Philosophy
"Floating Lab Collective" is a group of metropolitan DC-based artists working collectively on performances, media art and research. The main idea is to expand the space of art into public space and to expand the discourse about contemporary art. The participating artists are a dynamic and flexible group that expands and contracts in size depending on the piece to be executed. The pieces are labeled as (e)xperiments, and they focus on different aspects of our society (political, economic, social, etc...)

Background
The Floating Lab Collective is a Metropolitan Washington DC area-based group of artists. They began their activities as a collective in 2007 during Multimediale, a new media art show in Washington DC. Their first piece was titled "Protesting on Demand." In 2007 they participated in a TRANSITiO_MX, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico, a media art festival, with a localized version of the piece "Protesting on Demand". In 2008 The Floating Lab Collective was awarded a grant by The Creative Communities Initiative Program, from the Community Foundation of the National Capital Region Washington, DC in collaboration with Provisions Library and Gallery. For the creation of a Floating Museum, a food delivery truck was transformed into a mobile museum. The Floating Lab Collective has been invited to participate in the "Brushfire Project" a public art series that was displayed nationwide during 2008. The Floating Lab Collective is currently preparing a show titled 43.5 actions in Usonia, a series of participatory art pieces in collaboration with various communities. An in progress version was displayed at the Katzen Museum in Washington DC, as part of the show "Close Encounters: Facing the Future." in Sept. 2008. Show Let's Talk!, The World Bank Art Program, World Bank Main Complex, Preston Lounge May 28 - June 28, 2009. Silver Spring Handmade Mart, May 30 2009. Close Encounters 2: Acts of Social Imagination in NYC, in Nathan Cummings Foundation, another look at the ongoing 43.5 actions in Usonia, ran from June to August 2009.

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