Clancco History

Clancco  ||   28 October 2007


1968: Influenced by the spirit of ’68 and its media coverage, a group of individuals from Paris, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, Berkeley, and Seoul incorporate CLANCCO in El Paso, Texas. CLANCCO is a corporation which investigates linguistic and real structures through constructions and interventions on a global scale.

1969-1974: Begins its first collaborative excursion in Baja California, Mexico, collaborating with Amada, Inc, on salt mining and its export. Focuses on warehousing and large scale industrial equipment.

1974-1980: Relocates headquarters to West Texas, playing a major role in the suburban development of El Paso. Begins architecturo-sculptural interventions on suburban lots.

1980-1982: Moves corporate headquarters to the Amazon, helping develop pulp manufacturing town by building roadways, housing, and educational facilities which educate international staff on music, politics, sports, and literature. Opens CLANCCO zoo.

1984-1988: Endeavors in the export and servicing of industrial equipment within the Texas-Mexico border.

1988-2000: Foresees the commercial viability of education, and begins research into the acquisition of other educational industries, primarily those in philosophy, art, and theory. Merges with C.A. Corporation. Sends team of experts to study at the University of Texas-El Paso, California Institute of the Arts, and the Whitney Museum.

2000: C.A. Corporation initiates litigation against CLANCCO. CLANCCO is ordered to relinquish majority assets to C.A. Corporation. Litigation ends amicably through arbitration. CLANCCO begins Suburban Interventions project and installs first clandestine playground in West Texas.

2001-2002: Suffers major destruction of its assets at the hands of DRG Corporation. Is censored on educational project. Decides to initiate in-house legal counsel. CLANCCO staff teaches at U.C. Irvine, CalArts, L.A. Pierce College, Occidental College, and U.S.C.

2003-2006: CLANCCO staff studies law at Cornell Law School. Launches project on Art + Law. Installs project at Carpenter Center and CEO teaches in Department of Visual Studies, Harvard University. Lectures at Ecole des Mines de Paris. Publishes on Suburban Interventions in Cabinet Journal and on Aesthetic Property Rights in Law Text Culture. Joins forces with EJB Corporation.

2007: Installs retrospective at Shotgun Space Los Angeles. Awarded SwingSpace Grant by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.