Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space- A Moment's Catalog (now out!)
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Journal of Aesthetics and Protest
Dec 9, 2013, 5:19:38 PM12/9/13
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those radical holidays are rolling on. and we're pitching
hear the bells. ring, ring its the bells of (commercial) history
hear the bells. ring, ring its the bells of (commercial) history
now out in select (we actually do mean it) bookstores (see list below) and online.
A Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Opening—
a moment’s Catalog; december 8, 2012
Emily Larned (red charming) - designer
For: the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space- (MORUS)
purchase here
purchase here
Crafted, designed and priced to reflect the inventive DIY spirit.
An ode to activist New York, urban space making, squatting, climate change and climate change activism.
Contributions by: Alan W. Moore, Maggie Wrigley, Ben Shepard, Stephen Duncombe, and Frank Morales.
Published by: the Journal of Aethetics & Protest Press
Available (any day now) at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (155 Avenue C, New York)
and also at these select (yes, we actually mean it), fine and kicking stores
and also at these select (yes, we actually mean it), fine and kicking stores
Bluestockings (NYC), Wooden Shoe (Philly) , Red Emma's (Baltimore), Quimby's (Chicago), International bookshop Het Fort Van Sjakoo (Amsterdam- be patient), ProQM (Berlin- it'll take a few days too), Half Letter Press (online) and SQ Distro (online).
"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.
64 pages-
letterpress cover, hand-sewn binding,
photocopy interior.
50 books left (of an original 150 book print run).
letterpress cover, hand-sewn binding,
photocopy interior.
50 books left (of an original 150 book print run).
Normal (and nice) price 15$, buy now
The East River decided to pay a visit to more of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn then usual when Hurricane Sandy came around last year. The Museum of Reclaimed Space (MORUS), located in C-Squat's basement, was scheduled to have its opening party then, almost a year ago. Instead, the museum's organizers found themselves flooded out.
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."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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