Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Adam Overton edition)
Yesterday and the day before, the Getty held a conference entitled “Perspectives on Progressivism and the Museum,” which was a laudable effort to gather museum educators and scholars from around the...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Robby Herbst Edition)
Today I am pleased to highlight artist, activist, writer and organizer Robby Herbst, who maintains his own interdisciplinary art practice as well as works with the LA-based collective Llano del Rio. A...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Anna Mayer edition)
Today I’m excited to highlight artist Anna Mayer, a performance artist who maintains a solo practice as well as an ongoing collaboration with Jemima Wyman as CamLab. Anna admits that she doesn’t “have...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Janet Owen Driggs edition)
Today, Janet Owen Driggs (writer, curator, artist, and member of the two-person collaboration Owen Driggs with Matthew Owen Driggs) writes eloquently about the many-armed metaphor of the octopus, and...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Elana Mann edition)
ARLA Listening Performance, Occupy LA site, November 11, 2011. Photo courtesy Carol Cheh. Today I am pleased to highlight Elana Mann, an artist who works collaboratively with other artists and in...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Matias Viegener edition)
Today I’m thrilled to publish an interview with Matias Viegener, artist, writer, teacher, and member of the collaboration Fallen Fruit. As a critical theorist and long-time activist, Matias feels the...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Nancy Popp edition)
Performative reading of Judith Butler's talk "Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street" with Nancy Popp, Mathew Timmons, Anna Mayer, and other occupiers. October 2011. Today I’m pleased to be...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (Emily Lacy edition)
Emily Lacy performing at the Occupy Bailraiser event at Machine Project in Echo Park, December 4, 2011. Emily Lacy is a Los Angeles-based musician, performer, and sound artist. Her work with music and...
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Occupy LAAAAAA: Artists in Solidarity (John Burtle and John Barlog edition)
Rub in/Lube in at Macy's in downtown LA, December 2011. Photo courtesy Stephen van Dyck. Today I’m pleased to present the latest installment of the Artists in Solidarity series, featuring the Johns...
View ArticleSome Reflections on Art and Activism: The Occupy LAAAAAA Interviews
In preparation for a recent class on art and activism I taught as part of CCA’s Social Practice Workshop, I had some time to reflect on the series of Occupy interviews with artists that I posted to...
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