From Wikipedia:
N.E. Thing Co. was a Canadian art collective producing work from 1967-1978. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia., N.E. Thing Co. was run by co-presidents Iain and Ingrid Baxter.
Seminal figures in the emergence of conceptual art movement in Canada during the late sixties, NE. Thing Co. used corporate strategies to generate and frame its artistic practice.
Essay by Nancy Shaw: ‘Siting the Banal, The Expanded Landscapes of the N. E. Thing Co.’, here.
Another essay ‘N.E. Thing Co.: The Ubiquitous Concept’, by Derek Knight, here.
All images from here.
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All men are to recognize and note for posterity that act xx on this xx day of xx 19xx has met the stringent requirements of sensitivity information as set forth by the N. E. Thing Co.
It is hereby and henceforth elevated for eternity to the realm of aesthetically claimed things.
It is to be known from this day on by all men as an act.
* The N. E. Thing Co. reserves the right to redo or duplicate any act as a future project.
Signed President, Iain Baxter
N. E. Thing Co.
Act Department
It is hereby and henceforth elevated for eternity to the realm of aesthetically claimed things.
It is to be known from this day on by all men as an act.
* The N. E. Thing Co. reserves the right to redo or duplicate any act as a future project.
Signed President, Iain Baxter
N. E. Thing Co.
Act Department