“Fortunately there are many options. Here are some of the many ways that configurations of multiple people working together have been described:
actors
advocates
affiliates
alarmists
alliance
allies
alumnae
apologists
apostles
assembly
associates
association
audience
band
believers
bigots
brotherhood
bunch
cabal
cabinet
cast
castaways
caste
champions
choir
circle
clan
class
classmates
clergy
clique
club
collaborative
collective
college
colloquium
combatants
committee
commune
community
company
comrades
conclave
confederation
confreres
congregation
convention
cooperative
coterie
council
court
cousins
crew
crowd
culture
defenders
delegation
diaspora
diocese
directorate
disciples
elders
enclave
endorser
enemies
enthusiasts
estate
family
fanatics
fans
fathers
federation
fellowship
felons
financers
firm
followers
forum
friends
givers
group
groupies
hangers-on
heirs
hobbyists
homeless
household
humanity
humankind
idolates
inhabitants
judiciary
justifiers
kinfolk
klatch
laity
league
legislative
losers
marriage
members
mentors
ministry
mob
multitude
network
orchestra
order
outfit
panelists
participants
participator
party
passersby
people
people
playboys
players
playgoers
populace
population
posse
prisoners
protectors
race
racists
republic
revolutionaries
school
sect
sisterhood
sisters
society
specialists
specialists
squad
squatters
state
successors
supporters
survivors
suspenders
syndicate
team
telephoner
terrorists
thespians
throng
tribunal
union
unit
university
upholders
victims
victors
worshipers”
from www.groupsandspaces.net, a very interesting list of groups (and spaces), compiled by temporary services
and this is from their ‘additional notes’ about the list: “Some groups on this list began as three or more people but are now administered by one or two persons or have changed focus; these groups are still listed in “Groups of 3 or More People” in the event that they may grow again. Some groups were started by two people but quickly grew and remained a larger group; these groups are primarily in “Groups of 3 or More People” as well. “Groups of 1 or 2 People” are groups that are generally administered by one or two people but commonly execute projects with additional people outside of the group and/or use a group name to both complicate the authorship of their work and insist on the fact that all art making is collaborative at some point, even if one chooses to hide this.
We have not included studios and ateliers that are named for an individual artist (for example, Atelier Van Lieshout or Acconci Studios). These arrangements typically have a more hierarchical structure than most of the groups included in this list and don’t necessarily celebrate the more egalitarian forms of creation that come from collaboration. This list also excludes individual artists who maintain individual authorship but work as a collective primarily to share resources, information and opportunities (for example, a women’s photography collective). The focus is on people who produce collaborative projects under a group name. Pairs of artists working together under a group name are included. Collaboratives of two people that use the artists’ actual names (for example, Komar and Melamid) are not. These personally named collaborations imply a closed structure rather than a platform for collaboration that could potentially expand to include others, or endure a change of membership.”
