new book- Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Opening- a moment's Catalog; december 8, 2012
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A Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Opening—
a moment’s Catalog; december 8, 2012
a moment’s Catalog; december 8, 2012
Edited by: Ben Shepard
Designed by: Emily Larned / Red Charming
For: the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
Published by: the Journal of Aethetics & Protest Press (Winter 2013)
With Articles by: Alan W. Moore, Maggie Wrigley, Ben Shepard, Stephen Duncombe, and Frank Morales.
An ode to activist New York, squatting and climate change.
Crafted, designed and priced
to reflect the inventive DIY spirit of the Lower East Side.
to reflect the inventive DIY spirit of the Lower East Side.
1. About the new book, A Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Opening, A Moment's Catalog
2. The Architecture of Mineralization available and sale at Sound & Language Distro
3. Reverend Billy Threatened with Jail
4. Books that we've noted (non-journal)
5. Exuberant Politics Exhibition- Submission Call (non-journal)
6. Civil Disobedient Hacktivist gets a 10 year sentence
7. Joaap's Occupy Dispatch Project Update
8. Creating a Clamor Magazine Digital Archive fundraiser
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1. About the new book, A Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Opening, A Moment's Catalog
Ben Shepard- editor
Emily Larned (red charming) - designer
A catalog for the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space - museum
Emily Larned (red charming) - designer
A catalog for the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space - museum
With Contributions by: Alan W. Moore, Maggie Wrigley, Ben Shepard, Stephen Duncombe, and Frank Morales.
Art By: Fly, Mac McGill and others.
Art By: Fly, Mac McGill and others.
64 pages-
letterpress cover, hand-sewn binding,
photocopy interior.
Limited Print-run of 150 books.
Normal Price 15$, buy now for $12 pre-release sale price.
(book will be printed in late November and available for the holidays)
On October 29th, 2012, C-Squat on Avenue C in New York's Lower East Side was flooded by the wilds of
Hurricane Sandy. The Museum of Reclaimed Space (MORUS), located in its basement, was scheduled to have its opening party that very night. The next morning the MORUS community, instead, was bucketing water and salvaging displays. They also hosted a pedal-power generator to recharge cell-phones and became a node for dumpstered food distribution.
Ben Shepard (with an assist by Marc Herbst) has put together an ode, a short book about activist New York under Climate Change, Hurricane Sandy and a re-telling of the eventual opening of MORUS on December 8, 2012.Hurricane Sandy. The Museum of Reclaimed Space (MORUS), located in its basement, was scheduled to have its opening party that very night. The next morning the MORUS community, instead, was bucketing water and salvaging displays. They also hosted a pedal-power generator to recharge cell-phones and became a node for dumpstered food distribution.
“One particular Saturday, December 8th, 2012 to be exact, we continued such a conversation at the opening party of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space.
Much of the activist perspective on this history is being whitewashed away,” says Bill ‘Times Up!’, echoing Sarah Schulman's point from the Gentrification of the Mind, that positive social changes does not happen because politicians are nice; they happens because people have fought for them using direct action. “AIDS drugs were not released because the US government became nice, AIDS activists forced them to do the right thing. Gardens are not preserved because the city likes them. They survive because people fought for them.”
Much of the genesis for MoRUS was born of conversations like this one. Knowing this history, Bill suggested we open a museum to highlight the neighborhood’s real activist history. This alternate history is the subject of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space."
- Exerpt from Ben Shepard's text.
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2. The Architecture of Mineralization available and sale at Sound & Language Distro
Etienne Turpin's Architecture of Mineralization and other book are available for discount at Sound & Language-
http://distro.nadalex.net/
Etienne Turpin's Architecture of Mineralization and other book are available for discount at Sound & Language-
http://distro.nadalex.net/
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3. Reverend Billy Threatened with Jail
New York Theatrical Icon and organizer Reverend Billy is facing the threat of a year's prison time for leading the Church of Stop Shopping dressed as frogs. Please check this out.
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4. Recent Books that we've noted (non-journal)
a. A People's Art History of the United States by Nicolas Lampert
Providing a deep primer into the history of activist art (and more) since colonization.
Seems like something worth spending at least a moment with
Providing a deep primer into the history of activist art (and more) since colonization.
Seems like something worth spending at least a moment with
b. Artistic Lives by Kirsten Forkert
A cross-cultural look at artistic labor (how artists survive in these neo-liberal tymes)
c. COBRA, A Critical Response
Artists mirror a hyped state response.
Artists mirror a hyped state response.
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5. Exuberant Politics Exhibition- Submission Call (non-journal)
From Sarah Kanouse
Call for Entries Deadline: December 15, 2013
Send your revolutionary manifesto, your conceptual social sculpture, your political poems, your utopian films and videos, your musical anthems. Enter your political rally poster, your activist website, your play, performance, print, painting or puppet in the show “Exuberant Politics.”
EP celebrates the intersection of art and activism in new forms of creative direct action and organizing, street theater and the art of protest, and social justice political activism.
You or your groups’ artistic political “exuberance” can be expressed in any format, medium or size, but be aware that there is limited floor/wall space in our galleries. We may choose to recognize selected off-site proposals and projects, so please consider a proposal to organize an “exuberant” event in your backyard, neighborhood or locale.
More about Exuberant Politics, a yearlong celebration of art and activism, online: exuberantpolitics.art.uiowa.edu
Send your revolutionary manifesto, your conceptual social sculpture, your political poems, your utopian films and videos, your musical anthems. Enter your political rally poster, your activist website, your play, performance, print, painting or puppet in the show “Exuberant Politics.”
EP celebrates the intersection of art and activism in new forms of creative direct action and organizing, street theater and the art of protest, and social justice political activism.
You or your groups’ artistic political “exuberance” can be expressed in any format, medium or size, but be aware that there is limited floor/wall space in our galleries. We may choose to recognize selected off-site proposals and projects, so please consider a proposal to organize an “exuberant” event in your backyard, neighborhood or locale.
More about Exuberant Politics, a yearlong celebration of art and activism, online: exuberantpolitics.art.uiowa.edu
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6. Civil Disobedient Hacktivist gets a 10 year sentence
Jeremy Hammond, a 28-year-old political activist, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to participating in the Anonymous hack into the computers of the private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor). The Ceremonial Courtroom at the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York was filled today with an outpouring of support by journalists, activists and other whistleblowers who see Jeremy Hammond’s actions as a form of civil disobedience, motivated by a desire to protest and expose the secret activities of private intelligence corporations.... more info
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7. Joaap's Occupy Dispatch Project Update
After 2 years, New York Year Zero has given us their Occupy Wall Street Dispatch to add to our Occupy Dispatch Project!
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8. Creating a Clamor Magazine Digital Archive fundraiser
Clamor Magazine which set the pace for innovative movement publications from 1999 to 2006
They are doing an online fund raiser to support their efforts for a full, accesible digital archive.
Clamor editor Jen Angel's critical history of Clamor Magazine is worth a read.
They are doing an online fund raiser to support their efforts for a full, accesible digital archive.
Clamor editor Jen Angel's critical history of Clamor Magazine is worth a read.
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