There are two sides to every coin. In tandem with the cult of the individual artist discussed in the previous issue, art collectives have also flourished. Much of today's cooperatively produced art evolved from the socially inspired art of the 1990s, made famous by the concept of relational aesthetics. What does today's art have in common with the art of then, and how does it differ?
As curator for Creative Time, an independent New York centre presenting art in public space, Mark Beasley was responsible for Hey Hey Glossolalia (2008), a series of performances revolving around the voice, featuring Mark Leckey, Frances Stark, Rammellzee, Liam Gillick and others. Here, he gives an impression of the multifaceted role of the voice in art and culture over the past one hundred years.
This text is an attempt to define the starting point of a consideration of a notional commune environment. This is a revised fiction that suggests a moment when the commune could still have been redirected and relevant.
Gabriel Tarde suffered from intermittent periods of semi-blindness, an extreme form of myopia that may have severely affected his academic work, yet may well have led to the most potent theme of a neglected yet important work.
