Shopdropping: Studies in Reverse Shoplifting
Edited by Marisa Jahn & Steve Shada
Published by The Collective Foundation
77 pages, full color
softcover book price: $18.43 (limited edition sold at book release events only)
(proceeds benefit Pond and The Collective Foundation)
purchase here: http://www.lulu.com/content/761952
Book Release:
Thurs April 12, 6-9 pm
Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St., San Francisco
$8 in advance, $10 at the door
FREE for YBCA Members and a guest
Shopdropping: Studies in Reverse Shoplifting is part of an exhibition by
The Collective Foundation Exhibition at YBCA:
April 13th - July 1, 2007
Full Press Release------------
Through the artwork of 19 North American artists; noted essayists Terri Cohn, Alan Moore, and Robby Herbst; and a hilarious interview with Anti-Advertising Agency Founder Steve Lambert, Shopdropping: Studies in Reverse Shoplifting is a book that considers the contemporary phenomenon of 'shopdropping', or art inserted into spaces of commerce. The limited edition of the book includes art for readers themselves to insert back into stores: a cd by Michael Campbell/Coby Ellison and two business reply inserts by The Center for Tactical Magic and Robby Herbst.
writing by
Introduction by Steve Shada and Marisa Jahn
Shopdropping: Critical Takes by Robby Herbst
Fluid Junctures: Blurring the Art/Life Divide by Terri Cohn
A Drop in Consumption by Alan Moore
Shop Talk with Steve Lambert an interview with Steve Lambert by Steve Shada)
The Paradox of Likeness by Marisa Jahn
and artwork by
Emily Abendroth, Conrad Bakker, Michael Campbell & Coby Ellison, Center for Tactical Magic, Jo Cook,
Jaime Cortez, Amy Franceschini, Marc Horowitz, Packard Jennings, Tomas Jonsson,
Marijke Jorritsma and the Art Dept at the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco, Robby Herbst,
Steve Lambert, Lauren Marsden, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Shannon Spanhake, Biz Stone,
Eva Strohmeier, The United Victorian Workers
About the Publisher: The Collective Foundation
The Collective Foundation (www.collectivefoundation.org) is a research & development organization as exhibition, providing an array of experimental services for artists and arts organizations. The Collective Foundation focuses on designing practical structures while employing web-based technologies like the blog and wiki to reduce administration and economic overhead. Ultimately the Collective Foundation aims to serve as a catalytic beginning, proposing creative operational solutions and investigating new resources.
While the formative ideas for the foundation were developed by curator Joseph del Pesco and artist Scott Oliver, the foundation is comprised of scores of individuals who have made contributions toward the greater goal of advancing cultural production in the SF Bay Area and beyond. The Collective Foundation exhibition is intended as an invitation to other organizations to engage these diverse strategies for supporting artists in the Bay Area.
During the organization's launch at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Collective Foundation will set up temporary headquarters to provide a space to engage with CF programs, exhibit artist projects and host public events. We'll also be holding think-tank discussions, how-to sessions (for those who need help navigating the CF web interface), and Second-Saturday Shotgun Review days where we'll review as many art shows in the Bay Area as possible.