS: As I see it, there is an ever growing gap between what art, design and architecture educational programmes are teaching –and the topics they're dealing with– and the reality of the world today. Now, I think it this gap goes beyond the conflict between the academic world and the job market (as it is mostly suggested in neoliberal critiques to education¹⁾), and has much more to do about the possibility of professionals (and non-professionals as well) to find a place in society. My motivation to join such project is to make a critical –yet constructive– contribution to this running debate.

What is the goal of the other school?

How to achieve 'the' goal?

CvdH: To create a parasite that comes to a certain place and context and injects itself with a very precise amount of antibodies just enough to stirr the organism. It's a parasitic site specific residency program that partners with a local cultural institution, a school and a city department.

How can the other school be a step in your professional trajectory?