Thinking Collectives / Collective Thinking
Published on 28. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 118 pages
978-3-96558-096-1 (ISBN)
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Thinking Collectives/Collective Thinking
delves into the dynamics of collective artistic practices, and looks in particular at histories, personal experiences, and theories in the context of global Asias. Featuring contributions from artists, curators, and activists, it focuses on the diverse contexts that shape both making and researching art. This 'Companion' book aims to bridge historical and theoretical knowledge with first-hand experiences and serves as a resource for a 'worlded' art history and contemporary practice.
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Thinking Collectives/Collective Thinking: Introduction / EVA BENTCHEVA, ANNIE JAEL KWAN, MING TIAMPO
Questionnaire on Collective Practices: December 2022-March 2023 / GUDSKUL: COLLECTIVE STUDY AND CONTEMPORARY ART ECOSYSTEM, MAI LING, NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE, PROJEK RABAK, REPUBLIC OF THE OTHER, TOMORROW GIRLS TROOP
what kind of we can we be?: collective futures / VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
what kind of we could we be?: the poetics of we / VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Thinking Operationally: Collectivism in Modern Japan and Its Contemporary Evolution / REIKO TOMII
Artist-Curator Collectives in Southeast Asia / EVA BENTCHEVA
'The Only Art Form that Works': Reflections on Collectivity from South Korea [2023] / SOYOON RYU
what kind of we could we be?: collective thinking by collectives / VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Questionnaire on Collective Practices: December 2022-March 2023 / GUDSKUL: COLLECTIVE STUDY AND CONTEMPORARY ART ECOSYSTEM, MAI LING, NHÀ SÀN COLLECTIVE, PROJEK RABAK, REPUBLIC OF THE OTHER, TOMORROW GIRLS TROOP
what kind of we can we be?: collective futures / VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
what kind of we could we be?: the poetics of we / VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Thinking Operationally: Collectivism in Modern Japan and Its Contemporary Evolution / REIKO TOMII
Artist-Curator Collectives in Southeast Asia / EVA BENTCHEVA
'The Only Art Form that Works': Reflections on Collectivity from South Korea [2023] / SOYOON RYU
what kind of we could we be?: collective thinking by collectives / VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS