Dung Beetles
[ten artifacts]
In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around dung ball questions like: “What is ten’s work to do?” and “How shall we do it?” The Dung Beetles committed to shared leadership in order to create the conditions for the next iteration of ten to be more locally-rooted, practically & audaciously experimental, and to rehabilitate exiled capacities in our rapidly collapsing systems.
Dung Beetles:
Offerings on the Shrine of Lostness
In October 2022 a contingent of ten Dung Beetles decided to try something a bit out there with the severely outdated website. They whipped up a temporary landing page with the following trickster invitation/provocation:
“You’re lost! Us too. We’d love to hear from you. Musings, poetry, stories, bird sounds, weird ants, clouds that look like trees that bend to offer fruit and other such normal anomalies – it’s all welcome.”
The ten Dung Beetles received over 30 exquisite offerings on the shrine of lostness. Here’s a small sample of the pieces that were sent in over five months:
Images and Visual Art:
Written Word:
Video:
Dung Beetles Project Description
Dung Beetles [ten artifacts] In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around...
Dung Beetles: How We Roll / Intra-active Woven Web of Fundaments
Dung Beetles [ten artifacts] In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around...
Dung Beetles: Working Groups
Dung Beetles [ten artifacts] In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around...
Dung Beetles: ten Metaphors
Dung Beetles [ten artifacts] In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around...
Dung Beetles: ten Concept Note 2023
Dung Beetles [ten artifacts] In 2022 ten invited seven incredible people from around the world to come together and lead the work for nine months. They served in a role we affectionately dubbed the “Dung Beetles” since the idea was that they would be rolling around...