home exhibitions collaboration works contact © 2012 Marc Alperstein Solo » Undercover » Into the Fold » Hair Line » Drawings Collaboration » Paths » Commands » Drawing performance » Drawings » Videos Collab Exhibitions » Between you & me » New works » Falling Down » Untitled » Driver Passenger » Drawing » Wren 2nd Bday				collaborative works: Marc Alperstein and Amélie Scalercio Artist statement: Collaborative practice that seeks to document a conversation or argument that exists between two wills struggling to impose their presence - their mark into an act. It is necessary that these works engage in collaborative practice to record the struggle that ensues in this dynamic exchange, one that could not exist if operating in solitude. With an emphasis on process, the artists set out to work simultaneously on a piece using set structures which allow for individual variation yet curtail the realisation of subjective intention. Through this process neither participant can claim any personal ownership for any mark created, as both artists have been directly and indirectly involved. What results is an argumentative dialogue and a lack of control that forces compromise between the artists. Through this restriction a form of 'freedom' is established that allows neither artist to create a subjective response, attempting to dissolve the subject/object duality that is still prevalent in Western art. In these collaborative works the process takes priority over the final outcome of the work. Between you and me Between you and me. video stills. Paths [left] split-030606. video still [right] split-030606-BL1. digital print. 120 x 95cm. Commands command return return' (video still) Drawing performance image: Zack Musarsa