Plexus International

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Plexus International is a global arts collective that was founded in 1982 in New York City. [1] The group was known for their collaborative, experimental art events as well as their theory of "artist in the first person" as a way to create co-authorship within the collective. [2]

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In 1985, the collective held a three-hour long show, titled "The Artificial Time of the Purgatorio Show '85 New York", at a Lower East Side squat, CUANDO. [3] The collective's later work tended toward digital art productions, and the group eventually moved to be based in Italy. [4]

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References

  1. Dernini, Sandro (2007). Plexus black box : a multicultural aesthetic inquiry into an international community based art project. Roma. ISBN   9788887242911.
  2. Lindsay, Arturo (2020). "Ashé at the Intersection of Art & Spirituality: an artist in the first person statement". Fire!!!. 6 (2): 128–140. ISSN   2156-4078. JSTOR   10.5323/48577809.
  3. Moss, Jeremiah (13 June 2011). "9 Second Ave". Jeremiah's Vanishing New York. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "L'erosione e la rinascita - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 28 May 2005.