meta-meta: workshop with some people press

In this workshop, artist Misha Ilin, collaborating with Some People Press, will investigate the economy of instruction to shed light on the entrepreneurial aspect of socially-engaged art. Employing the principles of W.A.G.E. and time-trading, Misha Ilin and artist Harrell Fletcher (founder and team member of Some People Press) have designed task-based instructions to explore models of support for socially-engaged art in dialogue with participating audience members, using Some People Press as a case study for support. Building upon Misha’s prior use of contractual frameworks to explore concepts of hospitality, debt, and indebtness, the emphasis of this workshop moves beyond mere tangible transactions (money/labor/time) to map intangible qualities of exchange driven by our mutual social dependencies.

Workshop participants will develop strategies for achieving mutual benefits from such practices, concluding with a discussion about the ethics and efficacy of these strategies.