Zendik Farm Arts Cooperative

The Zendik Farm Arts Cooperative was an American communal group that existed under the leadership of Wulf Zendik (1920-1999) and Arol Wulf (1938-2012) from 1969 through 2013. During its forty-four year existence, the group settled on different ranches and farms in California, Florida, Texas, and finally North Carolina and West Virginia, the membership at various times apparently reaching upward of sixty people.

The Zendiks were generally referred to in the press as hippies or eco-warriors, and were noted for their advocacy of what they called "Ecolibrium" and "Creavolution" to prevent the "Ecollapse" that would be brought about by the "Death Culture" of the "squares," these messages being promulgated in the form of mimeographed zines and music albums that member "Road Warriors" hawked in cities near whatever was their current communal space. Internally, according to former members, the group was strictly hierarchical or authoritarian, imposing such social mores as daily group therapy and "erosocial" committees that would approve or deny sexual coupling, among other lifestyle mandates.

Periodicals

 * Ecolibrium Interviews (1984-1985) &mdash; see: https://www.afka.net/Mags/Ecolibrium_Interviews.htm
 * Zendik Tribe &mdash; see: https://www.afka.net/Mags/Zendik_Tribe.htm

Selected Filmography

 * https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Zendik%22, including videos by Fawn Wulf

Press Coverage

 * &mdash; see also another printing with more photos: Commune Unplugs From the World To Save It (CC-1, CC-7)
 * &mdash; see also another printing with more photos: Commune Unplugs From the World To Save It (CC-1, CC-7)

Reading

 * &mdash; re: an ex-member recounts their experiences of the group's hierarchical rules, particularly regarding community sanction of sexual partners

Resources

 * &mdash; first-hand accounts (and public arguments) regarding the commune from 2004-2005