Introduction / Lauren Rosati
On creating alternatives and "alternative histories" / Mary Anne Staniszewski
On creating the exhibition / Jeanette Ingberman
Alter the native / Papo Colo
Alternatives reconsidered / Jacki Apple
Do it yourself : histories of alternatives / Melissa Rachleff
In other words : the alternative space as extra-institution / Lauren Rosati
Introduction to interviews / Herb Tam. Steve Cannon ; Rhys Chatham ; Peter Cramer & Jack Waters ; Carol Goodden ; Alanna Heiss ; Bob Lee ; Joe Lewis ; Inverna Lockpez ; Ann Philbin ; Anne Sherwood Pundyk & Karen Yama ; Irving Sandler ; Adam Simon ; Martha Wilson
Spaces/Projects. Precursors ; 1960s ; 1970s ; 1980s ; 1990s ; 2000s.