Red 76 is a multi-artist collective started in

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. Since 2000 they have produced numerous projects and appeared in ''

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'', '' Artforum'' and '' Modern Painters'', and shown at Southern Exposure and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and in projects by Creative Time.

Themes

Red 76's work centers on the practice of

grassroots A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or continent movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from volunteers at the local level to imp ...

publishing (both zines small

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, and online), conversation, and alternative economies which center on a larger theme of the

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(the 76 in their name references 1776, the year the US independence) and a general revolutionary spirit. Projects like Ghosttown and Taking PlaceBovee, Katherine http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2005/07/report_from_tak.html PORT (2005) sought to charge space and create an atmosphere wherein the public may become highly aware of their immediate surroundings, and their day to day activities, is an often recurring element within many of the group's activities.

References

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External links

Red 76 Home Page
American artists American artist groups and collectives Culture of Portland, Oregon