The world today faces overwhelming ecological and social problems and the concern for material existence on earth is more pressing than ever. Making Matters spells out various roles that visual artists and designers play facing these issues. Collective action is necessary and inevitable.

Collective action often changes the artist’s identity and working habits: from individuality and autonomy to collectivity and collaboration, both locally and globally. These developments have given rise to new kinds of collective art and design practices: artists work together with non-artists, make products for their local environment and take on multiple identities, such as researcher, community activist, computer hacker or business consultant. 

Making Matters looks at art practices across all continents that do not conform to a Western concept of art nor to traditional distinctions between art, design, research and activism—where the boundaries between art, design, research and activism become blurred or are dissolved.

The entries in this vocabulary experiment with concepts and keywords of current art practices that may no longer be recognizable as art.

Editorial committee: Florian Cramer, Anja Groten, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Pia Louwerens, Marie-José Sondeijker, Janneke Wesseling Contributors:  Aliens in Green, a.pass / Lilia Mestre, Florian Cramer, Display Distribute / Elaine W. Ho, Feral Atlas / Lili Carr & Feifei Zhou Anja Groten, Thalia Hoffman, Jatiwangi art Factory / Bunga Siagian & Ismal Muntaha, Eleni Kamma, Frans-Willem Korsten, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Pia Louwerens, Dani Ploeger, Kate Rich, Femke Snelting, Olu Taiwo, Janneke Wesseling, West / Baruch Gottlieb, West / Akiem Helmling, Z. Blace

当今世界面临着压倒性的生态和社会问题，对地球上物质存在的关注比以往任何时候都更加迫切。《Making Matters》阐述了视觉艺术家和设计师在面对这些问题时所扮演的各种角色。集体行动是必要的、不可避免的。

集体行动往往会改变艺术家的身份和工作习惯：从个人性和自主性到集体性和协作性，包括本地和全球。这些发展催生了新型的集体艺术和设计实践：艺术家与非艺术家一起工作，为当地环境制作产品，并具有多重身份，如研究员、社区活动家、电脑黑客或商业顾问。

《Making Matters》着眼于各大洲的艺术实践，它们既不符合西方的艺术概念，也不符合艺术、设计、研究和行动主义之间的传统区分–在这些地方，艺术、设计、研究和行动主义之间的界限变得模糊不清或被消解。

这个词汇表中的条目对当前艺术实践的概念和关键词进行了实验，这些概念和关键词可能不再被认为是艺术。

编辑委员会： Florian Cramer, Anja Groten, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Pia Louwerens, Marie-José Sondeijker, Janneke Wesseling 贡献者： Aliens in Green, a.pass / Lilia Mestre, Florian Cramer, Display Distribute / Elaine W。Ho, Feral Atlas / Lili Carr & Feifei Zhou Anja Groten, Thalia Hoffman, Jatiwangi art Factory / Bunga Siagian & Ismal Muntaha, Eleni Kamma, Frans-Willem Korsten, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer, Pia Louwerens, Dani Ploeger, Kate Rich, Femke Snelting, Olu Taiwo, Janneke Wesseling, West / Baruch Gottlieb, West / Akiem Helmling, Z. Blace