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N. E. Thing Co.

BARNISM — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:20:50 +0000

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.
Found via.

All men are to recognize and note for posterity that act xx on this xx day of xx 19xx has met the stringent requirements of sensitivity information as set forth by the N. E. Thing Co.
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

She’s Not There

BARNISM — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:28:08 +0000

Another one here.

Peeling Posters – Mumbai

BARNISM — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:00:49 +0000

Peeling Posters

BARNISM — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:01:40 +0000

Liquidacion

BARNISM — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:50:33 +0000

More liquidations here:

Dash Snow

BARNISM — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:47:09 +0000

“THE END OF LIVING THE BEGINNING OF SURVIVAL”

Link.

Richard Hawkins – Lapis Niger

BARNISM — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:23:53 +0000

Collages by Richard Hawkins at his exhibition “Of Two Minds, Simultaneously” in de Appel.
Lapis Niger. See also Black Cube.

Stone Grain

BARNISM — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:50:56 +0000

Merce Death

BARNISM — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:35:27 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

Guitarist who improvises and samples himself playing live to build up a whole sound.
He says “Merce Death is a band with just me, my solo project. It’s a “gig” band meaning only live improvisational performances.”
Website here.

Yellow Collage

BARNISM — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:22:34 +0000