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[deletia]

By: Lynn Harris, Paul Stanley

Artist Lynn Harris and artist/curator Paul Stanley talk about working together in the latest in our Collaborative relationships series.

In 2006, after several obsessive conversations surrounding the construction and reception of advertising language and imagery, Paul asked me to join [deletia]. He first asked if I would like to put forward a proposal for an open call under the collective name. Then, a few months later he asked if I would like to become Co-editor, offering me a position to share in making decisions about the conceptual and strategic direction of the group. One of [deletia]’s main goals is to purchase ad space in popular magazines, and to use this space to present artworks. Our shared interest in the conception and reception of the advertising space then formed the next phase for [deletia]. I think Paul partially asked me to join the group for practical reasons, to share the workload. Like most art groups, [deletia] is self-organised and self-run. It takes time to research, approach and purchase advertising space and apply for funding, let alone create works for the spaces. But mostly I think Paul asked me to join for the discursive and exploratory nature of collaboration. We spend a lot of our time talking about ideas, trolling through the countless ads, commercials and marketed language...

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