BAW
N55
Aharon
Amy Balkin
Zanny Begg
The Copenhagen Commune
Chto Delat/What is to be Done?
Erin Elder
Amy Franceschini
Alex Lockett
David Mabb
Jose' Filipe Moreira da Costa
Anna Pickering
The Public School
Jon Sack
Temporary Services
Chin Xaou Ti Won
Duncan Wooldridge
Sasha Dela
Benison Kilby
Elysa Lozano
Nancy Zastudil
26/3/2010
An Exhibition of Proposals for a Socialist Colony
Skydive, Houston
An exhibition of artists' works that contribute to the fruitful paradoxes residing in the common quest for individual freedom. The artists and curators engaged in a collaborative process to produce the exhibition, highlighting early Texas Socialist history and examining the roles played by self-organization in the development of social and legal contracts. Participating artists and works include BAW, N55, Aharon, Amy Balkin, Zanny Begg, The Copenhagen Commune, Chto Delat/What is to be Done?, Erin Elder, Amy Franceschini...
Organized by Sasha Dela, Benison Kilby, Elysa Lozano for Autonomous Organization, and Nancy Zastudil
Announcing An Exhibition of Proposals for a Socialist
Colony, an exhibition of artists’ works that contribute to the fruitful paradoxes residing in
the common quest for individual freedom. Mounted in Houston, Texas, the exhibition is
set against a backdrop of the state’s historical independence from Mexico and the United
States, and has been developed under the premise that the land on which SKYDIVE
gallery stands is available for claim by any group who wishes to establish a socialist
colony on the property.
An Exhibition of Proposals for a Socialist Colony is informed by
a regional libertarian spirit and is built from proposals for systems, tools, collective
processes, social and legal contracts, and contradictions of implementation. In turn, these
proposals build on local civic laws to designate a global zone for debate regarding the
distinctions between personal necessity and public life. The artists and curators engaged
in a collaborative process to produce the exhibition, highlighting early Texas Socialist
history and examining the roles played by self-organization in the development of social
and legal contracts.
Participating artists and works include BAW, N55, Aharon, Amy Balkin, Zanny Begg,
The Copenhagen Commune, Chto Delat/What is to be Done?, Erin Elder, Amy
Franceschini, Alex Lockett, David Mabb, José Filipe Moreira da Costa, Anna Pickering,
The Public School, Jon Sack, Temporary Services, Chin Xaou Ti Won, and Duncan
Wooldridge.
Exhibition details and free public events are as follows:
Saturday March 20, 2:00-4:00pm
A Saturday Free School presentation: How to Build a Video Projector for $100
SKYDIVE, 3400 Montrose, Suite 907
Thursday March 25, 7:00pm
In the Freed Auditorium at Glassell School- A discussion with Erin Elder, David
Mabb, José Filipe Moreira da Costa, Chin Xaou Ti Won and Duncan Wooldridge
Glassell School, Freed Auditorium, 5101 Montrose
Screening Of Thomas Harlan’s Torre Bela, a documentary of a group of workers
that take over of a privately owned estate to start a collective farm
Domy Books, 1209 Westheimer
Saturday March 27, 6:00-9:00pm
Exhibition opening reception
Eldorado Ballroom at Project Row Houses, 2318 Elgin (at Dowling)
About Skydive
SKYDIVE utilizes an open and collaborative model for producing its programming. It
consists of a group of artists and curators that function as advisors to help create shows,
invite artists, and collaborate in the programming of the space. The Saturday Free School
for the Arts is also a project of Skydive and offers community proposed classes free in
content and cost. http://www.theskydive.org
Opening March 27th 6-9pm
Skydive Office of Cultural Affairs
2318 Elgin (Eldorado Ballroom @ Project Row Houses) Houston, TX, 77004
open Sat 1-5