This study aims to explore 'the common' art ecosystem through the concept and practice of artist collectives which have been developing since the 1990s. 'The individual' and 'the common' are in a mutually dependent relationship, and a collective becomes the condition for the existence of singularity. I examine the concepts and trend of artist collectives in the context of contemporary arts and discuss the characteristics of artist collectives through the case of Ruangrupa and Sweet and Tender Collaborations. First, they emphasize the self-reliant performance of communities. They present an alternative aesthetic that resists the dominant discourse of contemporary arts and neoliberal artistic trends. Second, the main strategy of an artist collective is the collaboration. The members of the collective share their own resources with others and to discover the possibility of arts through diversity and generosity. Third, it is an artistic transition to an ecosystem. Artist collectives focus on building a sustainable environment for artistic creation. In this study, I contend that artist collective can be considered as a place where artists' performances, practices, and political actions occur.

This study aims to explore the ecosystem of artists that has undergone change since Covid-19. Through the lenses of ‘common’ and ‘individual,’ and the methods of artistic practice of labor in creation, this paper propose the concepts of post-choreography. Since the 1990s, the practice of choreography has been reimagined based on the issues surrounding the interdependency of the individual and the common, vulnerable subjects, networks and collaboration, which were debated during the post-Cold War era. I discuss post-choreography from the perspectives of ecology, solidarity, and ethics and examine an artistic project titled “Entanglement Residency.” From a socio-ecological perspective, the study argues that post-choreography serves as a tool to restore a community of common sense and affect.