http://wherewearenow.org Locating Art and Politics in NYC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:48:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union presents THE GREAT WHITE WHALE IS BLACK An exhibition of work spanning five decades by Painter/Architect Tony Candido Through a selection of work spanning over the past five decades, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Professor and Painter/Architect Tony Candido presents his ... http://wherewearenow.org/listings/the-great-white-whale-is-black-2/ As an aesthetic practice, historical re-enactments draw tension between the respective differences of those being compared.  In a contemporized rendition of Jean Luc Godard’s film entitled 'La Chinoise' (1967), artist Mark Tribe stages a conversation between a student and a former 60’s radical turned professor set in New York City ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/chinoise-a/ The ruin, taken as a broad spatial typology that offers itself readily as forensic evidence useful in the investigation of contemporary configurations of power, is the starting point for Bryan Finoki’s reflections on architecture’s implication in the manipulation of space for political ends. From Ground Zero in NYC to what ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/the-ruin-machine/ In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Support Structures (published by Sternberg Press), artist/architect Celine Condorelli presents one of the most unorthodox and experimental exhibitions in New York's history, organized and curated by Peter Nadin and taking place in his studio over a period of 9 months. Throughout the course ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/support-structures/ In an interview with Merve Unsal, Carlos Motta, a Colombia born, New York City-based artist reflects on democracy, specifically looking at issues of equality and representation of immigrants and LGBTQ subjects. Motta uses strategies from sociology and documentary genres to engage with specific political events. His recent video and text-based ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/a-conversation-with-carlos-motta/ Transcribed from a lecture presented at September 29, 2009, at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, sociologist Andrew Ross weighs the gains of a digital paradigm in terms of labor.  On the one hand, active, digitally-networked societies offer information-rich public goods that can bolster ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/on-the-digital-labor-question/ 'Divan … the universe has no loyalty' from 2009 is a traveling waiting room by Daniel Bozhkov that provides a place to sit with cushions and Newsweek magazines, and occasionally becomes a site for the gathering of storytellers. It follows the traces of a family jewel with an inscription in ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/divan-%e2%80%a6-the-universe-has-no-loyalty/ This conversation took place between Melanie Crean and Sean Gourley via email during the month of September 2009. Their discussion focused on notions of change as a physical, political and cultural phenomenon whose nature and impact, though sometimes measurable and predicable, still cannot be strictly defined. Crean is an ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/the-shape-of-change/ Activist and historian Benjamin Heim Shepard discusses the role of play in advancing queer politics in New York City. Shepard’s contributions point towards the relationship between pleasure and play—a valorization of sensuality, humor, and agency in the present tense—as a prospect for political change. WWAN catches up with New ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/talking-activism-and-writing/ Remarking on recent trends in New York City’s real estate, urban planner Tom Angotti offers a ten point plan for uniting land and people in New York City. By Tom Angotti[i] New York’s landed oligarchy boasts that the city is “The Real Estate Capital of the World.” This popular mythology helps to ... http://wherewearenow.org/vol1/change/speculation-and-change-community-land-in-new-york-city/