DIY Guards Against Co-option: Michel Chevalier’s “unlimited liability”
Our friends at Half Letter Press will be contributing again to Michel Chevalier’s unlimited liability. Now in its third year, the project was labeled by Art Papers as the “art shop that won’t sell to the rich.” Photo by Cornelia Sollfrank, Art Papers Through this project, Chevalier offers a model for DIY cultural production that [...]
EveryBody!: Visual Resistance in Feminist Health Movements, 1969-2009
Christa Donner‘s work will be on display at EveryBody! Chicago’s I Space Gallery will host a retrospective of the visual culture of the United States Women’s Health Movement this September 11-October 10, 2009. EveryBody!, curated by Bonnie Fortune, includes contemporary and historical works, beginning with posters, ephemera, and literature of the late 1960s-1970s. The show [...]
Plates and Records: Brooklyn’s Artist/Activist-led Public Supper Club
Plates and Records at the opening of the India Street Mural Project Ram Subramanian, Andrzej Nowicki, and Joann Kim founded Plates and Records this month with this simple request: Guests are required to bring a plate, a record, an empty stomach, and a good mood. The group, comprised of two artists and a human rights [...]
Groundswell Weekly Review: July 20 – 26, 2009
Radical American filmmaker Robert Kramer was celebrated in New York City with a retrospective of his work this week. EcoLabs invited six artists to respond to the book “Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet” by Mark Lynas, and the results are available in a free download. Picture the Homeless members strutted the catwalk [...]
Alina & Jeff Bliumis Converse Across Language Barriers
Last month, Alina & Jeff Bliumis wrapped up Casual Conversations in Brooklyn, their “anthropological inquiry into Brooklyn’s immigrant communities,” which was met with critical acclaim. Be Happy! (2009), Site-Specific Installation, Astroturf Casual Conversations described the culture shock experienced by immigrants facing new social realities, and the desire to recreate one’s self in a new environment [...]
