Work Progress Collective Email & Phone Number

Work Progress Collective (WPC) is a hybrid identity, equal parts artist, journalist, political activist, archivist, and curious observer. WPC acknowledges the contemporary condition of art making; looking beyond the traditional artistic boundaries that place participants inside or outside, the model considers an active, implicated audience, performing collectively. In its current incarnation, WPC is a working agency, referential of a modern day Farm Security Administration documentation initiative. The temporary WPC headquarters at the Bronx River Arts Center's Shifting Community exhibition currently houses its three founders, Erica Leone, Heather M. O’Brien, and Felisia Tandiono; three artists with diverse national, educational, and professional backgrounds who seek to evoke a collective experience, a conduit of curiosity and learning that can be shared with others. Since 2009, WPC has initiated various public and interactive projects including surveys and audio interviews in Lower Manhattan, an open call for economic recession-based images, dialogues relating to image-making and image consumption, educational workshops, and a public auction/foreclosure installation. Initially taking a reference from the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documentation agency, WPC has continued working in the theme of image and archive, visual thinking, lens-based history and the urban socio-economic condition. In addition to 2010 LMCC Swing Space residency, WPC has presented in Creative Time/PS1, NYU Polytech, Dumbo Arts Festival, LMCC Governors Island Art Center and BADCAT Mobile 1. WPC projects have been featured in the New York Times, New Deal 2.0, Flavorpill and whitewall magazine.

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