NATIONAL OCCUPY ARTS CALL -- Occupy 2.0: The Next Phase

NATIONAL OCCUPY ARTS CALL -- Occupy 2.0: The Next Phase

Wed, Jan 25th at 10pm EST/7pm PST

To register for the call, go to: http://bit.ly/x7WM1S

(You only have to register once, so if you registered for the first call, that call-in information is all you need)

The Occupy movement started with encampments in public and private space, but Occupy communities across the country have been exploring what the next direction of the movement will look like. Art and culture has taken a lead role in many of the varied and innovative answers to the "next phase" question. How art is supporting or leading these efforts will be the topic of this next national Occupy arts conference call. Please join us!

We are looking for presenters for this call. If you are doing art and culture work that supports moving the Occupy movement in new directions, please let us know if you would like to present on the call. Just send a short description of your project with the project's contact info and web presence to: InterOccupyArt@gmail.com  If you know of artists whose Occupy work fits this theme, please forward this to them.

And everyone should feel free to post ANY Occupy art projects they are working on to our new InterOccupy Art Facebook page! (And "Like" the page while you're at it!): http://www.facebook.com/InterOccupyArt

Moving forward,

InterOccupy Arts Call Planning Committee



DIY Sky-cam at UC Davis GA [11.21.2011] + News on the 1st InterOccupy National A&C Conference Call

Learn more at publiclaboratory.org
The plastic bottle that is visible in the video is the second camera, which is taking still images. The video was captured with a mobile phone camera.

The above video was posted on a great visionary cartographic/mapping site called Archive of Desire. AoD presented on last night on the first InterOccupy national conference call for Occupy arts and culture. It was a great exchange, with many remarkable projects and people sharing their visions of Occupy from points across the US (and beyond).

Occupy with Art also participated as a featured presenter on local Occupy art projects. Co-organizer Paul McLean spoke briefly about the Yoko Ono/OWS project, Wall Street to Main Street, and Low Lives: Occupy! In the subsequent breakout group, McLean discussed Occupational education and Occupy artist collaborations.

The minutes from the conference call are HERE.

Download the MP3 of the call here.

ARTISTS & OCCUPY - NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE CALL

Calling all occupy artists, musicians, performers, cultural workers, printmakers and pranksters!

We invite you to join the first of a series of nationwide conference calls focusing specifically on the Arts & Culture of our movement. This will be a chance for us all to share who we are, find collaborators, announce projects, learn about resources, and push our movement forward in Spring, Summer and Fall.

Date: Wed, Jan 11 2012 7:00pm PT / 10:00 ET
To Register for the call, visit: http://interoccupy.org/national-arts-call-11112-10pm-est-7pm-pst/

From Day One arts and culture have been central to occupy, from the very first Adbusters ‘ballerina’ poster to the Anonymous videos, protest puppets, posters and ‘bat signals’ that followed. In a few short months, occupy has birthed an explosive new political arts movement that encompasses almost every artform, as well as a number of new promotional platforms like Occuprint, to Occupennial, and Occupy Design. Now, a new phase is beginning as support projects are emerging, like ArtIsMyOccupation, to provide funding and other support for occupy-related arts projects.

Now that we’re all here, it’s time we all got to know each other.

This first call will be about just getting to know WHO and WHAT is out there, so that we can brainstorm together and join forces on plans and projects for Spring, Summer and Fall. If you have an existing arts/culture project or arts resource you would like to present on the call, please send a description of that project/resource to Ken Srdjak at akeneka@gmail.com beforehand to be put on the list.

This is planned to be the first in a series of regular, bi-weekly nationwide calls on the arts & occupy. Planning calls happen between the national calls, and are open to everyone. Future call themes will be decided at these meetings. To join the planning committee, contact janellet@occupydc.org

Remember, to get on the call you must register here: http://interoccupy.org/national-arts-call-11112-10pm-est-7pm-pst/

Questions? Contact janellet@occupydc.org

In solidarity,
InterOccupy Arts Call Planning Committee