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鈥淣ot In My Name鈥� is a group exhibition with contributions by the following artists who do not work alone and do not work with their own names: 0100101110101101.org (Eva & Franco Mattes), A Kassen, Arbit City, Bernadette Corporation, Los Carpinteros, Chim鈫慞om from Smappa!Group, Chto Delat (What is to be done?), 颁辞辞濒迟奴谤颈蝉迟臈蝉, Grupo 贰迟肠茅迟别谤补, Leo Gabin, les gens d鈥橴terpan, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Little Warsaw, 翱笔础痴滨痴础搁脕!, The Propeller Group, Public Movement, Rafani, Raqs Media Collective, Soci茅t茅 R茅aliste, Reena Spaulings, Tercerunquinto, Tromarama and Yangjiang Group.

In the era of the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and online pseudonymity, a period characterized by the rise of alternative forms of community engagements, a new kind of artist/s has emerged. Expanding the historical denomination of the 鈥渁rtist collective鈥� and rethinking the notion of signature and artistic labor, this new kind of artist/s is an amalgamation of associates, working under fictitious names appropriated from other fields鈥� brands, labels, and terms such as economics (soci茅t茅 [society, company], corporation), social science and geography (movement, city), and the Internet (the .org domain identifier).

This new kind of artist/s is not merely 鈥渁 collective鈥�; rather, this entity swings between singularity and multiplicity, acting under a different form of agency 鈥� either as a special agent, double agent, or free agent. Furthermore, this new kind of artist/s layers wide-ranging backgrounds in diverse disciplines: dance, philosophy, design and architecture, education, and activism, to name a few. Yet this artist/s shares certain common concerns: a subversive yet playful critique of national symbols, such as the flag, and a profound interest in urban identity, such as city monuments and the mobilization of movement with it. These ideas can materialize in disparate formats that span conceptual artworks, immersive installations, curated exhibitions, texts, and objects, as well as time-based works like videos, displayed here as an exhibition-within-the-exhibition and presented in the cinema-like Marc Schimmel Multipurpose Gallery.

This group exhibition is, at the same time, an exhibition of groups, and the motivation behind 鈥淣ot In My Name鈥� is to create a space in which these different positions contextualize each other, inform each other, and clash against one another; in so doing, they redefine notions of authorship, creativity, signature and labor in the field of visual art. In this project the common supersedes the designation of the individual artist and the actual number of persons involved is unknown. Last but not least, 鈥淣ot In My Name鈥� has a truly global reach, and includes artists either coming from, or working in cities located within the borders of: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Russia, United States, and Vietnam.