an archive of the collaborative work of artists neil cummings and marysia lewandowska 1995-2008

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These texts have already been published as print elsewhere.........

Museum Futures: recorded

Museum Futures (2058) is a print document record of the Centenary interview with Moderna Museet v3.0 executive Ayan Lindquist, a version will be printed in a heritage publication, the History Book to celebrate the museum's jubilee in October 2008.

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Contour: interview with curator Nav Haq

Contour interview (2007) with Nav Haq, is published to accompany Parade our contribution to the Film and Video Biennale, Decoder in Mechelen Belgium.

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From Capital to Enthusiasm

From Capital to Enthusiasm (2007) is a chapter in a Exhibition Experiments edited by Sharon Macdonald and Paul Basu, published by Blackwell. The book explores experiments with display and museological form that challenge our understanding - and experience of - museums.

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The Ice Trade

The Ice Trade (2007) is a short text to accompany an exhibition of the same name. The text proposes the nineteenth century trade of ice as a metaphor/model for a contemporary creative ecology.

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IndustrialTownFuturism

The return of Meshwork Markets is an amended transcript of a lecture delivered to the Meshwork of Marketeers, Cracow Middle-Europe 16th October 2049

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A Shadow of Marx

A Shadow of Marx (2006) is a chapter in a Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 edited by Prof. Amelia Jones and published by Blackwell. The text traces a legacy of marxist inspired cultural critique, through artists and artworks. The publication itself has an innovative structure, it mixes thematic sections with historical overviews, and is intended as a student 'reader'.

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From Enthusiasm to the Creative Commons

From Enthusiasm to the Creative Commons (2004) is a text from Enthusiasm a publication which accompanies the exhibition of the same name. It's an edited email exchange between Whitechapel curator Anthony Spira, and ourselves.

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A Conversation with Adam Szymczyk

A Conversation with Adam Szymczyk (2004) is a text from Enthusiasts a publication which accompanies the exhibition of the same name. It's an edited email exchange between us, and Adam Szymczyk director of the Kunsthalle Basel.

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From Things to Flows

From Things to Flows (2004) traces a shift in attention from objects to flows of capital and desire, through the evolution of plastics and plastic artifacts. It was first printed in a beautiful publication The Ecstacy of Things to accompany an exhibition at the Fotomuseum, Winterthur.

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Economy of Love

An Economy of Love (2004) reflects on and gives some context for our project Capital at Tate and the Bank of England Museum. It was first printed in Economising Culture: On The (Digital) Culture Industry by Data Browser in 2004.

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A Pocket Companion

A Pocket Companion (1998) was the exhibition catalogue and guide for our project Pour Les Curieux, to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Musée d'art et d'histoire and the Ecole supérieure d'art visuel, Geneva. In collaboration with Sylvia Alberton, Adrien Beck, Donatella Bernardi, & Michael Henry.

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Everything

Everything (1997) is a short essay that explores curation in relation to a wider circulation of material things. Everything was first printed in Curating; the Contemporary Art Museum and Beyond, Art and Design Magazine

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Reading Things: the Alibi of Use

The Alibi of Use (1993) is a short essay that intoduces the theme of the publication Reading Things. The text explores the possibility of utility offering some resistance to the semiotic free-fall of some (and then very fashionable) post-modern theory.

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