Edition brief: [working title]#
Status: Backlog hypothesis
Proposition#
What is this edition trying to make possible? Why does it need to be an edition rather than an exhibition, rental offer, sale, publication, or piece of software?
The pairing#
- Which artists and works belong, and why do they need one another?
- What does the artist receive from making or releasing work through this form?
- What does the host receive from living inside it?
- What tension should remain unresolved?
The score#
- Duration:
- Allocation:
- Stay and rotation:
- Handoff:
- Host or guest contribution:
- Enrichment:
- Secret or chance:
- Digital fossil:
- Closure and afterlife:
Use only the mechanics the proposition needs. “None” is a designed answer.
The works and their care#
What physical conditions, permissions, installation, transport, privacy, insurance, and exit terms does the actual work require? What must every host know before joining, even if part of the edition remains secret?
The money#
Work backwards from the artists, works, duration, logistics, care, and gallery labor. State what enters, where it goes, any amount the host can direct, and what happens when someone leaves early. Do not inherit percentages from another edition without a creative and practical reason.
The presentation#
What public, physical, printed, or digital form is inseparable from the edition? What does its digital fossil preserve for owners, former hosts, guests, and later visitors? What can disappear? What must remain legible and accessible regardless of the edition's visual identity?
What this tests#
Name the few relationships or propositions worth learning from. Do not turn sales, attention, completion, delight, or participation volume into substitute measures of cultural value.
Refusals#
What attractive feature, convention, or behavior would weaken this edition?
Open before release#
List only the decisions that real artists, works, hosts, costs, or legal advice must resolve before the edition can happen.