Keyword 'place'

“Community” in Question: Conversations and readings on art, activism, and community vis-à-vis the Green Line Expansion

Posted by DIM on April 5, 2009

Directors of the Think Tank that has yet to be named present a workshop for a conference on art and activism at Tufts University in April 2009.

What is the indigenous body?

Posted by DIUMa on October 28, 2007

[in preparation for its participation in the Artivistic conference, the Think Tank engaged the question put forward by Artivistic, “what is indigenous?”
This post is an accumulation of notes, sketches and responces generated between the two directors, DIUM/a and DIIs. This project will continue to receive updated submissions to this post. Please continue [...]

PHPM06 “A Picnic with the Natives”

Posted by DIUMa on August 28, 2007

“A Picnic with the Natives,” the sixth publicly held private meeting (PHPM06), continues to scrutinize the cartography of talent, by locating its meeting on an actual site where the “lure of talent” is implemented for the hoped and assumed economic benefit of the community.

The Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future: PUBLIC HEARING

Posted by DINP on March 29, 2007

On Saturday March 10, 2007, the Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future held a Public Hearing to gather facts, information and testimony as part of an investigation into the propagation and circulation of the allegedly misrepresentative language that has appeared in the public and journalistic record.

PHPM04: So what is Metaphorical Agency anyway?

Posted by DIMetA on December 28, 2006

The metaphor reinforces a clear analysis and strategy which leads directly to the kinds of actions people in the struggle need to take in order to be effective. The metaphor is active, it has direction and purpose.

Ask Me About Gentrification

Posted by DIM on November 1, 2006

Participants in an “artists’ studio tour” in Philadelphia were invited to select a button, thus choosing an identity and implicating themselves in the grand narrative of Art in the Service of Gentrification.

PHPM03: How do we decide where “from” is?

Posted by DIM on August 20, 2006

A conversation in public transit, whereby, being both stationary and mobile, we begin to unpack our identity bags.

PHPM01: On the Sidewalk with Lawnchairs Looking Professional

Posted by DIUM on July 11, 2006

The Game: DEPROGRESSION. The Objective: to de-activate the gentrification wave. The General Terrain: The “incongruous rim” of the beautiful monumental city.