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Guide to the Collaborative Practices Archive
MSS.004
Published in 2014
©2014 CCS Bard Archives
Table of Contents
- Summary Description
- Arrangement note
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Information for Users
- Controlled Access Headings
- Related Materials
- Contents List
- Series I: Administrative Files
- Series II: Moderators/Presenters
- Series III: Participants
- Series IV: Publications
- Oversize Series III: Participants
Summary Description
- Repository
- Center for Curatorial Studies Library & Archives
- Creator
- Lind, Maria, 1966-
- Creator
- Schlieben, Katharina
- Creator
- Schwarzbart, Judith
- Title
- Collaborative Practices Archive
- ID
- MSS.004
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 2000-2005
- Date [inclusive]
- 1993-2007
- Extent
- 7.5 Linear feet in 17 boxes
- Language
- English
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Ann Butler. Processed by: Lydia Aikenhead, 2009, and Andrea Torreblanca, 2009.
- Abstract
- The Collaborative Practices Archive was initiated and developed out of the Colloquium on Collaborative Practices held at the Kunstverein München in July 2004. The aim of the colloquium was to investigate the different working formats that emerge through collaborative practices and the aesthetic, political, and the thematic context-related implications of collaborative work. The Collaborative Practices Archive represents a body of material contributed by participants at each of the participating projects: Colloquium on Collaborative Practice, Kunstverein München, 2004; Polyphony – Collaborative Practices- Part 2, Shedhalle Zürich, 2005; Taking the Matter into Common Hands, IASPIS (Stockholm), 2005. The project culminated in a publication produced in 2007, Taking the Matter Into Common Hands: On Contemporary Art and Collaborative Practices, edited by Johanna Billing, Maria Lind, and Lars Nilsson.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Collaborative Practices Archive; MSS.004; [box number]; [folder number], Center for Curatorial Studies Library and Archives, Bard College.
Biographical/Historical note
The Collaborative Practices Archive was initiated and developed out of the Colloquium on Collaborative Practices held at the Kunstverein München in July 2004. The aim of the colloquium was to investigate the different working formats that emerge through collaborative practices and the aesthetic, political, and the thematic context-related implications of collaborative work. The Collaborative Practices Archive represents a body of material contributed by participants at each of the participating project platforms: Colloquium on Collaborative Practice, Kunstverein München, 2004; Polyphony – Collaborative Practices- Part 2, Shedhalle Zürich, 2005; Taking the Matter into Common Hands, IASPIS (Stockholm), 2005. The project culminated in a publication produced in 2007, Taking the Matter Into Common Hands: On Contemporary Art and Collaborative Practices, edited by Johanna Billing, Maria Lind, and Lars Nilsson.
The participants at each of these venues were invited to contribute to the archive with documentation of all sorts including: texts, magazines, fliers, stickers, posters, cards, books, portfolios, DVDs, CDs or other forms of documentation of their work and publications. The contributors are primarily collaborative practitioners or those who have a relationship with collaborative practices within the contemporary arts.
Project Platform Descriptions
1. Colloquium on Collaborative Practices, held at the Kunstverein Munchen, July 2004
Initiated by Maria Lind, Katharina Schlieben and Judith Schwarzbart, the Colloquium on Collaborative Practice took the format of a workshop to explore recent collaborative initiatives and projects between artists, curators and cultural producers across Europe. The Colloquium was the fourth part of an ongoing program held at the Kunstverein München called Dispositive Workshops that explored collaborative practices as performative aspects of production processes operating in both local and international contexts.
Held over three days, from July 23-25, 2004, the program was divided into four thematic areas: Formation of Collective/ Collaborative Work, Performativity of Collaborative Practices, Political Implications and Operating Contexts, and Curatorial and Institutional Structures.
Participants included: B+B (Sarah Carrington, Sophie Hope), London; D.A.E. (Donostiako Arte Ekinbideak: Peio Aguirre, Leire Vergara); Donosria-San Sebastián Freie Klasse (Hermann Hiller, Rail liomann), Munich/Berlin; Haus Selba (Freie Klasse UdK, Johannes Raether), Berlin; KMKK (Róza El-Hassan, Emese Süvecz), Budapest; Konst2 (Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Ylva Ogland, Jelena Rundquist), Stockholm; Transformers (Doris Mampe, Kim Nekarda), Munich/Berlin; Version (Ciprian Muresais), Cluj Napoca xurban (Hakan Topal), Istanbul
Moderators included: Alex Farquharson, critic, curator, lecturer, London; Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt, writer, curator, Glasgow; Stefan Rómer, academic, artist, writer, Cologne/Munich; and Katya Sander, artist, Copenhagen/Berlin.
Also present were: Katherine Carl, Anna Dzokic, Julienne Lora, Marc Neelen, Attila Tordai, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Antje Weirzel, and Mia Zeeck.
2. Polyphony –Collaborative Practices - Part 2, held at the Shedhalle Zürich, April-May, 2005.
The Collaborative Practice Archive found it¹s second base in the Shedhalle (Zürich) where it was part of the exhibition Polyphony, Collaborative Practices, Part 2 (2005) curated by Katharina Schlieben and Sønke Gau. The opening, presentation of participating projects, and a workshop were held April 22-23, 2005. The exhibition component, Polyphony, was open from April 24-May 15, 2005. As part of the exhibition, artists’ collectives from Switzerland and Eastern Europe were invited to present their organizational methods and projects, many of which emphasized crossovers between art and politics utilizing Internet-based practices and communication strategies.
Participants included: Cicero Egli/Geneva with Adla Isanovic/Sarajevo, Yves Degoyon/Barcelona, Marta Paz/Barcelona, Rama/Buenos Aires; code flow/Zurich with the Art Today Association/Plovdiv; Les Complices*/Zurich (Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth, Andrea Thal) with platforma 9,81/Zagreb; meate/Geneva (Paulo Alcântara, Nathalie Perrin, Stéphanie Prizreni) with Tester; and version/Cluj (Mircea Cantor, Gabriela Vanga Cantor, Ciprian Muresan), invited by Shedhalle Zürich.
3. Taking the Matter into Common Hands, A Symposium in Two Parts, held at IASPIS (Stockholm), September-October, 2005.
The third iteration of the Collaborative Practices Archive was presented at IASPIS in the Project Studio along with an installation by Michael Beutler. Taking the Matter into Common Hands, A Symposium in Two Parts was organized in two parts with the first part taking place from September 23-25, 2005 and the second part from September 30-October 2, 2005.
With a broad range of participants, the symposium took the format of presentations, a workshop and a publication. Several collectives, artists, curators and critics reunited from the previous project platforms to discuss current manifestations of collaboration. The publication Taking Matter into Common Hands, which was edited by Johanna Billing, Maria Lind and Lars Nilsson, is a collection of essays contributed by collaborative practitioners.
Participants included: 16Beaver; B+BB+B - a London-based curatorial partnership founded in 2000 between Sarah Carrington and Sophie Hope; Michael Beutler; Alex Foti; Brian Holmes; IKK IKK www.ikk.nu; Marysia Lewandowska; Maria Lind; Lars Nilsson; Marion von Osten; The Federal Association Schleppen&Schleusen; Katharina Schlieben; STEALTH- Ana Dzokic and Marc Neelen; Judith Schwarzbart; Simon Sheikh; Apolonija Šušteršič; Anton Vidokle; What, How & for Whom; Tirdad Zolghadr; Å.b.ä.k.e Å.b.ä.k.e - Patrick Lacey, Benjamin Reichen, Kajsa Ståhl and Maki Suzuki
Scope and Contents note
The Collaborative Practices Archive largely consists of pamphlets, postcards, fliers, and invitations for exhibitions which were part of the larger framework of the project. The collection also includes a large number of publications (magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets), in which a participant was either featured in, contributed to, or was involved in its creation. There are a number of portfolios documenting the span of various artists’ careers, and a number of books written or edited by participants. The archive also includes a small number of art objects, produced in limited editions by various participants.
Arrangement note
Arrangement: The Collaborative Practices Archive is divided into three series.
Series I: Administrative Files consists of records documenting the creation of the archive, the various exhibitions related to the archive, and materials about the original organization of the archive.
Series II: Moderators/ Presenters contains records related to the various moderators and presenters involved in each of the platform projects comprising Collaborative Practices events and exhibitions.
Series III: Participants contains records documenting the artists who participated in the programs and exhibitions. These materials are organized alphabetically by participant’s name.
Information for Users
Publication Information
Center for Curatorial Studies Library & Archives 2014
Bard CollegeAnnandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504-5000
845-758-7567
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open to researchers without restrictions. Appointments are necessary to consult manuscript and archival materials. Access copies for media materials may not be available yet. Please contact the CCS Archivist for further details.
Use Restrictions
Collection use is subject to all copyright laws. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of the Library & Archives at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Provenance
The Collaborative Practices Archive was donated in 2009 by Katharina Schlieben, Curator at the Schedhalle, Zurich.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- IASPIS
- Kunstverein München
- Shedhalle Zürich
Genre(s)
- Administrative records
- CDRs
- DVDs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Invitations
- Posters
- Press kits
- Promotional materials
- Serials (publications)
- VHS (TM)
Personal Name(s)
- Lind, Maria, 1966-
- Schlieben, Katharina
- Schwarzbart, Judith
Subject(s)
- Art, Modern -- 21st Century
- Art--21st century--Exhibitions
- Art--Research
- Artistic collaboration
- Group work in art
Related Materials
Separated Material
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Contents List
Series I Series I: Administrative Files |
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General administrative info - CD undated |
1 | 1 | ||
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General information undated |
1 | 2 | ||
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General information - original labels undated |
1 | 3 | ||
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General information - Collaborative Practice Colloquium Fall 2003 - July 2004 |
1 | 4 | ||
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General info - Shedhalle Zeitung/Newspaper Jan-Feb 2005 |
1 | 5 | ||
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General info - "Taking the Matter into Common Hands" 2007 |
1 | 6 | ||
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General info - original organizational materials undated |
1 | 7 | ||
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Series II Series II: Moderators/Presenters |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Alex Farquharson (contains manuscripts and announcement cards for events) undated |
1 | 8 | ||
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Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt (contains publication, Jeremy Deller: Life is to Blame for Everything, Collected work and projects 1992-99) 2002 |
1 | 9 | ||
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Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt (contains publication, The Icelandic Love Corporation) 2002 |
1 | 10 | ||
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Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt (contains publication, David Sherry: Dead Dog on Fire) 2002 |
1 | 11 | ||
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Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt (contains publication, The Day's All Mine, by Heather Allen) 2003 |
1 | 12 | ||
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Stefan Römer (contains brochures, accouncement cards,and photocopies of essays from books) undated |
1 | 13 | ||
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Katya Sander (contains one issue of a newspaper, POLITIKEN, 6 July, 2004) 2004 |
1 | 14 | ||
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Erhardt Miklos - Dominic Hislop (contains publications) undated |
1A | 15 | ||
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Villö Huzsai (contains one issue of a magazine, NET.ART, Nr. 711) undated |
1A | 16 | ||
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Judith Schwarzbart (contains a publication, Fundamentalisms of the New Order) 2004 |
1A | 17 | ||
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Series III Series III: Participants |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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2020 Home Gallery undated |
2 | 1 | ||
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Å.b.ä.k.e Å.b.ä.k.e undated |
2 | 2 | ||
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Art Today Association undated |
2 | 3 | ||
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B+B undated |
2 | 4 | ||
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B+B undated |
2 | 5 | ||
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Karen Bergdolt / P.L.A.N. undated |
3 | 1 | ||
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P.L.A.N. portfolio 2004 |
3 | 2 | ||
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Chu Yuan and Jau Koh undated |
3 | 3 | ||
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Chto Delat? What is to be done? undated |
3 | 4 | ||
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code-flow undated |
3 | 5 | ||
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Collectif fact undated |
4 | 1 | ||
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Conroy/Sanderson undated |
4 | 2 | ||
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D.A.E (Donostiako Arte Ekinbideak) undated |
4 | 3 | ||
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D.I.N.A. undated |
4 | 4 | ||
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Disappeared in America undated |
4 | 5 | ||
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Duo van der Mixt (cluj) undated |
4 | 6 | ||
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Cicero Egli, Adla Isanovic, Marta Paz, Rama, Yves Degoyon undated |
4 | 7 | ||
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Freie Klasse München undated |
5 | 1 | ||
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Freie Klasse Berlin - Haus Selba Projekt undated |
5 | 2 | ||
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Funda-arkitektura undated |
5 | 3 | ||
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Funky Projects undated |
5 | 4 | ||
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Hints Institute undated |
6 | 1 | ||
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Hewitt + Jordan undated |
6 | 2 | ||
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Klara Hobza 2000 |
6 | 3 | ||
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Klara Hobza 1998-2004 |
6 | 4 | ||
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San Keller undated |
7 | 1 | ||
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KMKK undated |
7 | 2 | ||
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Klub Zwei undated |
7 | 3 | ||
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Konst2 undated |
8 | 1 | ||
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kuda.org undated |
9 | 1 | ||
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[Laboratuar] undated |
9 | 2 | ||
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L/B undated |
9 | 3 | ||
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Les complices* Espace Libre et EditionLes complices* Espace Libre et Edition undated |
9 | 4 | ||
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Marysia Lewandowska and Neil Cummings undated |
9 | 5 | ||
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Love and Devotion undated |
9 | 6 | ||
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Manoa Free University undated |
9 | 7 | ||
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meate undated |
9 | 8 | ||
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meate undated |
9 | 9 | ||
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MindBomb undated |
10 | 1 | ||
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Nina Pope undated |
10 | 2 | ||
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Oda Projesi undated |
10 | 3 | ||
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Oda Projesi undated |
10 | 4 | ||
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Platforma 9.81 undated |
10 | 5 | ||
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P74 undated |
11 | 1 | ||
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Reality SF undated |
11 | 2 | ||
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Rum 46 undated |
11 | 3 | ||
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School of Missing Studies undated |
12 | 1 | ||
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Sharzad 2005 |
12 | 2 | ||
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Squid undated |
12 | 3 | ||
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Transformers undated |
12 | 4 | ||
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Stefanie Trojan undated |
12 | 5 | ||
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Stefanie Trojan videos undated |
12 | 6 | ||
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Value undated |
13 | 1 | ||
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Version undated |
13 | 2 | ||
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Version undated |
13 | 3 | ||
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WHW - What, How and for Whom undated |
13 | 4 | ||
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WHW - What, How and for Whom undated |
13 | 5 | ||
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WHW - What, How and for Whom undated |
13 | 6 | ||
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Series IV: Publications |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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After work. Koch, Corinna, and Werkleitz-Gesellschaft 2001 |
14 | 1 | ||
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Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies. Ressler, Oliver 2005 |
14 | 2 | ||
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Bitomatik: Art Practice in the Time of Information/media Domination. 2004 |
14 | 3 | ||
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Bunker: Unloaded. Carmine, Giovanni 2003 |
14 | 4 | ||
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Chinati Foundation newsletter. Vol. 3. 1998 |
14 | 5 | ||
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Communication Front 2000: Crossing Points East-West. Sevova, Dimitrina 2002 |
14 | 6 | ||
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Community Research Office. Šušteršič, Apolonija 2004 |
14 | 7 | ||
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Corporate psycho ambient. Mukhopadhyaya, Amit. 2001 |
14 | 8 | ||
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Cruel / Loving Bodies. Welland, Sasha Su-Ling 2004 |
14 | 9 | ||
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Divanik: Conversations and Interviews about Media Art, Culture and Society. 2004 |
14 | 10 | ||
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Encounters with Germans. Roemer, Stefan 2003 |
14 | 11 | ||
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Fair: 19-24 March 2002. Royal College of Art 2002 |
14 | 12 | ||
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Forde: A4. JRP Ringier 2004 |
14 | 13 | ||
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Freie Klasse - total gescheitert 1992-2003. 2003 |
14 | 14 | ||
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Front line compilation. Downey, Karen 2003 |
14 | 15 | ||
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Greyscale/CMYK. Davis, Kate 2002 |
14 | 16 | ||
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Hieroglyphs of the Future. Holmes, Brian 2003 |
14 | 17 | ||
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The Hidden Holocaust. Kluge-Fabenyi, Julia 2004 |
14 | 18 | ||
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I Fail to Agree: Hewitt + Jordan: Towards an Alphabet of Cultural Rivalry. Beech, Dave 2004 |
14 | 19 | ||
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Interflugs Dokumentation Volume II. 2004 |
14 | 20 | ||
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Johanna Billing’s Works 3. 2003 |
14 | 21 | ||
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Karin Bergdolt: Wörter Haben Eben Doch Bilder. 2001 |
14 | 22 | ||
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[konsequenZ: A Publication by Shedhalle, Code Flow, Communication Front. Kessi, Alain 2004 |
14 | 23 | ||
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L / B: Lang, Sabina 1997 |
15 | 1 | ||
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The Mistake: A Book about Mistakes. Tordai, Atilla 2000 |
15 | 2 | ||
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Nomadische Perspektive. Bergdolt, Karin 2004 |
15 | 3 | ||
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Performances und Aktionen [1]. [1]. Trojan, Stefanie 2004 |
15 | 4 | ||
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Performances und Aktionen 2. 2. Trojan, Stefanie 2005 |
15 | 5 | ||
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Platforma 9.81: superprivate. Sevšek, Antun 2004 |
15 | 6 | ||
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Re:location 1-7 shake. Budak, Adam 2004 |
15 | 7 | ||
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Salla Tykka. McKee, Francis 2001 |
15 | 8 | ||
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Save Me from What I Want. Basar, Shuman 2003 |
15 | 9 | ||
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Side-effects: annual exhibition of Centre for Contemporary Arts-Belgrade. Mars, Marcell. 2004 |
15 | 10 | ||
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Somewhere. Pope, Nina 1998 |
15 | 11 | ||
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Staatsarchitektur = State architecture = Arquitectura del estado. 1998 |
15 | 12 | ||
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Tektonik: New Social Onthology in the Time of Total Communication. 2004 |
15 | 13 | ||
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Trans_european Picnic. Muller, Nat 2000 |
15 | 14 | ||
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Transmission: Speaking and Listening Volume 3. Kivland, Sharon 2004 |
15 | 15 | ||
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TV Swansong. Guthrie, Karen J. 2002 |
15 | 16 | ||
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Volatile environments. Funky Projects 2004 |
15 | 17 | ||
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What, how & for whom: on the occasion of 152nd anniversary of the Communist Manifesto. 2003 |
15 | 18 | ||
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You Know My Name. Lang/Baumann 1997 |
15 | 19 | ||
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Zagreb--16/06/01. Obrist, Hans-Ulrich 2002 |
15 | 20 | ||
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Oversize Series III: Participants |
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A Room of Ones Own: Projekte, Aktionen, Diskussionen, Ausstellungen [publication] undated |
16 | |||
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Freie Klasse Berlin - Haus Selba Projekt, [spiral bound book], 1 of 3. undated |
16 | |||
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Freie Klasse Berlin - Haus Selba Projekte, [spiral bound book], 2 of 3. undated |
16 | |||
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Freie Klasse Berlin - Haus Selba Projekte, [spiral bound book], 3 of 3. undated |
16 | |||
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Jamwork: JAM Portfolio 1997-2005 |
16 | |||
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KMKK - Moszkva ter (Gravitacio), Ludwig Museum Budapest, Museum of Contemporary Art (publication in box) 2003 |
17 | |||
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Rum46 - Takkekortet, The Written Acknowledgement [magazine] 2003 |
17 | |||
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Xurban collective, [portfolio] undated |
17 | |||
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