book & dvd collection WRITINGS on COLLABORATION reflections on how, why and how we collaborate by artists of the 2001-03 AtHOME project
including
thoughts from Blake Parker, Rebecca Todd, Megan Andrews, Claude Smith,
Jyri Suominen, John Sharpley, Tina Park, Karen Kaeja, Allen Kaeja, Lata
Pada, Grindl Kuchirka, Vicky Chainey Gagnon, Kay Flavell, Motria Sabat, Christos Giotis, Maxine
Heppner, also Oliver Schroer, Rachel Cooper, Elizabeth Langley, Trang
Quang Hai, Andrew Timar, R.W. Stevenson, Rick Sacks, Cylla von
Tiedemann, Canon Cook, Cathy Gordon, Edgardo Moreno, Diane
Abbey-Livingston, Selma Odom, Ellen Band, Linda Caitlin-Smith, Hanafi,
Jennifer Watkins, Joanna da Souza, Jessica Runge, Katherine Duncanson
and others.
Reaching
to bridge myth and reality, The AtHOME Project and Festival was
produced in Toronto Canada in May 28-June17, 2001, April 2002 and May
2003. Over 200 contemporary artists who have been making collaborative
artwork for many years gathered their combined experience (see note*)
to uncover, expose and examine how collaborative work is done. Our goal
was to share this information with newer generations of collaborators
and with our public. There were shows, open studios, symposia, classes
and one-on-one sessions. Senior artists, emerging and pre-professional
artists, and our public shared experiences together and spoke frankly
about the realities of collaboration, creation, meaning and
internationalism in today’s world. The project included
writers-in-residence and documentary videographers. Artists who were so
inclined also contributed their written reflections.
This collection of writings, and a companion DVD record of discoveries. (*rough calculation made one day at a break= 1000+ years of experience )
CONTENTS
OVERVIEW: Ways We Collaborate Two Models For Collaboration And A Manifesto Boundary Crossings On Collaboration Rant In B Minor
DISCIPLINES: Rhythm: Body And Words Lighting And Landscape Art, News and Trendiness ...on approaching my art and life Where Do Ideas Come From? Duets For Dance And Piano Where Do We Meet?
PEOPLE: Creating On Trust Structured Innovations Revealed By Fire Blues for the Night Sky And G-Spot Variations How To build A Hermitage: New Pacific Studios The Influence of Place Just A Little More On Geography Choosing Partners the EU Way Wobbling Across Cultures
STRATEGIES The Importance of Play Games: Perceptions, Preconceptions, Symbols The Inquisitive Approach Essentails to Work, Interact, Create What Does One Need to Work? How To Start? A few Ways to Begin...And Eventually Finish Tensions and Frictions Experiencing Others INformation Overload When It Isn't Working Moving Forward Through Blocks A Challenge About Presumed Truths
COMPANION VIDEO Documentary About The Project Conversations: Artists Speaking Images atHOME: ten videos