TOOL’S CATEGORY:

collective articulation   communication   entanglement   generating intimacy   game   operating from care   resilience   value system

DESCRIPTION:

Using legal resources available in a given context – related to rights and obligations we have as citizens – in favour of a project/goal/need. Using what is ‘alegal’ – what is neither regulated nor prohibited, being therefore not possible to inspect – to carry out an action.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Finding legal resources that may allow us to navigate the alegality landscape so to activate formats and spaces that may appear, at first, illegal or cancelled.

YOU WILL NEED:

On a case-by-case basis, what is needed may vary.

TIPS / CAVEATS:

It is advisable to rely on legal experts, associations or advisory agents for legal issues, legal documents, decrees, etc.

FUNCTION IN TE( N ) CUIDADO:

The right to freedom of assembly and protest was used to be able to safely invite and gather dissident, racialized and allied bodies in a collective artistic action that took place in public space, in the context of the ‘state of alarm’ (one of the three legal categories for emergency situations as stated in the Spanish Constitution) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020. By implementing this right, many were able to participate in the action, when restrictions and social distancing ‘did not allow’ to do so. It also allowed to open and re-occupy community spaces for coexistence.