First published 2023
The FREETERS collective gathers in spaces they have transformed through artistic vision. These artists design environments where people think, work, live, play, and learn together. Their practice merges creative intelligence with action as society changes around them. The working world shifts its dynamics constantly, overturning established patterns. The collective believes artistic thought and action must shape the present beyond traditional art contexts. They develop an approach to intelligence that goes beyond rational utility. While machine learning advances through public services, the FREETERS question whether this path alone leads to the superintelligence that might one day build a resource-saving paradise. Their artistic intelligence creates identity, emotion, and inspiration in the spaces they craft. The book explores how they mediate between artistic thinking and artistic doing in their processes.
Genres: fiction, art, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: artistic-vision, found-family
Setting: FREETERS
Period: 21st-century
208 pages · Hardcover · DCV