Art Metropole

#04315

Group Work: edited by Temporary Services

Artist

Temporary Services

Date

2007

Publisher

Printed Matter

Format

Artists' Books

Details

Paperback

ISBN

978-0-89439-024-1

Size

14.1 × 21.6 × 1.1 cm

Length

112 

Based on a pamphlet published by Temporary Services in 2002 titled Group Work: A Compilation of Quotes About Collaboration from a Variety of Sources and Practices, this publication provides a multitude of perspectives on the theme of Group Work by practitioners of artistic group practice from 1960s to the present. The publication presents interviews with Canadian collective General Idea; Chicago collective Haha; the dutch punk band The Ex; the Vienna-based WochenKlausur; Croatian artist group What, How & for Whom (WHW); Funkadelic album designer Pedro Bell; and Political Art Documentation/Distribution (PAD/D); along with essays on The Abortion Counseling Service of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (better known as Jane) and the anarchist Guerilla street theater group The Diggers. A list of words used to describe group practices and a working list of hundreds of collectives from the last four decades rounds out the publication. Printed in an edition of 1000, black-and-white, perfect bound.

(TouchedMarseille)