N. E. Thing Co.
15th December 2009 at 1:20 pm
CATEGORIES: CHARTS, COLLAGE, DIAGRAMS, MAPS

From Wikipedia:
N.E. Thing Co. was a Canadian art collective producing work from 1967-1978. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia., N.E. Thing Co. was run by co-presidents Iain and Ingrid Baxter.
Seminal figures in the emergence of conceptual art movement in Canada during the late sixties, NE. Thing Co. used corporate strategies to generate and frame its artistic practice.
Essay by Nancy Shaw: ‘Siting the Banal, The Expanded Landscapes of the N. E. Thing Co.’, here.
Another essay ‘N.E. Thing Co.: The Ubiquitous Concept’, by Derek Knight, here.
All images from here.
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It is hereby and henceforth elevated for eternity to the realm of aesthetically claimed things.
It is to be known from this day on by all men as an act.
* The N. E. Thing Co. reserves the right to redo or duplicate any act as a future project.
Signed President, Iain Baxter
N. E. Thing Co.
Act Department


