Exhibit at Vector Gallery
common_places brought 70 lbs of material to Vector Gallery in Iasi — many thanks to the Vector Group for their help in setting up the show and hosting the archive, esp to Matei Bejenaru who was our initial contact, main organizer and who drilled over 90 holes in the wall to hang our plastic bags. our materials were organized, this time, by longevity — left to right on the wall, the collectives with the longest duration to the left, the ones that are either the most recent or that have had the most brief existance on the right. this placed in immediate proximity dramatically different collective efforts — VideoFreex were next to RepoHistory and Umbruch BildArchiv , Kanak Attak was next to the Fluff Constructivists and Living Units. this also helped break down the division between collectives and resources on collectivity, ie between specific practice and materials that theorise collectivity at a more meta-level.
we set up two viewing areas for the digital materials — a DVD player connected to a monitor on one end of the room, while the opposite corner hosted the Vector Gallery computer, which the group graciously allowed us to use. once again, our lollypop pillows (the original model designed by excellent designer Leslie Elsasser) were crucial — we filled them with local materials (scrap batting material scavanged by Dan Acostioaei, a sleeping bag temporarily donated by Livia Tencariu).
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