A new Temporary Services publication that brings a lot of great thinking about working creatively in groups back into printed form with a fresh design. For younger generations that may have missed this work when we first released these publications about two decades ago, hopefully this material will help you think about collaboration now the way it helped us buck then. People who teach art and want to see their students collaborating in groups are urged to use this in their classrooms.

 

Some of the groups included in the quotes are: Group Material, The Ex, Fugazi, Paper Tiger Television, Sonic Youth, Act-Up, P-Funk, Amon Düül II, REPOhistory, Survival Research Laboratories, Black Flag, Lucky Pierre, MC5, Gran Fury, PLATFORM, The Center for Tactical Magic, N55, and more.

 

From the back cover: 

 

When Temporary Services compiled the quotes in this booklet for two publications in 2002 and 2007, a lot of artists were starting to work in groups. Groups were becoming the subject of exhibitions around the world. Socially engaged art was emerging in many places in the US and abroad and we wanted to make this culture more visible in its contemporary iterations and historical variations. Artist groups are often short-lived, but these quotes explore timeless issues that arise in group work. We hope this collection provides guidance and inspiration to anyone that wants to try collaborating creatively with others.