Spatial Occupation

[April 2] The Spatial Occupation at Hyperallergic is now...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:32:00 -0400

[April 2]

The Spatial Occupation at Hyperallergic is now complete. Thank you to all who participated in this great program. Some notations:

The roundtable discussion on OWS & (performance) Art was a truly memorable occasion. In his Letter from the Editor, Hrag wrote in Hyperallergic “This week, we conclude the two-month residency of Occupy Wall Street’s Arts & Culture Working Group at Hyperallergic HQ. It was a fantastic experience for us at Hyperallergic. “One of the highlights of the residency for me was last night’s performance art and OWS discussion at our offices in Williamsburg. What the event made me realize is that the more I delve into the ideas around Occupy, the more excited I am for the future of art but more on that another time.”
The screening series on Tuesdays only seemed to wither. In fact, it morphed into a truly cool game design project that is currently in development, on pre-Occupy (9/17) Arts & Culture shenanigans. More will be revealed.
Similarly, the SO@H reading group phased down, but is almost certainly destined to reappear, possibly in a faceted array. One of those is currently in actualization mode in Catskill, NY, in the form of Occupy Books, a reading room on Main Street, part Occupy with Art’s Wall Street to Main Street program. Poet and teacher Sam Truitt is the lead artist on that project, which has received support from the Buckminster Fuller Institute (a dimaxion map) and the OWS People’s Library (boxes of books)… Stop by, if you’re in the neighborhood!
The Spatial Occupation has moved on, and the word is that the next residency is slated to begin soon at the Living Theater!
Many incredible exchanges happened during the residency, including Ingrid Burrington’s exhibit, the Illuminator “brain trust” gathering, the interview with Ezequiel Adamovsky… We’ll be having another potluck in April to look back (and forward - all at once), while sharing good food and cheer - stay tuned for dates/times!

OWS activist handing out fliers in the Bedford Avenue L station...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:17:33 -0400

OWS activist handing out fliers in the Bedford Avenue L station on October 28, 2011. (photo by the author)

Please join us for a discussion about performance art and Occupy Wall Street. From the early days of OWS performance art and artists have played a pivotal role in raising awareness about OWS and its importance.

This Wednesday, March 28, starting at 7:30pm until 9pm, we will explore the topic with artists, critics and OWS activists to better understand what it means and what role performance art plays in activism today.

The event will be at Hyperallergic HQ, which is located at 181 N 11th Street, Suite 302, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

If you have any questions about the event, feel free to reach out here.

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LAPSED LOGIC

“Works on paper made during uncertain times in preparation for disasters yet to come…”

A solo exhibit by Ingrid Burrington

Spatial Occupation @ hyperallergic
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 10, 6-9PM
Exhibit continues through March 22 (by appointment only)

181 N. 11th Street #302
(Williamsburg) Brooklyn / NYC 11211

Contact: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

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Ezequiel Adamovsky (from Argentina): experience comes from the...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:30:52 -0500

Ezequiel Adamovsky (from Argentina): experience comes from the extraordinarily radical process that the Argentinians went through during their crisis. Their political system was more or less paralyzed and was seen as irrelevant, and people’s GAs sprang up all over the country. He was heavily involved in the “Asambleas” movement (a grassroots phenomenon emerging in Argentina after the Rebellion of 2001), and he is involved in a number of collectives of global resistance and the World Social Forum.

His recent book (May 2011) entitled Anti-Capitalism Adamovsky tells the story of the long-standing effort to build a better world, one without an abusive system at its heart. Backed up by arresting, lucid images from the radical artist group United Illustrators, Adamovsky details the struggle against rising corporate power, as that struggle unfolds in the halls of academia, in the pages of radical newspapers, and in the jungles and the streets. From Marx through the Battle of Seattle and beyond, Adamovsky traces the beliefs and politics of the major figures in the anticapitalist tradition and explores modern experiments in building different ways of living, in the process providing an indispensible primer for anyone interested in finding alternatives to the so-called “best system we have”—and anyone interested in joining the fight.

revTALKS

revtalks.org
https://twitter.com/#!/RevTalks
www.facebook.com/RevTalks
www.livestream.com/revtalks (watch online)

SPATIAL OCCUPATION @HYPERALLERGIC

RSVP: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

Thursday, March 8 7-8PM

Hyperallergic HQ:
181 N 11th St #302
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic Reading Group Sunday, March...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:31:11 -0500

Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic Reading Group

Sunday, March 4

7-9PM

Reading Group Session #5

Readings (both texts by David Graeber, and available for free download at Graeber’s Wikipedia page, HERE):

ON THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF GIANT PUPPETS: broken windows, imaginary jars of urine, and the cosmological role of the police in American culture
THE SADNESS OF POST-WORKERISM or “ART AND IMMATERIAL LABOR” CONFERENCE, A SORT OF REVIEW (Tate Britain, Saturday 19 January, 2009)

RSVP: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

Hyperallergic

181 N 11th St, Suite 302, Brooklyn, NY 11211

OWS Space Team Presents: Works on Paper by Ingrid Burrington @Hyperallergic [#m10]

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:11:00 -0500

Space Team presents:

“Lapsed Logic”
Ingrid Burrington
Opening reception Saturday March 10, 6-9PM
@Hyperallergic HQ

The Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic is pleased to announce “Lapsed Logic,” a solo exhibit by Ingrid Burrington of “works on paper made during uncertain times in preparation for disasters yet to come,” opening Saturday, March 10 from 6-10PM.

The graphite drawings for “Lapsed Logic” were composed by Burrington in two chronological and emotionally distinct phases over the past year: the second phase constituting a revival and resonance of the first phase; in tandem the two phases articulating artistic and personal transformation over time - actually two times, separated by a pause.

In Burrington’s “Lapsed Logic,” the artist works in the stylistically restrained medium of the info-graphic and hand-drawn text, using the tools of data visualization in a surprisingly intimate, if coded, way.

The exhibit continues through March 22nd.

“Crystals” by Ingrid Burrington

In February and March of 2012, Hyperallergic invited the Spatial Team [Occupy Wall Street/NYCGA/Arts & Culture Working Group] to occupy the Hyperallergic office in Williamsburg/Brooklyn/NYC/NY/USA. “Lapsed Logic” is a project created during this residency, “The Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic.”

Ingrid Burrington’s photostream at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/intrepidingrid/

About Hyperallergic: Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today. To learn more, visit the website ( http://hyperallergic.com/about/ )

Contact: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com
Paul McLean (Occupy with Art co-organizer; Space Team): artforhumans@gmail.com

Hyperallergic HQ:
181 N 11th St #302
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic Reading Group Session...

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:46:22 -0500

Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic

Reading Group Session #4

Readings: Selections from Moby Dick [introduced by Chris Cobb]; + reading groupers are encouraged to bring 1-4 page printouts for the group to read, or to be read aloud, on the subject of food, plus other substantials/substances

[NOTE: This text was referenced during the Space Team screening...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:36:00 -0500

[NOTE: This text was referenced during the Space Team screening project at Hyperallergic, “Wall Street Stunts: OWS Arts & Culture Before September 17.” We are meeting Tuesday evenings at 7PM, through the end of March. The link to the original is HERE. Thanks to Adrian for research.]

SPATIAL OCCUPATION @ hyperallergic Round 2/Session 3...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:05:52 -0500

SPATIAL OCCUPATION @ hyperallergic
Round 2/Session 3 [Screenings+]
7PM Tuesday

181 N. 11th Street [Williamsburg/BK/NYC]

RSVP: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

[Editable Draft/BETA] We entered the space on 2/2 (Paul McLean,...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:42:50 -0500

[Editable Draft/BETA]

We entered the space on 2/2 (Paul McLean, Paul Talbot, Jeremy Bold) and installed signs from the OWS archive; Jez made two proposals - one for a revisiting of Arts & Culture activities just previous to the occupation of Zuccotti Park on 9/17/2011, and another for a game called “Show & Tell;” Paul T photographed
Hrag posted a notice in Hyperallergic that the residency had commenced; one of the installed signs had been posted in the Hyperallergic article on signs of OWS dating early in the occupation
Evaluation of space usage, co-usage, guidelines and schedules are ongoing, between Space Team & Hyperallergic staff
Pot-luck is a success; approximately 20 attend, including artists, gallerists, documentarians, OWS Working Group members, Space Team, friends and staff of Hyperallergic, etc; discussion ensues about sequels
Occupational activities are commenced to determine the logistical facility of co-habitation
Reading Group Sessions 1 & 2 are completed; the first is an orientation and generates the Session 2 point of study and exchange - Greg Sholette’s Dark Matter; Daniel leads the Session 2 discussion
Screening Sessions 1 & 2 are completed; Session 1 consists primarily of screeners choosing YouTube videos; a subject for the screening program is selected towards the closing of the session - “Lost Causes;” Session 2 focuses on the subject of Arts & Culture activities in the weeks prior to 9/17/2011; it is agreed that the program will make the production of a Reel and/or text/image document chronicling this critical OWS phase its focal purpose
A sign-up tool is created by Tech Ops for the Spatial Occupation, to be BETA tested during the residency; Space Team through trial & error determines that the first-phase tool would be improved by an easily-scanned calendar populated automatically by sign-ups
Wall Street Co-organizers review the submissions for the exhibit program in Catskill
Questions about protocols arise, and the requirements & guidelines for space usage are refined

SPATIAL OCCUPATION AT HYPERALLERGICReading Group: Session...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:59:12 -0500

SPATIAL OCCUPATION AT HYPERALLERGIC
Reading Group: Session #3
Text: The Many-Headed Hydra, by Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh
Sections: Introduction/Chapters 1 & 7
Special Spatial Guest: Theodore Hamm, Editor, Brooklyn Rail

Sunday, Feb 19 7pm
@hyperallergic

181 N. 11th Street #302
Brooklyn/Williamsburg/NYC/NY/USA [11211]

RSVP: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:41:31 -0500

Tuesday, Feb 14 @ 7 pm, Hyperallergic in...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:39:56 -0500

Tuesday, Feb 14 @ 7 pm, Hyperallergic in Brooklyn

SCREENING: Wall Street Stunts! OWS Arts & Culture before September 17

On September 1, 2011, a group of unsuspecting individuals wandered down to the front of Federal Hall Memorial with the intent of pulling a harmless stunt: to have a sleep-over on Wall Street! Little did they realize this little performance, this playful act of bravery, would result in 9 arrests (the first of OWS) and help instill many activists into new life.

In the early days of the OWS general assemblies, the Arts and Culture group helped plan and perform a number of direct aesthetic actions on Wall Street that helped set the stage for Occupy Wall Street as a movement. Tonight ____, we offer a look back at some of the first appearance of this movement to be caught on video. We’ll be gathering several members of the original Arts & Culture team to be in attendance to comment, tell stories, and answer questions! We’re going to #memee all about it! If you wish to learn about the inventive origins of Occupy Wall Street, we encourage you to attend!

The trippy-fab Calendar/sign-up tool [BETA] developed &...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:34:50 -0500

The trippy-fab Calendar/sign-up tool [BETA] developed & maintained by OWS Tech Ops for the Spatial Occupation at Hyperallergic.

Click the image to sign-up!

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate ReleaseFebruary 6,...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:20:00 -0500

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
February 6, 2012

Hyper-Imaginary (Movies)
A Screening Program for the Spatial Occupation residency at Hyperallergic
Tuesdays 7PM, February-March 2012
Start Date: February 7, 2012 (orientation)
Contact: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

HYPER-imaginary MOVIE

[SUMMARY]: For February and March of 2012, Hyperallergic has invited the Spatial Team [Occupy Wall Street/NYCGA/Arts & Culture Working Group] to occupy the Hyperallergic office in Williamsburg/Brooklyn/NYC/NY/USA. On Tuesday evenings at 7PM, we will meet to consider the moving image in relation to Occupy Wall Street. We will watch movies, videos, animations and maybe create some of our own. We’ll also talk, share ideas, and invite guests to inspire the occupation of the moving image.

[PROPOSITIONS]: Is a fully occupied life better than any movie? Does a movement have a movie?

When Occupiers appeared as an intervention on the Law & Order: SVU set in December of 2011 did they re-establish actuality to the “Mockupy” scenario made-for-TV, or did something more profound occur? [1] What would Baudrillard say? One sign carried by a protester read, “WE ARE A MOVEMENT - NOT A TV PLOT.” Is this true?

How has Occupy Wall Street inspired filmmakers to re-examine cinema as a project? Is filmmaking by consensus possible? Is Hollywood immune to horizontal structures and transparency? Will OWS inspire a 99% cinema? What would that be, and who will produce it? What of the “director,” the “actors,” the “star,” or the “crew?” How does the production praxis of the moving image, and the roles of the players within its context, shift in the 99% movie’s creation? How will the final cut be distributed?

Which films would be on a Top Ten Movies of Occupation list?

Regarding online video [2]:

»In his rather grim assessment of the domain of small screen video in the introduction to Video Vortex II: Moving Images Beyond YouTube, Geert Lovink writes, “The Attention War is real.” [3] Nothing has authenticated Lovink’s claim more profoundly than Occupy Wall Street. Earlier in the short but seminal text, Lovink doggedly propositions us with a sequence of questions about the future of online video, finishing with this one: “Is online video liberating us from anything?”

Post-9-17-2011 (the day OWS materialized as an occupation of Zuccotti Park), we have some new answers about the utilitarian value of online video. I’m not referring to anything remotely art-centric here, yet, with regards small-screen, networked video transmitted on/for/by electronic devices.

I mean moving images that seemingly erupt from the societal margins and shoot into the monopolized global perceptual space, disrupting the placid managed surface of acceptable 1% talking points. I mean movies that project a 99%-oriented iteration of real events into the stream of content wired people access to figure out what’s happening now, and not just what’s happening in one’s particular, preferred info-silo.

Online video has occupied Big Picture reality, finally offering more than laughing babies, cute kitties and bedroom guitar maestros. Online video is maturing as a decentralized syndicate for unmediated transmissions. What OWS has proven is that the “margins” are really the main, and the Dark Matter Greg Sholette describes in his book by the same name, [4] the 99% - is us, to paraphrase Pogo. « (Paul McLean, “Low Lives: Occupy”)

Will we make our own movie, starring ourselves? Is this a “game” project for the Novads, and what are the stakes?

REFERENCES:
[1] http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/law-order-svu-occupy-wall-street-set-overtaken-real-ows-protestors-video-33468

[2, 3] http://www.occupywithart.com/llo-supporting-text/ + free download of Video Vortex Reader 2: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/vv-reader

[4] In the Occupy with Art library: http://www.occupywithart.com/occupennial-library/2011/10/9/dark-matter-art-and-politics-in-the-age-of-enterprise-cultur.html

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Imani, Chris and Alex at the Spatial Occupation potluck at...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:13:00 -0500

Imani, Chris and Alex at the Spatial Occupation potluck at Hyperallergic on Friday, February 2. To see more photos (by Paul Talbot), click HERE. It was a beautiful evening. Thanks to all who attended, and our gracious & generous hosts!

NOTES FROM F2

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:06:00 -0500

Feb 2
[NOTES]: Spatial Occupation at Hyperallergic

[PARTICIPANTS]:
Seth Wulsin
Paul Talbot
Jez Bold
(Veken - Hyperallergic)

[TASK]:
-Installed Occupy signs selected from the archive

[CONFERENCE]:
- Seth/Paul discussed concept for an art show

[PROPOSALS]:
- Jez proposed an mobile phone-generated audio piece presented in a theater environment (follow-up, find presenter); Jez invited Paul to make an animation to pair with the audio work
- Paul Talbot proposed installing a substrate (plywood) on which residents can apply photographs from the occupation; will be presented in WS2MS; project for Spatial Occupation residency

[NETWORKING]:
- Paul McLean and Seth visited the Buckminster Fuller Institute (www.bfi.org), upstairs in #402, and met the director and assistant; BFI is hosting a party that coincides with the SO@H Potluck #f3, and they invited us to attend (and vice versa); we discussed several ways we can work together on upcoming projects and create new mutually beneficial collabs

[RESIDENCY BUSINESS]:
- Create a list for posting of specific guidelines for residents in relation to the Hyperallergic work space; these include no alcohol, clean-up after space usage, don’t-touch policies/restrictions for Hyperallergic office work areas/no-go zones. These will be posted Monday Feb6 in the space. Very common sense stuff.

[PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS]:

- Matt of Tech Ops is developing an awesome sign-up/calendar tool for the residency, which will allow us to set up a rational, first-come/first-serve protocol for populating our work zones/times for the program. We’re fine tuning now and hope to launch by the beginning of next week. Spatial Occupation will serve as BETA test for the software. Thanks, Matt!

Occupy Wall Street Begins Two-Month Residency at Hyperallergic HQ

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:02:44 -0500

Occupy Wall Street Begins Two-Month Residency at Hyperallergic HQ:

[EXCERPT]:

Today, the committee arrived to arrange their section of the office and as an added treat they brought some of the historic Zuccotti Park signs from the OWS archive as inspiration. Among the posters is reputedly the first “We Are the 99%” sign (pictured above) that started the chants heard around the world. Some readers of Hyperallergic may recognize the sign, since we published a photo of it in Zuccotti Park in late September as part of our “Signs of Occupy Wall Street” post.

Some of the OWS posters in Hyperallergic HQ, including (right) the original poster that started the “We Are the 99%” chants. (photo by Veken Gueyikian/Hyperallergic)

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Arts & Culture Space...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:01:16 -0500

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Arts & Culture Space Team will be occupying the offices of Hyperallergic from February 1 through the end of March 2012. On Sunday, February 5 at 7PM, the Spatial Occupation Reading Group will convene with an orientation session.

[PROPOSITION 1]: At our first meeting, we will ask ourselves to construct a reading program for the two-month residency at Hyperallergic. What are the questions we would like to raise? What texts and printed matter will be in our library that speak to those questions? Our initial focus - aligned with the residency objectives - will be Occupied Space, and the projection of it, its materialization processes, the definitions and realities of space and habitation. How does history affect (or not affect) space, or location? Time? Naming? Do the differences between virtual and actual need to be addressed, or can they co-exist? Who owns “space,” and who owns “occupation” of it? What contingent schemes emerge, once we begin to answer such questions. Is space a fact? Can or does space change? Is occupation the energy that drives such change, and is such change progressive or systematic? Of course, because we are agents of Arts & Culture, these and other considerations and conjectures will be inspected through that particular lens, at least to begin. Because we are OWS, we must articulate our grievances (peacefully), for their redress; & because we are OWS, we must simultaneously investigate ourselves, collectively, individually, expressively. Finally, we can explore what arts best apply to space and occupation, and who and what factors engage to determine the spatial arts of Occupy, in this threshold moment - [an event?].

The “Spatial Occupation” residency at Hyperallergic will generate screenings, a reading group, exhibits, performances, demonstrations, artist talks, workshops, teach-ins and much more over a two-month span. To learn more about the residency, visit the website ( http://spatial-occupation.tumblr.com/ ) or contact the Space Team ( ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com ).

About Hyperallergic: Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today. To learn more, visit the website ( http://hyperallergic.com/about/ )

Hyperallergic:
181 N 11th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Spatial Occupation Reading Group Session 1 [Orientation]: 7PM, Sunday February 5, 2012

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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Arts & Culture Space...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:54:00 -0500

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Arts & Culture Space Team will be occupying the offices of Hyperallergic from February 1 through the end of March 2012. The program kicks off with an evening casual potluck and gather Friday, February 3 at 7PM. Bring a dish and a beverage and your imagination to this creative mixer and meet-up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYC. Our hosts, the generous owners and staff of Hyperallergic will be on hand to share great food, ideas and art with OWS artists and residents.

About Hyperallergic: Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today. To learn more, visit the website ( http://hyperallergic.com/about/ )

Hyperallergic:
181 N 11th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Potluck: 7PM, Friday February 3, 2012

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Spatial Occupation

[April 2] The Spatial Occupation at Hyperallergic is now...

OWS activist handing out fliers in the Bedford Avenue L station...

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Ezequiel Adamovsky (from Argentina): experience comes from the...

Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic Reading Group Sunday, March...

OWS Space Team Presents: Works on Paper by Ingrid Burrington @Hyperallergic [#m10]

Spatial Occupation @Hyperallergic Reading Group Session...

[NOTE: This text was referenced during the Space Team screening...

SPATIAL OCCUPATION @ hyperallergic Round 2/Session 3...

SPATIAL OCCUPATION @ hyperallergic Round 2/Session 3 [Screenings+] 7PM Tuesday 181 N. 11th Street [Williamsburg/BK/NYC] RSVP: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com

[Editable Draft/BETA] We entered the space on 2/2 (Paul McLean,...

SPATIAL OCCUPATION AT HYPERALLERGICReading Group: Session...

Photo

Tuesday, Feb 14 @ 7 pm, Hyperallergic in...

The trippy-fab Calendar/sign-up tool [BETA] developed &...

PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate ReleaseFebruary 6,...

Imani, Chris and Alex at the Spatial Occupation potluck at...

NOTES FROM F2

Occupy Wall Street Begins Two-Month Residency at Hyperallergic HQ

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Arts & Culture Space...

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Arts & Culture Space...

SPATIAL OCCUPATION @ hyperallergic
Round 2/Session 3 [Screenings+]
7PM Tuesday

181 N. 11th Street [Williamsburg/BK/NYC]

RSVP: ows-arts-and-culture-spaces@googlegroups.com