Spectres of Liberty May 17-June 5 in Syracuse
Posted May 19, 2010 by dara_g in Justseeds Collective Projects
We (Olivia Robinson, Josh MacPhee, Joanna Spitzner, & Dara Greenwald) are doing a multi-faceted public art project in Syracuse, NY to engage ideas coming out of the cities' abolitionist past to current social conditions. Please forward this to people in the area.
The project has several components:
1. a storefront gallery workshop which is open every day from 12-6, (XL Project Space, 307 S. Clinton Street)
2. public discussions with local organizers and artists (see schedule below)
3. an outdoor multi-media installation on June 5th (at Lipe Sculpture Park)
PUBLIC PROGRAMS (all events are free & refreshments are served)
Pictures of our opening night event, Open Access, Open Art
more:
TONIGHT!!! Wednesday May 19 7pm - Open Movement - discussion about boundaries and mobility TONIGHT!!!
The freedom to move and freedom to stay put are two sides of the same coin of creating an open city. For the May 19 evening on Open Movement, we will be discussing mobility and boundaries (to mobility) in Syracuse. Who can live in Syracuse and under what conditions? Who is free to come and go, and what are some of the barriers dividing (and uniting) different groups of people and parts of the city (region, nation, and world)? What are the dreams and plans that people have for creating freedom of movement and the right to stay put?
Kafui Attoh grew up in Ithaca NY, attended school in Minnesota, and has been living and studying in Syracuse for four years. He is interested in urban transportation, mobility and rights. His research on Syracuse's public transportation system looks at how it has shifted in response to welfare reform, attempts at urban revitalization along with outside political pressure.
Meagan Chapman is a graduate student at Syracuse University studying Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Geography and Queer Theory. Born and raised in Syracuse, she has taken interest in learning more about her hometown by focusing her studies on local issues. She is currently a member of the LGBTQ Community Center Planning Committee, working to plan the construction of a community center uniting various LGBTQ organizations in CNY.
Caroline Kim has been working with immigrants and their families since 2005. She has worked with the Detention Task Force in helping families communicate with loved ones who have been arrested by ICE and Border Patrol, assisting with the bail process, and accompanying individuals and their families to Immigration court.
Jenna Loyd, a onetime resident of Syracuse involved with the Detention Task Force, is a scholar-activist now living in Brooklyn. She is interested in how abolitionism and Right to the City provide holistic frameworks for building visionary coalitions for just, free, and vibrant cities. She will facilitate the evening’s conversation.
Aly Wane is an activist with the Syracuse Peace Council. Originally from Senegal, he is active in the immigration rights movement and has worked with ACTS (The Alliance of Communities Transforming Syracuse), the NYCLU and the RIFA (Reform Immigration for America) campaign.
Thursday May 20 7pm - Open Options - discussion about Civil Rights & CORE in Syracuse
with Kendall Phillips
Friday May 21 8pm - Open House Party!
with DJ Jesse Stiles
Sunday May 23 4pm - Open Economy Ice Cream Social - sponsored by Milk Not Jails
with FREE! Families Rally for Emancipation & Empowerment and locally produced ice cream
Saturday June 5 - Public Art Event at Lipe Art Park (Rain Date June 6)
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Great Central Depot in the Open City
In the mid-19th Century, Syracuse, New York, was central to the anti-slavery movement in the United States. Called the “Great Central Depot,” its residents, and those of the surrounding region, helped thousands of individuals escape slavery. Jermaine Loguen, a local Reverend and station master in the Underground Railroad, called Syracuse an “Open City” because he and fellow abolitionists spoke and published anti-slavery sentiments while openly providing sanctuary for freedom-seekers.
The Open City Workshop, held at XL Project Space, OPEN CITY WORKSHOP * May 17-June 4, 2010 * 307 Clinton Street, will be open to the public for three weeks of discussions, workshops and brainstorming. The discussions will be shared on Redhouse Radio, through video recordings and ultimately used to create Open City animations featured in a public presentation. This culminating one night, community event will respond to the question, "Is Syracuse an Open City today? What would it mean to move Loguen's Open City from the realm of metaphor to a lived reality today?"
The three weeks of open workshops will culminate in a spectacular outdoor public event:
The Great Central Depot in the Open City * June 5, 2010 * Lipe Art Park (Near corner of Fayette & Seneca; Rain Date: June 6, 2010)
PARTNERS: Partners for this project include the Community Folk Art Center, The Matilda Joslyn Gage Home and the Art School in the Art School. This variable media art work is made possible, in part by the Franklin Furnace Fund supported by Stimulus funds from the New York State Council on the Arts a state agency; the Lambent Foundation; and Jerome Foundation. This project is made possible with Funds from New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant Program, a State Agency and the Cultural Resources Council a Region Arts Council.
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READINGS: http://www.theasintheas.org/2010/05/open-city-course/
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MORE: www.spectresofliberty.com
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