Public lecture series Facing Forward. Art & Theory from a Future Perspective (2012)
Design by Felix Weigand
(Source: facingforward.nl)
![“The principle of Work for Work is that person A works for person B for an agreed amount of time, and in doing so they agree that person B will repay person A with their time. […] This website documents Work for Work exchanges that have taken place not only between us and a second party but also exchanges that have taken place between two parties independent to us. It’s not that an exchange of favours constitutes something new, no doubt we have all exchanged favours with other people, however we have found that the up front nature of the Work for Work agreement is a way of formalising this exchange economy, making it clearer for both sides. […]”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdw7fy45c1r3k2qio1_500.png)
“The principle of Work for Work is that person A works for person B for an agreed amount of time, and in doing so they agree that person B will repay person A with their time. […] This website documents Work for Work exchanges that have taken place not only between us and a second party but also exchanges that have taken place between two parties independent to us. It’s not that an exchange of favours constitutes something new, no doubt we have all exchanged favours with other people, however we have found that the up front nature of the Work for Work agreement is a way of formalising this exchange economy, making it clearer for both sides. […]”
Studio International - Ausstellungsraum der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
(Source: hgb-leipzig.de)
Barry McGee. New York, 2010
“With longtime collaborator Josh Lazcano (aka “AMAZE”), McGee spray painted simple red tags of the names and crews of graffiti writers from both past and present generations.”
Lisboa, 2011.
“The Surplus Library’s collection consists of books relevant to the topic of affect and economic exchange. The project functions as an idiosyncratic register of literature on this specific topic, while concurrently embodying the subject of its holdings: quasi economic, non-monetary exchanges trading on affect.”
(Source: thesurpluslibrary.com)
Content economy and restrained design (instead of “no design” or “bad design”) in order to highlight the main content - the book.
“Some text missing” or content economy? No design, bad design or restrained design?
