| Nsumi is an experimental art collective, active since 2002, with members in New York City and the Bay Area.
Nsumi members include: artist and teacher James Andrews, scientist Martin Tomasz, architect and designer David Cook, landscape designer and ecologist William Meyer, linguist and an event producer Edita Zulic, plus an active circuit of artists, teachers and students in New York City.
Nsumi's common interest is exploring the creative capacity of social networks and experimental groups.
We produce and participate in exhibitions and events, and conduct research on public art, fine arts pedagogy and emerging collaborative practices. Nsumi creates collaborative artwork that combines fine art, architecture, community development, and systems design.
Our current projects for 2010-11 are Artist-Run Spaces and Mutant Student Groups
Works in Progress 2010-11
ARTIST-RUN SPACES
Artist-Run Spaces involves conceiving of new varieties of galleries, production and presentation venues. The first event will be a creative incubator and exhibition at The Garage in Charlottesville Virginia, Spring 2011. A second exhibition and Think Tank will follow in 2012, in New York City.
MUTANT STUDENT GROUPS
Mutant Student Groups explores questions relating to the creative evolution of student organizations, alternative student leadership, and school-based non-conformist art. This work is made up of a sequence of Think Tanks, co-developed by Nsumi members and students.
Our aim is to re-imagine what a student organization can be. Mutant Student Groups Think Tanks are composed of workshops, discussions, activities and readings focused on starting experimental extra-curricular organizations within colleges and high schools.
This process involves creating bridges between extra-curricular school-based activities and non-conformist art, questioning and analyzing the traditions and social patterns of student-led organizations, and collectively designing new and unconventional groups.
What is an experimental/DIY think tank?
A think tank involves a group of people who harnesses collective intelligence and intensive interdisciplinary research to address a pressing question in an in-depth, rigorous way. An experimental think tank embraces the rigor of a traditional think tank, but gravitates towards unconventional topics, non-traditional research methods, and unorthodox environments. A DIY think tank supports individuals working at the grassroots level to address problems and generate ideas without outside funding or influence from commercial, corporate or ideological entities. Status: Active | 
