Artistic Bedfellows is an international interdisciplinary collection of historical essays, critical papers, case studies, interviews, and comments from scholars and practitioners that shed new light on the growing field of collaborative art. This collection examines the field of collaborative art broadly, while asking specific questions with regard to the issues of interdisciplinary and cultural difference, as well as the psychological and political complexity of collaboration. The diversity of approach is needed in the current multimedia and cross disciplinarily world of art. This reader is designed to stimulate thought and discussion for anyone interested in this growing field and practice.

Contributions by: Vladimir Belogolovsky, Alan F. Blackwell, Horace Brockington, Nicolas Collins, Critical Art Ensemble, Cristyn Davies, Pierre-Olivier Douphis, Chris Fite-Wassilak, Shawna Ferris, Ken Friedman, Fernando Galán, gelatin, David A. Good, Charles Green, Grant Kester, Pia Lindman, Holly Longstaff, Lull (Elena Knox), Eva Merz, Beret Norman, Orlan, Nadín Ospina, Martin Simon, Tracey Snelling, Lisa Paul Streitfeld, TODT, Andrea Thal, Zoe Trodd, Guy Van Belle, Catharyne Ward, Steve Wozniak, Eric Wright, Nina Zimmer