Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts (ILSSA) is a union for reflective creative practice. Established in 2008 as a collaboration between Bridget Elmer and Emily Larned, ILSSA was born out of friendship, feminism, and the engagement of obsolete technology as a personal, political, conceptual, social, and aesthetic strategy. As a union for artists, makers, and creative practitioners of all kinds, ILSSA focuses on improving the immaterial working conditions of our members. ILSSA seeks to restore the relationship between makers and their tools, makers and their time, and makers and what they make. ILSSA members' interests vary widely, from fiber arts to listening and sound practices, from poetry to animation. What unites all members is a valuation of process, exemplified by our motto, As Many Hours As It Takes! Learn more here.

Images by Emily Larned.