I've been thinking and researching about what it means to be a parent and an artist, and what a collective would be like and what it's for.
Here's a quote from c2c gallery in Prague relating to a show in 2007 entitled 'What Would We Be Without Children' – work by Matky a Otcove/Mothers and Fathers Collective (founded in 2001 by Lenka Klodova and friends – google her if you don't know her work, she's very interesting)
In the permanent flow of daily chores and stress, generated by the family life, earning money and the art production, we tend to muse upon the unjust and undeserved state we are in. Considering this situation we think that we surely haven’t chosen it by our free will and so we wonder about the existence of a variety of alternatives determined by our better choices.
This exhibition is a sculptural visualization of one aspect of the problem. http://www.c2c.cz/?id=2078
Also – Susan Jones suggested a good name for the collective – APT = Artists Parents Talking. What do you all think? I'd also welcome any suggestions about how we might start communicating – an online forum perhaps, or other type of online group?
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