SCUM IS A DIY  COLLECTIVE CONSISTING OF WRITERS, ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PERFORMERS, FILMMAKERS, AND PHILOSOPHERS.

SCUM IS NOT LIMITED TO ONE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.

SCUM WAS FORMED IN 2018 AFTER SEVERAL COLLABORATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN A GROUP OF NINE ARTISTS AND WRITES.

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NO US AND THEM MENTALITY, NO SCENE, NO LABELS, NO INSTITUTIONS, NO GOOD, NO BAD, JUST OPEN, FLUID ACTION AND COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION. “ANTI-” IS A REJECTION OF A HISTORY/SOCIETY/WORDS WHICH MAINTAIN A LABELLED COMMUNITY. NO STRAIGHTJACKETS.

 

SCUM SAYS ALL PRACTICE ALREADY IS INTERDISCIPLINARY. THERE SHOULD BE NO HIERARCHY WITHIN ABILITY AND TYPES OF PRACTICES. 

 

USING ART WITHIN A COLLECTIVE, LARGER FRAMEWORK, NO ONE IS SINGULAR. NO ONE IS INDIVIDUAL, BUT CONNECTED TO A WIDER SOCIETY AND POLITICAL CONTEXT.

 

SCUM PUTS AN EMPHASIS ON EXPERIMENTALISM, EXPLICITNESS AND THE BIZARRE, AS THESE FORMS AIM TO FIND MEANING AND EXPRESSION OUTSIDE OF POWER STRUCTURES WHICH ARE NOT NATURAL, BUT AN INVENTION OF THE PARASITE KNOWN AS HUMAN KIND.

 

PROJECTS, PRACTICES, SHOWS - WHATEVER YOU DO, MUST BE DONE ON A DIY BASIS, MADE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. THE FOCUS IS INCLUSIVITY. 

 

EVEN IF YOU DO NOT INTEND SOMETHING TO BE  POLITICAL/ACTIVIST/CRITICAL, IT CAN BE USED TO EXAGGERATE OR EXPAND OTHER IDEAS.

 

WHERE SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEA ENDS, ANOTHER BEGINS. WHEN SOMEONE ELSE’S WORDS FAIL, SOMEONE ELSE’S ART SPEAKS. VICE VERSA.

 

EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. EVERYTHING IS USEFUL.

 

ALWAYS SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS WORLD THAT FORCES DEFINITION UPON US. WE BELIEVE WE ARE ALWAYS IN A STRAIGHT JACKET, WHY NOT PUT A STRAIGHTJACKET ON AN INSTITUTION AND FIGHT THAT INSTEAD.

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CONTACT: studioscum@outlook.com

INSTAGRAM: @STUDIOSCUM

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