JOURNEY / SCHOOL has created free, open spaces for presentation, discussion and thought, based around the fundamental concept of free knowledge exchange. SCHOOL is a free and open space, not tied to or associated with anywhere, space, place or institution in particular. It has no aim further than that which focuses on the exchange of pure knowledge, from many different contributors on many different subjects. SCHOOL operates around the moment of knowledge exchange, participation and collaboration, and does not function around a, or any, basis of success. It is not an alternative, but an additional practice of and in education. JOURNEY began as the written and archival counterpart or component to the SCHOOL seminars and salons and now exists as AOTCS.JOURNEY / SCHOOL is a nomadic seminar and salon programme working in collaboration with numerous existing spaces, networks, frameworks and practices producing space and time for people to present their work and ideas in exchange for thought and opinion. During 2012 and 2013 we worked in collaboration with THECUBE, London, producing monthly, free and open round-table discussions under the idea of 'BRAINPLAY'. Subjects discussed spanned the Arts, Humanities, Technology, Politics and Sciences with specialists from these fields leading the discussion.JOURNEY / SCHOOL is in motion, and presently existing under various guises.www.thecontemporaryspirit.tumblr.com

Recent appointments include:Beispiel / LB Hounslow: researcher for the Mayor of London's Borough of Culture bid.Centric Lab: humanities lead and adviser.Beispiel / LB Southwark: researcher for the GLA's Creative Enterprise Zone bid.

AOTCS PRESS is the publishing arm of JOURNEY / SCHOOL, established in 2012 by furniture maker Martha McGuinn, artist Tom Pearson and research practitioner Susannah E. Haslam. The press is characterised by annual editions - a yearly edition of work selected in conjunction with people we have worked with through JOURNEY / SCHOOL and beyond. These editions either take form as collected works by multiple writers or a single body of work by one writer.All printed matter is designed, edited, printed and bound by Martha McGuinn and Susannah E. Haslam in communion with all contributors. With a view to highlight and present work by our peers, to our peers, in a way that avoids all bureaucratic complexity, AOTCS is not for profit. http://cargocollective.com/AOTCSPress

I spent hours being overwhelmed and frustrated in equal parts - by the magnitude, absolute wonder and immeasurable potential of the Barbican Estate.

KIOSKcollective is borne of a combined interest in relational geographies, critical spatial practices, counter-cartography, micropolitics and contemporary art practice. KIOSK's research serves to develop an understanding of the multiplicities and multidisciplinarity within contemporary Visual Culture and explores these through diverse practice-led research methodologies. KIOSK formed through cross-disciplinary studies at Goldsmiths, University of London in June 2010, and is based in London, with outposts in Bogota, Berlin and Singapore.www.kioskcollective.org