UC Irvine

Transfer & ReAssembled describes the collective work of a group of artists, Andrea Hidalgo, Natalie Delgadillo, Rachel Finkelstein, Jules Marasa, James Basilio, Eylese Davis, Miranda Maynard, Eugenia Barbuc and Josh Burwell, interested in exploring collectivity and haptic exchanges in virtual space. Barbuc presents transcripts from zoom meetings, describes the work alongside queer theory of coalition and utopia and situates the collaborative project alongside Fred Moten’s essay Collective Head. Thinking with Moten’s description of the commune as ephemeral, this thesis attempts to embody the affective exchanges between group members, art objects and sibling relationships that inspire ways of assembling to create collective bodies with which to share resources, thoughts and work.