The making of cooperation

This article explores the terms “collaboration” and “cooperation” as practices, through the examination of the project Syros: A bet on the potentiality of cooperation, which took place in Syros, Greece, in July 2013. In particular, it describes the process of cooperating in practical terms and reflects on the conditions of production created by the project. For this purpose, it focuses on two of its essential components: namely, the structure of the project and the space of encounters it generated. The aim is to contribute to larger discussions on collaborative artistic practices through disclosing and studying the dynamics detected in a specific case study.