Art Collective

Today I met with a few friends to discuss creating an art collective. Here are some notes:

Jed

• Develop accountability, momentum, a crew
• Projects often become too important–paralysis, preciousness.  
• 4-8 projects per year (props, getting things done)

Wickie

• Vow of quantity
• Vow of schock
• Together action–Assisting each other in creative work
• Getting creative work done
• Collaboration
• Structure for giving creative input
• Trying different roles, directing, drawing
• Anarchistic group, Dharma groups
• Grants, deadlines
• Fluxus

Loretta

• A love for pretending and acting
• Externalization of the group, costumes, flag, logo, coffee cups, t-shirts, temporary tattoos, blood

Terrance

• Goal: get out of isolation, accountability, foster spontaneity
• Want to develop schedule, rules, manifesto, and goals for group to give structure.
• Get out of the mind-set “this will be a masterpiece”

Decisions:

• Meet once a month – check in, plus helping on each other’s projects

To do:

• Everyone - read 3 group manifestos and share at next meeting
• Everyone - create one simple creative project
• Loretta - check about websites/blog/wiki with Deborah
• Terrance - bring goals, timelines, schedule

Future things to do at meetings?:

• Collages
• Sketching

Random thoughts

• No more X of the world
• We are committed to subverting
• Intercourse is rape, marriage is slavery...also, we are hoping to make 8 films this year.
• Society for cutting up men