collective task

Collective Task, founded in 2006, is an international group of artists and poets with over 30 participants. Our premise is simple: on the first day of each month a selected member of the collective assigns a task for the other members to be completed within the month. These monthly responses appear ongoing on our website and at the end of a 12-month cycle, we have published these responses as a book or catalogue. The responses vary in medium (video, sound, text, image) and length.

Collective Task develops networking as an art practice. The process of mutual exchange through the internet is central to the collective project overall. The role of the single contributions is amplified by the guiding premise of art as a network. Recalling Mail Art‘s experiences, Collective Task similarly pursues a vernacular of everyday connectedness and dialogue among artists.