A conceptual publication project interested in exploring the creative process and the interconnected nature of inspiration and creation and doing so by supplementing understanding through additional materials.

What is this project:

This is the first project running under the name Preco Projects (@precoprojects) by Nicolka Gorel (@nicolkagorel), a newly formed group interested in how artists relate and work with reality.

Commoning is particularly interested in situating artworks in the lives and details of the artists that create them, providing a more intimate and horizontal view of their practice.

This project intends to do three things:

1. Be a digital publication, freely accessible, that showcases and publicises interesting and meaningful art practices, and does so in a way that uncovers the creative process through accessibility, background information, supplementary materials. 
2. To provide a product that may provide some material gain or positive outcome. Dispersing a PDF that can then be printed, sold, or used for profit as the artists see fit.  This document will be available online for all to view and expand upon. Use of writing, photography, collage, and other techniques to create a document that is part artwork, part documentation, part text, as the final publication.
3. Provide materials for further collaboration and as a jumping off point for creativity. This will be done by providing access to collected materials of the submitting artists in a digital format with the intention that all works and supporting materials are meant to be accesible.

Theme:

Commoning wants to delve into the ontological reasoning of making artworks and explore the hope that artists tend to wield despite their circumstances.

Exploring and presenting our materials brings forward the sometimes undecipherable motivations as human beings and contextualizes them in the lived everyday's.

We would like to see an interplay of your own position as an artist and its relation to your direct existence and environment,

Who are we looking for?

We are accepting all mediums, just keep in mind the final production will be a digital PDF.

Writing, visual art, performance art, photography, music are all welcome as long as the documentation presents it in  way that is workable with a digital/physical publication.

We are looking for artists with at minimum a year of contemporary practice that are interested in their supplementary materials to add to an artistic database.

We prefer artists that are interested in the idea of the 'commons' ( cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society - Wikipedia ) and what it might mean to provide materials to form a shared resource.

There are no specifications on what artworks should be provided, but work that can be supplemented by materials to provide an inside look at your process or inspirations. We find this typically manifests as very personal work.

Supplemental Materials:

By 'supplemental materials' we mean any material or evidence that connects or links to your core artwork.  By 'core artwork' we mean the main work of art you are submitting.

Eg. Core work = You submit a painting of a vase. Supplementary material = Alongside this you provide a photo of the original still-life set up.

• You provide a link to a playlist that you had on repeat while making it. 
• You attach a short paragraph explaining a dinner you held where it was used. 
• You take a photo of the shards left over when you accidentally smashed it. 
• You write a brief poem about the strange colour of blue it is. 

By doing this, we add to the narrative of its creation. We situate it in a lived life, a reality somewhere instead of an abstracted item.

Anything has the possibility to supplement your core artwork as long as you believe it holds a true connection and you can provide some form of it that can work within a printed context.

You may have to provide some written information later on if it is not evident why a material has been submitted.

Some ideas: A playlist or video may manifest as a QR code. A set of written instructions. A movie recommendation. An essay. A compilation of selfies. A photocopy of your pallette. Receipts from the art store. A photograph of your studio space.

Final product:

A digital PDF publically available. This can be directly printed, used, or distributed however. Some printed copies will be made on demand, if you would like a copy it will need to be shipped at the artists cost.

Depending on the amount of submitted materials and design process artist will recieve 1- 2 pages in the publication that can be reposted, printed, etc.

Potential Futures:

After the finished development of the project, there is potential that several copies will be printed for distribution to sell at artists fairs, exhibitions, and possible launch event. All distributions will be publicized.

At this point in time, we would like to focus on creating an engaging and interesting project, while maintaining a positive outlook on future possibilities.

Who is hosting this:

My name is Nicolka Gorel, I am a practicing contemporary artist, and curator.

This will be my 4th project. I began with an independent exhibition,  then formed Despite Collective where we ran two exhibitions in the summer of 2025 exhibiting working class artists, followed by Anonymous Anomalies, a group exhibition exploring the transformation of space and private property.