Opening reception for UnHomeless NYC, an exhibition of 16 socially engaging artists dealing with the issues of housing insecurities. Opening remarks by the curators followed by contributions from several artists.
Upcycle, Uplift proposes a utopian solution to the current housing crisis by developing a line of recycled clothing created in workshops and remodeled based on the needs of homeless people. The participatory project invites the public to engage in deep listening with homeless people, opening themselves up to the complex issues that drive people to the street beyond the stereotypical assumptions.
10–11 a.m. WHAT IS HOME? (artist talk and signage-making workshop, Kingsborough Art Museum)
1:30–3 p.m. SIGNS OF HUMANITY (film screening and director’s talk, Art & Science Building, 163)
3–4 p.m. HOME IS A JOURNEY (march, starting from Kingsborough Art Museum)
This online lecture traces the development of Bill Beirne’s activist art and performance practice in relation to some precedents in modern art history.
Three Facilitated Workshops focus on the impact of food and housing precarity on the well-being of students at Kingsborough Community College. The first two workshops use Intergroup Dialogue, a deep listening practice that highlights similarities and fosters understanding among different groups. The third workshop will be open to the public.
In this talk, critical urbanist Manon Vergerio will give a brief background on the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (AEMP), a web-based interactive mapping project that personalizes eviction data through the evictees’ stories of struggle and resistance.
How to Begin Again is a 4-step initiation to a new awareness about alternatives for the future of urban design. It centers on the concept of unitary urbanism, which CohStra redefines as “an anti-capitalist and transdisciplinary practice that attempts to bridge popular and scientific knowledge to co-produce social and environmental justice in cities.”
