FIESTA!!!!

Hey everyone! In lieu of the gorgeous weather and our special guests I thought it might be fun to have fiesta themed food detail...so it would be great if you could bring festive snacks drinks (chips, salsa, enchiladas, sangria)...I'll bring tequilla! If you want to make/ bring something add it to the comments section. Thanks!

Nato Thompson (+A Special Guests)

Hey guys! Nato Thompson (of Creative Time and formerly of MASS MoCA) is visiting class this Wednesday at 8:00 PM and maybe another surprise guest. Come if you can!!!!

WED class...parasites parasites parasites and your READING

sorry this is late...but it's short and fun! look forward to the debate about my favorite organisms...parasites!!

http://subsol.c3.hu/subsol_2/contributors3/martintext.html

PARASITIC MEDIA: Invisibility & other forms of Tactical Augmentation

Nathan Martin for the Carbon Defense League

10 Tactics

*10 Tactics

*Brooklyn screening - March 16th

Around the globe, activists have surmounted huge hurdles with small

budgets. Hear their stories, learn their techniques, and transform your

cause.

Join us March 16th for the film *10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action*.

*More info*: http://thecoup.org/10-tactics

The film explores how rights advocates use digital technology to create

positive change.

theCoup is screening this film in partnership with Witness at the fantastic Brooklyn Creative League.


We will break into small group discussion with other activists after this

60 minute film by the Tactical Technology Collective

http://tacticaltech.org

Wednesday Class Organization

Hello Wednesday class…

Based on the fact that we still have not broken into groups yet to begin work on projects, I wanted to offer a schedule suggestion and see what everyone thinks, as it feels like we are getting behind. This schedule is basically restating things we have discussed numerous times now, but have not managed to stick to in class. To make us stick to this schedule (or another schedule, depending on suggestions from the class about what could be added or left out), I suggest that every week, one student (or professor Kurtz) acts as a facilitator, to make sure that we stick to our schedule and do not go over time each specific segment of the class. Please read below and offer suggestions for whether changes should be made or if it sounds good as it is.

6:30-6:40: Quick warm-up exercise (where everyone touches)
6:40-7:20: As a group, go over a tactical media case study that we should all have come in having read. Discuss what worked well and what was problematic about case study. This could also be when eating happens. (for this upcoming week, we could have professor Kurtz point us in the direction of an interesting case study, that we should all come in having read. We could either ask professor Kurtz to give us different case studies for each week, or a different individual in the class organizes one for a specific week and we switch off)
7:20-7:40 – Students propose new ideas (if necessary, depending on the week, everyone might already be in groups for their upcoming project) For this week, that would be everyone deciding which project they would like to work on for the time being, since we already have 6 projects on the table (listed below)
7:40-7:50: Break
7:50-9:00: students work in their smaller groups, planning their project.

Lastly, we have a few projects on the table right now

1- Uganda/Starbucks
2- Invisible Theatre
3- Washing hair of homeless New Yorkers
4- 40 hours project
5- Visual Arts project, not yet defined
6- Peruvian contamination dance at UN

For this upcoming week, we could decide which 2 to 4 projects can get started on immediately, and perhaps the others can be part of the next round (just because it might be difficult to have 6 going on at the same time).

Please let me know your thoughts…so I can come in with an updated version of the schedule for this upcoming Wednesday.

Wednesday 1st Class Notes

What to Address:

Dreams
Insanity/Sanity
Drug Addiction
Passivity
Routines
Non-Action
Rush Hour
Social Isolation
Chronic Loneliness
Noise & Silence
Under & Overstimulation
Surveilance
Autonomy
Lack of Privacy
Social Anxiety
Transforming abandoned spaces into green spaces
Displacement
Globalization
Neocolonialism
Neoliberalism
Capitalism
Post-Racial Society
LGBT Equality

Media:

Constructed space
Internet - Protocols like bluetooth, Social Media, SMS
The body in time
Television
Radio
Wearables
Cobes, barcodes, Surveilance, code-bending
Cartography
Water
Trash
Games
Invisible Theater (as a tool)
"No longer empty" spaces
Protest
Petition
Awareness

Twister! Again, er... for the first time.

Let's try this again, minus the blizzard.

Join us for some fun today!

Meet at 721 Broadway, Rm 612 @ 6:20pm on Weds., 2/17/2010 and we'll all head out for Grand Central Station en masse no later than 6:30pm. If you want to join us at Grand Central, we'll start off by the center information booth that has the four-face brass clock on top in the main concourse.

Bring 8 quotes about movement (or Rush Hour or the Body), written nicely and legibly on an 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper folded into eighths, 1 quote per folded section. We'll tie the sections up prettily with ribbon when we all meet. Be prepared to move your body, our location and to solicit passersby.

I'll bring portable fruit snacks & the Twister board.

Boal Info

I haven't gained access to aaaarg to upload the Boal Exercises .pdf (I thought I could do it on the blog but was wrong).

Here's a link to a Boal workshop done in Athens which describes a handful of the exercises. http://organizingforpower.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/games-theater-of-oppressed.pdf

Also, this is an interesting short (2 page) article on Boal's use of theatre as a means of accessing politics http://www.jstor.org/stable/25559552

See you all tomorrow night!

Angrette (Wed)

Delayed Boal Info

Hi Wednesday section,

I just wanted to apologize for the delay in sending out the Boal resources. Reading materials will be posted tonight.

Angrette (W)