July 5th - Joint Custody Project - 22 "Blind Date" artist collaborations

Here is an interesting show coming up this Saturday.
Curated by Shana Nys-Dambrot and Tad Beck.

22 artists, 11 pieces, 30 days, not a single word of communication. (kind of)

The Project kicked off on June 1, and
over the course of the following 4 weeks, 22 Los Angeles based
artists, from a variety of mediums, paired off to create 11 pieces of
art. The theme – "Double Up : Double Down".

You can read the curatorial notes/thoughts here.

The reception is the exciting conclusion of
the project -- see the art as it is revealed for the first time, and
watch the collaborators meet face-to-face.

That's right -- no one knows who they have been working with this whole time...
and you can read about the drama here. What is most interesting to me are the mean tricks and the emotional reaction everyone has had during the process.

In speaking with Brady Brim-Deforest at Found, the conclusion I have come to is that almost everyone seems to Not play well with others without communication.

Perhaps that is the rub. Here we go on about "It's all about the art"...and this project is a perfect example of how that could simply not be the case.

There was also video interviews done...so I am hoping you will be able to see that too. I am assuming that it got edited more like a documentary than a reality show, so we shall see.

So far, I like this one particular photo pairing, a suitcase and a scroll with drawings. All of these collaborations seemed to have been the most creatively compatible, if I may use that word.

The show is only up until July 13, so make sure not to miss out.

Browse the Joint Custody Blog and see what else has been going on during June - -- this project is also taking place in Berlin!!
I think the Berlin work is awesome...