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the FOUND
In 2011 Amo studios started out as a physical space in Brooklyn NY, a group of artists banded to able and accessible resources for artists in the city.
in East Williamsburg into a functioning studio, gallery, This
artists to create a name for itself. We started AMO -
A COLLABORATIVE
COMMUNITY
Through this standard of no we were able to liberate we all see, challenge what is right and shake loose we thought we knew
standard the way we think anything before.
What we didn't know is that it would turn into a community of thinkers. AMO acting as a kind of scaffolding, allowing its community to respond and visualize their perceptions in any way they wanted. It freed up the way we created, it broke down hierarchies of what should be into what could be
By allowing this as our philosophy, a. community emerged and grew faster than we could have ever imagined, a community that started to challenge each others standards rather than judge what is right or wrong based on hierarchies of artistic practice. It
became
something
true.
We all worked together, forming a strong group that sought to help each other think, create, and take action. This give and take sparked a collaborative community that we didn’t realize could exist in todays alienated digital age. We provided an outlet for change, an outlet that allowed people with opposing and similar ideas to be brought together and challenge each others perceptions.