1. Olivia Plender
    1. Many Maids Make Much Noise

    2. Rise Early, Be Industrious

    3. What is School?

    4. Information, Education, Entertainment

    5. Bring Back Robin Hood

    6. Artefacts

    7. There Is No Alternative

    8. The Medium and Daybreak

    9. Printed Matter

    1. Index
    2. News
    3. About

A series of projects on education

What is School?

public art project, Gävle, Sweden, 2016–19

Easton Fables

children’s book, commissioned by Foreground and Bristol City Council, 2016

Practising Politics: The Fogelstad Women’s Citizenship School 1925–1954

solo show, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, 2019

Open Forum

mixed-media installation, ‘Rise Early, Be Industrious’, MK Gallery (Milton Keynes), Arnolfini (Bristol), and CCA (Glasgow), 2012–13

Society is a Workshop

summer school, Banff Centre, Canada, 2013

Life in the Woods

free school and video, in collaboration with Patrick Staff, commissioned by Radar, 2011

Beyond Former Heaven (or the Institute of Surrealist Ethnography)

summer school, Banff Centre, Canada, 2010

Audience Survey

performance, ‘Rehearsing Collectivity: Choreography Beyond Dance’, Tanzfabrik, Berlin, 2011

War Path

education project, Tate Britain, London, 2006–07

Teaching, Lectures and Workshops

  1. (Many Maids Make Much Noise)

  2. (Rise Early, Be Industrious)

  3. (Information, Education, Entertainment)

  4. (Bring Back Robin Hood)

  5. (Artefacts)

  6. (There Is No Alternative)

  7. (The Medium and Daybreak)

  8. (Printed Matter)