If there’s one thing you should read this month, it’s CogDis Studios’ Manifesting Utopia. Building on our New Spirituality Report from 2016, it beautifully decodes our collective unknowns whilst tapping into the human truth that our future reality is defined in our own minds, so maybe we *can* manifest utopia together 👁️ Luckily for you, we chatted to Claire Yurika (one of the CogDis co-founders) a few months back, so as a Supplement subscriber you get the first listen of it right here.
In other news, we’re shortly launching a $PROTEIN community token, so if you don’t want to miss out, make sure you’re signed up to Protein and keep an eye on the #crypto feed ...
#playlists
AZEEMA is a print magazine, platform, and community exploring women + non-binary folk within the MENASA regions, diasporas, and beyond. Celebrating their 4th birthday this week, they also know how to throw down a decent mixtape, so be sure to check their Soundcloud for the vibes.
#collaboration
- Protein Studios are looking for a venue manager to help with the flood of new event bookings that have been coming in
- Comuzi are looking for a user researcher (6 month fixed contract)
- Aaraf Adam wants to know what platforms are good to submit films to. Check out his latest short film here
- Juan Manuel Ordoñez is looking for some press release advice
#interesting
- Art For India is an online print sale to raising urgent funds for India’s Covid-19 relief, supporting Mission Oxygen
- Hey Sis World has launched a coaching program for BIPOC womxn creative entrepreneurs and artists
- After a year in isolation, sex is back
- Our friends at Riposte have released a FREE digital edition as well as a membership platform
- Ana Romana and her alias Skulptor are diving deep into AI ethics and creativity. Check out the sounds
- Read Gender Journeys by our very own Magda Domagała from G’rls Room
- Periods and menstrual wellbeing in the workplace: A Report from Bloody Good Period
- SPACE10 ask what it takes to go beyond human-centered design
- Help save the Fashion and Textiles Museum
- Apply for the UAL Tech + Activism course
- Mask Mandates are easing, but the way we look at faces has changed forever
- The Earth Issue focuses on environmental and intersectional activism and has recently launched its 2021 Change Makers
- Get in line for the second print run of The Slow Grind from Georgina Johnson
- What if house plants are actually manifestations of grief?
- HERVISIONS have just launched Control the Virus, an online subversive gaming experience that triggers conversations around biological essentialism
- We’ve been asking our community plenty of questions over the last few months, but the one that has resonated most is if they value IRL or online community experiences more?
#crypto
- As mentioned above, we’re going to be launching our own $PROTEIN community token, so make sure you’re signed up Protein to keep up-to-date on all announcements 🚀
- Fellow SeedClub cohorters have just launched AfroFuture, a digital community celebrating Africa’s past and inspring its future
- In case you missed it, $MIRROR is like Medium, but owned by the community
- Artist Seth Price in conversation with curator Michelle Kuo about what NFTs mean for contemporary culture
#events
- Wellness Wednesday — Yoga with Gina is a 60 min meditation, Vinyasa, and Yoga Nidra with our very own Gina Stewart. It's happening at 7pm GMT every Wednesday, open to all levels and pay what you feel
- 12th — RA In conversation with Lubaina Himid
- 13th — Art School Needs You x PLAYLABINC.
- 15th — Preferable AI Futures Workshops
- 14th - 6th June — Open Web Summit
- 20th - 23rd — 19 Chairs at Protein Studios
- 26th — Entrepreneurship Professional Workshop
- 26th — Total Eclipse and the beginning of a wild astrological ride!
- 28th — Self-Made Series: Networking Event
- 2nd June — D&AD Dinner with Adapt
- 3rd June — Guardian at 200: Mental Heath and the Joy of Creativity with Arlo Parks
Until next month,
Your friends at Protein 💚
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