Preface ix 1. Introduction The Art of Social Cooperation: An American Framework 1 2. Cooperation Goes Public Consequences of a Gesture and 100 Victoria/10,000 Tears 51 Interview: Daniel Joseph Martinez, artist, and Gregg M. Horowitz, philosophy professor Chicago Urban Ecology Action Group 76 Follow-Up Interview: Naomi Beckwith, participant 3. Museum, Education, Cooperation Memory of Surfaces 90 Interview: Ernesto Pujol, artist, and David Henry, museum educator 4. Overview Temporary Coaltions, Mobilized Communities, and Dialogue as Art 114 Interview: Grant Kester, art historian 5. Social Vision and a Cooperative Community Project Row Houses 132 Interview: Rick Lowe, artist, and Mark Stern, professor of social history and urban studies 6. Participation, Planning, and a Cooperative Film Blot Out the Sun 152 Interview: Harrell Fletcher, artist, and Ethan Seltzer, professor of urban studies and planning Ride Out the Sun 174 Follow-up Interview: Jay Dykeman, collaborator 7. Education Art Catedra Arte del Conducta 179 Interview: Tania Bruguera, artist Catedra de Conducta Follow-up Interview: Claire Bishop, art historian 8. A Political Alphabet 219 Interview: Wendy Ewald, artist, and Sondra Farganis, political scientist 9. Crossing Borders Transnational Community-Based Production, Cooperative Art, and Informal Trade Networks 240 Interview: Pedro Lasch, artist, and Teddy Cruz, architect 10. Spirituality and Cooperation Unburning Freedom Hall and The Packer School Project 269 Interview: Brett Cook, artist, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, artist The Seer Project 301 Interview: Lee Mingwei, artist 11. Interactive Internet Communication White Glove Tracking 313 Interview: Evan Roth, artist White Glove Tracking 335 Follow-up Interview: Jonah Peretti, contagious media pioneer Conclusion: Pragmatism and Social Cooperation 343 Notes 363 Bibliography 373 Index 381