Making Room For Redundancy

Making Room for Redundancy
by
Basekamp, democratic innovation, Institute for Advanced Architecture Olga Kopenkina, Sara Reisman, Gregory Sholette, Anton Vidokle.

Opening Reception:
Tuesday October 9, 6-8pm

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What is the degree of similarity allowable, and amount of competition necessary in the field of cultural production; can opportunities for shared values and interests overlap or merge effectively; how may awareness and combination of similar practices already be pointing toward alternate forms of cultural practice in the 21st century?

Making Room for Redundancy is concerned with the dual production of (artist's) work and it’s relation to professional identity in opposition to the way that master narratives of individual subjecthood support the dominant structures. In order to contribute significantly to any field, existing elements need to be recognized, worked with to help put them together for better results, and developed further. Relevance can be found by embracing “unoriginality” using collective resources; as a means to the transformation of existing structures of competition. Redundancy questions competition as the only means for progress and production, and allows for similar conversations to merge and overlap, without having to absorb one another in a hierarchy of importance.

The exhibition at common room 2 is a result of a day long rapid collaboration experiment with cultural producers engaged in “mutually redundant” practices. The workshop explored the opportunities of open forms of cultural practice with mutually supportive structures and the possibilities of collaborative production allowing a dialogue on organizing similarity in individual creativity.

Making Room for Redundancy is an ongoing event and exhibition project. This version of Making Room for Redundancy (#3) was initiated by Lars Fischer, Kent Hansen and Scott Rigby. The exhibition was made possible with kind support from the Danish Arts Council and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Thanks to Erik Carver, Yevgeniy Fiks, Didier Clain (videography), Garrett Davis (transcription).

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common room 2
465 Grand Street - rear lobby
New York, NY 10002
tel.: 212.358.8605
www.common-room.net

Directions:
Take F train to East Broadway stop. Exit at rear of platform if coming
downtown or front of platform if coming from Brooklyn. Walk East on
East Broadway just past Pitt Street. Use Rear Entrance on East Broadway.

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