cycle 1

started on March 1, 2006

List of participants: Tim Davis, Stacy Doris, Robert Fitterman, Sabine Herrmann, Klaus Killisch, Carol Mirakove, Yedda Morrison, Kim Rosenfield, Lisa Sanditz, Rod Smith, Juliana Spahr, Mónica de la Torre. Volume 1 of Collective Task was designed by Dirk Rowntree and published by Patrick Lovelace Editions.

Responses are shown on cycle 1 web-site.


TASK 01

Create a piece around your first purchase of the month of March.
Robert Fitterman


TASK 02

What is the mainstream, where is the mainstream? How does it work?
What or else shall we do about the mainstream? Talk to me.
Tim Davis


TASK 03

A pin for the many rallies and marches in favor of the rights of illegal immigrants reads: TODOS SOMOS ILEGALES. (All of us are illegal.) Take the issue on.
Mónica de la Torre


TASK 04

exemplify torture.
Stacy Doris


TASK 05

I have in recent months been thinking about the import of celebratory energy in sustaining efforts towards radical change. We witnessed this phenomenon in the antiapartheid revolution and in current movements throughout Latin America. Recently, I felt it in the May Day demonstration in NYC’s Union Square. Bring fiesta to your revolution.
Carol Mirakove


TASK 06

Get on your safety gear (or take it off) and wade your geographic particulars. Read these before you head out….
Yedda Morrison


TASK 07

Send me 50 dollars.
Kim Rosenfield


TASK 08

My October idea is to honor the spirit of Freecycle. That is, all materials used in the project must be used, borrowed, bartered or stolen. No money can change hands for the materials of your project. If you are someone who already freecycles materials in your usual practice, whether it is physical, linguistic, musical or other, please freecycle with a new material or in a new methodology.
Lisa Sanditz


TASK 09

One act.
Rod Smith


TASK 10

Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously.
Juliana Spahr