Party Line

Party Line is a collaborative group exhibition linking 42 artists between both artist collectives - TSA GVL in Greenville, SC and ICOSA Collective in Austin, TX - through a series of experimental artist pairings. Working across geography and media, each pair was randomly matched and invited to engage with a shared curatorial theme built around communication, connection, and collaboration across distance.

Inspired by the idea of a shared telephone network, Party Line reimagines a shared channel for today’s mode of communication, suggesting new ways of working together across cultural, political and regional divides. The results span responsive gestures, new site-specific works, and sustained cross-dialogue that reflects tension and synchronicity.

While the exhibition celebrates exchange, it also contemplates what it means to collaborate in the wake of disruption. These works arise not from agreement, but from the willingness to stay connected - even when the line cracks, the message distorts, or silence lingers.

Participating Artists

Leon Alesi, Mauro Barreto, Megan Bickel, Michael Borowski, Kiley Brandt, Sterling Bowen, Michaela Pilar Brown, Shawn Camp, Veronica Ceci, Zen Cohen, John Cummings, Erin Cunningham, Katherine Van Drie, Adam Eddy, Rebecca Forstater, Rosie Ganske, Ariana Gomez, Sarah Hirneisen, Kevin Kao, Intel Lastierre, TJ Lemanski, Chantal Lesley, Hirona Matsuda, Amanda Linn McInerney, Monica Mohnot, Charlie Mura, Juliette M.M. Herrera Nickle, Vy Ngo, Claudia O’Steen, Jacqueline Overby, Dana Potter, Ashley Rabanal, Matt Rebholz, Seth Relentless, Tammie Rubin, Alex J. Schechter, Joseph Smolin, Leah Smolin, Brooks Harris Stevens, Ana Trevino, Lana Waldrep-Appl, Jenn Wilson Shepherd