Temporary Services is an artist collective of three people based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. They have been collaborating on art projects, public events, publications, and exhibitions since 1998.
On their web site, they state:"We champion public projects that are temporary, ephemeral, or that operate outside of conventional or officially sanctioned categories of public expression."
Temporary Services states a desire to not preference any type of activity or object as art, or any audience. They also work against the constructed link between aesthetics and ethics. They view art as activism, and carry on the traditions of situationism.
Temporary service became an Artadia awardee in the 2004 Chicago cycle.
Read more about Temporary Services: Prisoners' Inventions, The Library Project, Public Sculpture Opinion Poll, Networking, Temporary Services Membership, Exhibit History
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