Collectivity, Communities, Connectedness: Decolonizing Art Colonies
Jane Eckett
What to do with the problematic category of the art colony? On the face of it, this question might seem anachronistic for a special issue...
Communitas : Gate Hill Coop and the Transitoriness of Bauhaus and Black Mountain College
Gloria Sutton
This article argues that the legacies of the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College are best understood not through narratives of institutional endurance, but through their...
Living Together: George Maciunas’s Collective Colonies and Migration Projects
Iñaki Estella
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This essay analyzes George Maciunas's collective migration projects and their relationship with his view of Fluxus as a collective organization. Both of these...Black Artists’ Colonies in South Africa Pre-1994: Introductory Notes
Pfunzo Sidogi
In this article, I contend with the theoretical possibilities and pitfalls of rereading communal spaces where black artists in South Africa congregated, studied and created...
Residencies Unreflected in Papunya
Rex Butler, A. D. S. Donaldson
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This literature review takes up two books: Residencies Reflected (2024), a collection of essays on artist residencies, edited by Imeli Kokko; and...The Artists Village in Singapore: Open Studios as Counter-Cartography and Critical Spatial Practice
Adrian Tan
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This article re-examines The Artists Village (TAV) as a contemporary artist grouping in Singapore that emerged in response to the country's rapid urbanization...Captain Cook’s Imaginary Machine
Chris Bond, Harriet Parsons
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The philosopher Adam Smith once observed that when two ideas become associated through frequent repetition, they form a pattern in the imagination of...Sanggar and Artist Collective in New Order Indonesia: An Introduction to “Sanggar and Art Group: A Method for Our Art? Paper for Limited Discussion on Art Education, Yogyakarta Cultural Park, August 11, 1986”
Wulan Dirgantoro, Kiki Rizky Soetisna Putri
This article introduces an essay by Indonesian art critic Sanento Yuliman (1941-1992) on the historical development of sanggar, from a space to study and...
Sanggar and Art Group: A Method for Our Art? Paper for Limited Discussion on Art Education Yogyakarta Cultural Park, August 11, 1986
Sanento Yuliman, Ninus Andarnuswari
To form a creative outlook, people turn to sanggar and art group because formal education institutions have let them down. From all the graduates of...
