Combining studio, classroom, library, gallery and stage, The Possible
offered a new model of museum exhibition. Rather than presenting
existing artworks, artist/curator David Wilson hosted over 100 artists
and collectives--with "artist" understood in the broadest sense. The
BAM/PFA galleries were transformed into studios that were used by both
guest artists and museum visitors. The exhibition made itself during its
four-month run, as works created in the studios were exhibited in an
adjacent gallery. The catalogue is conceived in a similar vein, as one
of the experiments of The Possible created by guest artists Luke
Fischbeck and Lauren Mackler of Public Fiction, a Los Angeles-based
project space and journal. Created partially onsite, it is inspired by
the exhibition's spirit of improvisation and collaboration. It gathers
essays, photographic documentation and printed artifacts generated in
the exhibition itself.