Conference Format

Format:
The call format opens the question of collaboration within ceramics to the widest possible group. We will form a curatorial committee from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, art spaces, and artists engaged in collaborative practices. We will then select a core group of 30 participants from an online call, distribution of posters, emails to academic departments, and blogs. This core group of 30 will present projects and discuss works. Within this group, everyone will be both a presenter and commentator.

The core group of 30 will also function as social sculpture. The presentations, discussions, and round tables will be sculptures in themselves. Morning and afternoon sessions will be organized thematically. Anyone interested in the topics presented is welcome to attend. In this way, presentations of collaboration become models of practice for anyone interested. Gathering a diversity of collaborative methodologies across a single material sets up a mechanism for the exchange of ideas. Opening these ideas to those interested suggests pollinization and a potential for these models to be used.

Accepted entries will be published in a conference catalog.