The We’re Working Here! Library includes 22 zines, altogether, the library assembles the creative labor and contributions from 65+ persons: Rikke Bank, Anna Schmidt Clausen, Paola Jalili, Emmi Jormalainen, Zeynep Kaynar (with Cici Liu, Diep Nguyen, Sayed Farhad Zandrazavi, Kanerva Kartano, Tatu Heikkila), Kiila ry, Polina Korchagina, Else Lagerspetz, Jussi Lautu, Saara Mahbouba, Zina Marpegan, E. Rowan Mena (with Maggie Breen, Riika Haru & Reetta Ranta, rebeka lukošus & jurjis tatarkins, Petra Vallila), Mustapiste, Gabriella Presnal (with Albert Figurt, Paul Grandchamp, Hilkka Hissa, Vienna Tan Si Rong, Ni Lin, Caitlin Long, Zeo Löwenhielm, Moe Mustafa, Fernanda Ordorica, Vilma Orvokki, Inka Pallari, Richard Schmidt, Alice Thirkell, Veronika Vegesent, and two Anonymous Artists), Francesca Rose Bilancio Schøning, Jamie Smyth, Wusoul, & #FFFF00." 

“What future working conditions can we hope for? What can we build together? What needs to change to reach that future?

The library collects zines surrounding the ecologies of labor and work. From unpaid internships, academic work, domestic labor, to the professional lives of artists. The project was inspired by the term Hope Labor, which describes labor we perform in hopes of achieving future employment or other opportunities. It can include low and unpaid work and often overlaps within the creative industries where creatives often go underpaid or unpaid for their services. The zines have primarily been produced by cultural workers based in Finland and the Nordics. It is our hope that through this installation you can peer into our working lives amidst precarity and cuts.“.