Working Frameworks poses a speculative inquiry into the convergence of two seemingly disparate institutional models: an art collective operating within the dilapidated, industrial remnants of an obsolete factory, and the intellectual, institutionalized framework of an Ivy League university’s educational mandate. The collage series interrogates the potential tensions and synergies that emerge when grassroots, countercultural practices intersect with the prestige, resources, and formalized pedagogy of academia. By positioning this merger within the charged space of an abandoned factory—an archetype of industrial decline—the work explores the politics of space, labor, and knowledge production, questioning how historical contingencies, social hierarchies, and material conditions might shape, challenge, or redefine artistic and educational practices. The factory, once a site of production, becomes a new locus for the negotiation of intellectual and creative labor within the context of institutional power.