ANTIplonk: September 2010

Inevitably the question of identity arises when you look in on a collaborative process from outside. Who is doing what and with whom? In the collaborative process egos are suppressed but that is not always possible or even desirable. Sometimes what is required is a cooperative team. The [ANTIplonk] way of dealing with some of this is to negotiate a formula and express it in numbers. It may not be perfect but we'll keep on working on it so that we can get to where we wish to go.

WELCOME

ANTIplonk is a loose and eclectic network of cultural producers working in the public domain. Rather than aiming to be simply doing anything in the public domain we'd rather be doing something collaboratively and collectively – and in the public domain and with someone ... a group ... whoever ... rather than either for them or to them.

ANTIplonk takes antithetic inspiration from the pejorative slang term for 'modernist' public art, "plop art" – but with an Ozzie vernacular twist – "reality hacking" and conceptual art.

ANTIplonk is informed by the artmaking cum cultural production of the late 20th Century. Minimalism, Fluxus and Dada holds attractions for the network. 'Neofluxusism' in particular, like its foreshadow, is:
• More an attitude and/or an aesthetic than it could ever be a movement;
• A lot to do with the idea of 'intermedia' and the exploration/exploitation of what happens when different media bump up against each other;
• Where all kinds of everyday objects, sounds, images, and words can have a newness of meaning in combination.

The idea of the ordinary being extraordinary, fun even, is an attraction. But more than that, the realisation that working as a collective, and collaboratively, almost anything can be realised and what might have been out of reach somehow becomes a possibility.

CONTACT ADDRESS: ANTIplonk@7250.net

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

UNTITLED PRINTS – Manifestations & Dimensions Variable

A DONE DINNER

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POSTCARDhome

HOLLYBANKarrangement

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Found Stuff

Villains and Heroes

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Exotic, Dangerous and Benign

Cultural Production Might Be Something Different To What You Think

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Shot From The Hip At LGH

The FOUNDphotography IDEA

MINDstretch: Looking Over The Horizon To See What's There

Saturday, September 11, 2010

SAMPLE: Fluxus scores by Ken Friedman

SCORE # 1

QUESTION OF IDENTITY

Friday, September 10, 2010

WATCH THIS SPACE