Fw: interviews/Open City

[knigh...@yahoo.com]

Hey folks, there's an activist art opening happening at ROCO this friday. The artist would love to interview people from Rochester about their activism in relation to the concept of an "Open City", Please contact her directly for interview appointment making. She's very sweet and interested in things here in Rochester. She grew up just outside of Rochester and now lives in Syracuse. Cheers Ted- --- On Tue, 8/3/10, The Art School in The Art School <joa...@theasintheas.org> wrote: From: The Art School in The Art School <joa...@theasintheas.org> Subject: interviews/Open City To: knigh...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 10:10 AM hi Ted,  thanks for chatting a little today.  Here's some basic information. Please share it with anyone you think may be interested or, if you feel comfortable, sending me contact info of anyone.  I look forward to meeting you.  Joanna Send an Earthquake Voice Come be interviewed on video (it will take 15 minutes): Sunday, August 8, 2010 2-5 pm at Rochester Contemporary Art Center 137 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14604 contact: Joanna Spitzner cell: 315.430-7969 email: joa...@theasintheas.org What do you think is an Open City? Is Rochester  an Open City? In an “Open City” what are the narratives that get told? What are the narratives in Rochester? How do we see/hear/experience them? What does it mean to a culture and a city when a history is submerged or erased? What have you done or do now to make an the city open? What would you like to see happen? Interviews will be: posted on http://artschoolsound.org become part of a sound collage at the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center The Great Central Depot in the Open City is a public art project that explores the connections between our abolitionist history and the present.  An installation of this project currently on view until September 19 at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center, as part of the exhibition State of the City 2010. During May and June 2010 in Syracuse, NY, short interviews with activists, artists, and regular folks were conducted. Issues such as immigration reform, prison reform, civil rights, neighborhood revitalization and community relationships, economic justice, free speech, and mobility were brought forward.  You can hear interviews at: http://www.artschoolsound.org/category/open-city-workshop/