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NOTES TOWARDS A TYPOLOGY OF COLLECTIVES

THE SPECTRUM

“Artists work in groups. This is a primary fact.” – Alan Moore

“Collectives… are engaged in a more or less conscious effort to renegotiate the conditions of art’s autonomy.” – Grant Kester

Modes of collaboration exist on a spectrum between these two poles.


COLLOBORATION ≠ COLLECTIVE

A network is not a community

That is, a group of individuals who are connected by forms of communication do not necessarily share mutual obligations

A collaboration is not a collective

That is, a group of people working together are not necessarily challenging the conditions of art’s autonomy (Kester) or challenging individual authorship.


Modes of Collectives

MODEEXAMPLESCHALLENGE
COUPLEMadeline Gins & ArakawaMutual Translation to create a 3rd subjectivity
COUPLEChristo & Jeanne Claude [Site]?
PARTISAN BAND: BRIGADEGAAG?
PARTISAN BAND: COMMITTEEAMCC and AMCC CATALOG COMMITTEESocialized
ROCK BANDGood/Bad?
ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN FIRMANT FARMPartnership
ARCHITECTURE/PLANNING FIRMAla Plastica?
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONUltra-Red?
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONEvery Bluechip Artist, also Disney Inc.Authorship transfer: Workers surrender, artist siezes.
POST-WORKFurtherfield?
GANG (No Don)Early New York School, Colab, 47 Canal??
GANG (Has Don and Bosses)Late New York School, Cal Arts Mafia?, 47 Canal??
Modes of Collectives

I need help to fill in the 3rd column… Or maybe you would like to join me in collectively turning this into an essay?

Space: 3 artworks

Hackitektura, Straits–> https://www.antiatlas.net/hackitectura-critical-cartography-of-gibraltar-en/ PS/ALT/PLUS: https://xnet-x.net/en/whats-the-forum-really-about/ Bouchra Khalili, The Mapping Journey–> http://www.bouchrakhalili.com/the-mapping-journey-project/ PS/ALT/PLUS: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1627 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_QxXnh23kE Sarah Kanouse, Beyond Property–> http://readysubjects.org/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BeyondProperty_opt.pdf PS/ALT/PLUS: http://readysubjects.org/portfolio/to-all-to-whom-these-presents-shall-come-greetings/