Basekamp Comes to Tyler

Scott Rigby recently visited Tyler School of Art to talk to the Freshman BFAs about the artist commune Basekamp that he co-founded. Basekamp got it's start in 1998 and has grown to a worldwide level since. Basekamp is a group of artists in Philadelphia that live and work out of their Chestnut Hill warehouse. Every week, Basekamp has a potluck dinner and skype meeting. Everyone brings food and they discuss issues around the dinner table, and the world by using skype. Rigby said many collaborations come from the discussions but there is no formal agenda. Rigby said it is interesting to see the changes that have occurred in the eleven years Basekamp has been operating. The group started by using list serves to communicate with people. They then used web forums and facebook, they even tried web cams. Now Basekamp relies on twitter and skype to communicate with people all over the world. Anyone is invited to join the potluck dinners... just bring food!