Office For First Intentions
Since May 2006, Metronome Press has extended its activities from a publishing house to an Office For First Intentions.
Conceived on the model of a halfway house or maison de passe, it functions as an intermediary space between the private environment of the studio or office and the public site of the museum, gallery, or cinema. The Office For First Intentions proposes a number of initiatives, built by artists, sociologists, film-makers, architects, critics, and curators who aspire to an economy of production outside of the normal institution. The Office For First Intentions promotes a common space based upon elective affinities and unexpected encounters. It is currently organising a series of dialogues between artists and researchers during sessions, where an artist or researcher is invited to present a new work that is still in the making.
Clémentine Deliss, Thomas Boutoux and the sociologist and writer Boris Gobille are the members involved in the sessions. However, this membership can expand in order to achieve the necessary conditions for the analysis of a specific first intention and to encourage multiple perspectives.
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