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A database of art actions that have taken place as part of #OccupyWallStreet

If you would like your project to be added to the database, please email occupywithartNY@gmail.com

Entries in occupy wall street (4)

Sunday
Oct232011

Occupy Museums: Speaking out in front of the Canons

The game is up: we see through the pyramid schemes of the temples of cultural elitism controlled by the 1%. No longer will we, the artists of the 99%, allow ourselves to be tricked into accepting a corrupt hierarchical system based on false scarcity and propaganda concerning absurd elevation of one individual genius over another human being for the monetary gain of the elitest of elite. For the past decade and more, artists and art lovers have been the victims of the intense commercialization and co-optation or art. We recognize that art is for everyone, across all classes and cultures and communities. We believe that the Occupy Wall Street Movement will awaken a consciousness that art can bring people together rather than divide them apart as the art world does in our current time…

Let’s be clear. Recently, we have witnessed the absolute equation of art with capital. The members of museum boards mount shows by living or dead artists whom they collect like bundles of packaged debt. Shows mounted by museums are meant to inflate these markets. They are playing with the fire of the art historical cannon while seeing only dancing dollar signs. The wide acceptance of cultural authority of leading museums have made these beloved institutions into corrupt ratings agencies or investment banking houses- stamping their authority and approval on flimsy corporate art and fraudulent deals.

For the last few decades, voices of dissent have been silenced by a fearful survivalist atmosphere and the hush hush of BIG money. To really critique institutions, to raise one’s voice about the disgusting excessive parties and spectacularly out of touch auctions of the art world while the rest of the country suffers and tightens its belt was widely considered to be bitter, angry, uncool. Such a critic was a sore loser.

It is time to end that silence not in bitterness, but in strength and love! Because the occupation has already begun and the creativity and power of the people has awoken! The Occupywallstreet Movement will bring forth an era of new art, true experimentation outside the narrow parameters set by the market. Museums, open your mind and your heart! Art is for everyone! The people are at your door!


Saturday
Oct222011

The People Staged

ThePeopleStaged is an open stage for performance at OccupyWallStreet. As an entertainment outlet, ThePeopleStaged welcomes performances of all kinds and invites all to perform. ThePeopleStaged is an entertainment outlet ('open-mic' without the mic) for:

~ the participants of the Occupy Movement

~ the police who are watching over us

~ the observers who may join us

~ and the world who are with us.

Performances are encouraged to be no longer than 5 minutes.

Principles

- Share your world, your expressions, your political opinions (perform You)

- Respect diversity of expression and culture

(Note: As an independent group project (and not a working group) what follows is not necessarily the expressed opinions of the OccupyWallStreet Movement)

For an updated schedule and archive of performances, visit ThePeopleStaged Facebook page.

Saturday
Oct222011

#arOCCUPYWALLSTREET

Protesters were not given permits to protest at Wall Street forcing them blocks from the New York Stock Exchange [NYSE] to the Zuccotti Park. Wall Street was barricaded off. Only part of the sidewalk was accessible to the public and there is a constant police presence around both the protesters and the NYSE at all times.

#arOCCUPYWALLSTREET takes the protest to the heart of the financial district, placing them directly in front of the NYSE. Augments now blanket the entire financial district.

Augmented reality gives protesters a global voice. The protest has spread to the White House lawn!

You can join the cause too! Details on how to do so can be found here.

For more documentation of the project visit the website: http://aroccupywallstreet.wordpress.com

#arOCCUPYWALLSTREET is organized by Mark Skwarek.

 

Saturday
Oct222011

Whose Circle?

 

Last night at Columbus Circle.