165 x 235mm, 91 pages, Colour printing, Perfect bound, Unique softcovers, 2024

Permission To Speak is the first full publication from Kontrapunkt Collective, formed of four international artists working in the field of jewellery and exploring the intersection between individual and collective practice. The collective uses writing, conversation events and other forms of documentation alongside exhibition projects to reflect on the actual process of working collectively, how their collective projects are empowered by the fusion of individual strengths, and in turn how their individual practices are empowered by the collaborative effort. Born as a catalogue document for their second eponymous project, the book describes the exercise used as an experiment to catalyse the group’s research goals. It then extends its scope into elucidating aspects of collectivity in the artistic field, starting from more essential elements such as choice, respect and trust, to investigating the participatory role of the audience and of the exhibition space in the collective act. Permission To Speak is therefore not just a catalogue, nor just a book, nor just a research document. Like Kontrapunkt, it is a collective of the many possible voices of artistic research.

Contributors: Rita Besnyői, Vica Gábor, Lieta Marziali, Luca Sági

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