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SUMMARY:Startup Art Fair LA: SHOEBOX Arts Initiative: Call and Response Collaborative Books
DESCRIPTION:Call and Response Goes Live at Startup Art Fair \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSomething big is happening. \n\n\nAfter five years of digital exchanges connecting artists across six continents\, Call and Response is going physical for the first time. \n\n\nStartup Art Fair LA | February 27 – March 1\, 2026The Kinney Venice Beach | Room 202\n\n \n\n\nTHE PROJECT \n\n\nIn October 2025\, we randomly paired 190 artists to create collaborative books together. Four months later\, we have approximately 90 unique collaborative works—oracle decks\, teabag weavings\, painted photographs\, sculptural volumes\, accordion books\, visual puzzles. \n\n\nEach book represents a creative conversation between two strangers who had never met. From India to Iowa\, Germany to the United Arab Emirates—artists navigated time zones\, shipping logistics\, language barriers\, and completely different creative approaches to make something neither could have conceived alone. \n\n\nThis is Call and Response at its core: random pairing\, radical trust\, real collaboration.\n \nCall and Response\, a global artist collaboration program that has connected over 500 artists across six continents since 2020\, makes its first physical iteration at Startup Art Fair LA. \nAfter 20+ digital rounds of rapid-fire creative exchanges during the pandemic\, this exhibition marks a significant evolution: 190 artists were randomly paired to create collaborative books together over four months. Partners worked either by mailing physical books back and forth internationally or creating pieces individually and combining them—navigating time zones\, language barriers\, shipping logistics\, and completely different artistic approaches to produce works that neither artist could have conceived alone. \nRoom 202 will showcase approximately 90 collaborative artist books across all mediums—from altered vintage volumes to handmade constructions\, accordion books\, visual puzzles\, oracle decks\, and sculptural interpretations. The intimate hotel suite setting allows visitors to interact closely with each unique work\, displayed throughout the space on beds\, tables\, and dressers. \nThis is a selling exhibition with works split equally between the two collaborating artists and Shoebox Arts. Each book represents the artifact of a four-month creative conversation between strangers who became collaborators through Call and Response’s signature random pairing method—a model that continues to prove quality collaboration doesn’t require institutional gatekeepers\, just radical trust in the creative process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE EXHIBITION \n\n\nLocation: The Kinney Venice Beach\, 737 Washington Blvd\, Venice\, CA 90292Room: 202 \n\n\nHours: \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, February 27: VIP Early Access 5-7pm | All Access 7-10pm \n\n\nSaturday\, February 28: 12pm – 9pm \n\n\nSunday\, March 1: 12pm – 7pm \n\n\n\n\nThe intimate hotel suite setting allows visitors to interact closely with each work—books displayed throughout the space on beds\, tables\, and dressers. This is a selling exhibition with works split equally between the two collaborating artists and Shoebox Arts. \n\n\nGet Tickets: www.startup-art.com/los-angeles\nMy work in progress with artist Michelle Robinson\n \n  \n\n\nLIVE: EXQUISITE CORPSE ZINE MAKING \n\n\nThroughout the weekend\, fair visitors can participate in collaborative exquisite corpse zine-making sessions. Create art together with strangers\, experience the Call and Response philosophy in real time. \n\n\nAll completed zines will be auctioned off for charity. \n\n\nWHY THIS MATTERS \n\n\nCall and Response started in April 2020 when everything shut down. Artists needed each other but all the structures for connection had disappeared. \n\n\nWhat began as a pandemic response—pairing artists randomly for two-week digital exchanges—became proof that meaningful collaboration doesn’t require institutional permission. No fees. No applications. No gatekeepers. Just artists supporting artists through creative exchange. \n\n\nTwenty rounds later\, the model has facilitated lasting partnerships\, gallery exhibitions\, and creative community across cultural and geographic boundaries. Artists like Jody Zellen and Lorraine Bubar met through Call and Response and went on to exhibit at Proxy Gallery. \n\n\nOthers discovered new techniques\, explored different media\, found creative community during isolation. \n\n\nThis exhibition at Startup Art Fair marks the next evolution: collaboration that exists in three dimensions\, works you can hold in your hands\, partnerships that produced physical objects through radical trust. \n\n\nFOLLOW THE PROJECT \n\nInstagram: @callandresponseart Facebook: Call and Response Email: callandresponseart@gmail.com\n\n\nWant to bring Call and Response to your organization? We’re developing curriculum and training for institutions interested in facilitating collaborative programs.\n\n\nABOUT SHOEBOX ARTS \n\n\nShoebox Arts connects artists to opportunities and builds creative community through programs like Call and Response and Perceive Me. Operating from the Brewery Arts Complex in Los Angeles\, we eliminate barriers to meaningful artistic exchange. \n\nInstagram: @shoeboxarts.la Email: shoeboxartsla@gmail.com\nCome see what happens when 190 artists trust the process across continents.\n\n\nKristine Schomaker Shoebox Arts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:Startup Art Fair LA\, 737 Washington Blvd\, Room 202\, Venice\, 90292\, United States
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