Visibility is currency. It always has been.
The measure of a gesture lies less in its depth than in its reach.
Acts are staged, captured, and exchanged for recognition—even when they lack rationale or revealed essence.
We choose a different path: the author does not advance; the work does.
The maker withdraws without disappearing;
they witness what they have set in motion, knowing privately what was given.
The public meets only the form that stands.
On this path, the work is composed of single, independent gestures that dissolve into the multitude;
we force recognition to focus on the gesture itself—untraceable to the individual.
THIS IS NOT ABSENCE.
IT IS PRESENCE WITHOUT OWNERSHIP.
We choose the term [(In)Visibility] to name this stance.
Parentheses ( ) point to the coexistence of visibility and invisibility.
Brackets [ ] indicate that (In)Visibility is framed and must be maintained.
Neither visibility nor invisibility is natural or neutral.
Both are constructed, contextual, and sustained.
We consider ourselves a collective—but not in the traditional sense.
No shared studio. No list of names.
No artist statements. No signatures in cursive.
We are not here to be celebrated.
We are here to build a system in which anyone can experience [(In)Visibility].
Every contribution and act carries authorship—because every gesture comes from someone, somewhere.
But authorship is not recognition; it is not ownership.
It is not applause, not credit, not reward.
If there was a first spark, it belonged to no one for long.
Even the one who imagined it first chose to step back—to detach ego, dissolve, and become (In)visible.
In the work of the Collective, no names are attached, no acknowledgments made, no hierarchy established.
The result is not a product, nor a monument.
It is a living digital work whose archive is freely accessible, permanently online.
We choose the name Stand-Alones.
Each Stand-Alone is founded once, with no need for further input, expansion, or revision.
It carries its own frame and its own presence—sufficient, enduring, self-contained.
Stand-Alones are not commodities.
They cannot be bought or sold.
They are not collectibles, not property.
And yet they remain alive.
A Stand-Alone can always be read, used, interpreted, and reinterpreted.
Each encounter may reshape it without altering its permanence.
The works may be explored, printed, analyzed, fragmented, or ignored.
For a work to be considered a Stand-Alone, it must meet these minimal conditions:
1. Conceptual Self-Sufficiency — Requires no further development beyond its initial creation.
2. Endurance — Designed to remain accessible and meaningful indefinitely.
3. Non-Commodity — Cannot be bought, sold, or owned as property.
4. Openness — May always be used, interpreted, and reinterpreted in new contexts.
5. Egolessness — Does not depend on recognition of its author for its existence or value.