Collective Objects

I recently joined the group of DC-based artists known as Floating Lab Collective.  Formed in 2007, artists in Floating Lab work collectively to bring the space of art into public space through media art, performances, and research.  Floating Lab's activities are aimed at creating discourse with the hope of creating aesthetic avenues by which voices on the margins can be heard at the center.  The artists in Floating Lab often use humor as a counterpoint to the gravity of social issues, such as the project called "Scream at the Economy".

Despite the frantic preparations I am making for my thesis exhibition opening in January, I spent a few days this past week creating a series of drawings as part of my first project working with Floating Lab Collective.  The drawings illustrate common individual-use objects re-imagined for collective use.  

Each of the drawings will be sent with a letter to companies producing such products.  For example, the drawing of the "collective Coca-Cola bottle" will be mailed to the Coca-Cola company with a letter suggesting that the company consider manufacturing new bottles matching the drawing.  

Until now,  I have strictly been a work-alone-in-studio-with-a-closed-door.  Now, I have an opportunity to work collectively with other talented and highly inventive artists.  So far, it has been awesome.