An essay written for the occasion of ARTSCHOOL/UK Phase II at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, October 2010.
The publication has developed from activities and processes surrounding ARTSCHOOL/UK, an event and publishing platform, which began its expanded studies and counter-studies in 2010. PROSPECTUS provides an eclectic mix of textual and visual materials relating to academies and factories, institutions on the move, perfect structures, sites of artistic practice, and pedagogical systems. Contributors include Roy Ascott, AA Bronson, Michael Craig-Martin, Alice and Rita Evans, Antonio Faundez & Paulo Freire, Verina Gfader, Fritz Haeg, Ivan Illich, Oliver Klimpel, Adam Knight, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Cedric Price, John Reardon, Matthew Stadler, Richard Wentworth, Ruth Höflich, and Neil Cummings.
The book was launched at Printed Matter's Los Angeles Art Book Fair at Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in January 2014.
