re-arranging courtyard elements
re-arranging courtyard elements w/ Cory Bluemling
Newark, Delaware
This is part of a larger study on social space, community, etc
Things went dark : SOPA Protest and One Very Important Thought
powerful poetry OR better poetry though email formatting errors
Seven functions of the movement from Peter Marcuse
A confrontation function, “taking the struggle to the enemy’s territory, confronting, potentially disrupting, the operations at the center of the problem.”
A symbolic function which registers a collective and “deeply felt unhappiness about things as they are and the direction in which they are going.”
An educational function, “provoking questioning, exploration, juxtaposition of differing viewpoints and issues, seeking clarification and sources of commonality within difference.”
A glue function, “creating a community of trust and commitment to the pursuit of common goals; [providing] a way of coming together in a community for those who are deeply affected and concerned.”
An umbrella function, “creating a space … in which quite disparate groups can work together in pursuit of ultimately consistent and mutually reinforcing goals … a political umbrella, an organizing base for an ongoing alliance, not just a temporary coalition, of the deprived and discontented.”
An activation function, “inspiring others to greater militancy and sharper focus on common goals and specific demands … providing space for … cross discussions among supporting groups and interests, organizing … events in support of … reforms that [suggests] Occupy’s own ultimate goals of change.”
A model function, “showing, by its internal organization and methods of proceeding, that an alternative form of democracy is possible.”
Via – Peter Marcuse @ THE PURPOSE OF THE OCCUPATION MOVEMENT AND THE DANGER OF FETISHIZING SPACE through Occupy Colleges Now: Students as the New Public Intellectuals
N17 : Occupy Teach-in @ University of Delaware
Yesterday, November 17th, marked the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The previous day, November 16th, saw the Occupy Wall Street March On Washington pass through Newark, Delaware (University of Delaware).
Inspired by the anniversary, the march, and the call for a Student Week of Action, my class and the art classes of three of my colleagues at the University of Delaware met in the Studio Arts Building’s 1st floor critique space to have an broad and informal dialogue about the movement, education, and the future. We used two projectors to display live streams from TheOther99, CNN, and occupystream.com and provided a forum for everyone involved to ask questions and express their opinion.
A big thank you to fellow graduate students Joey Grimm, Alex Fogt, and Cory Bluemling and faculty member Abby Donovan for helping to organize and facilitate this event.
November 16th, 2011 - Occupy Wall Street March On Washington meets Occupy Newark. Main St, Newark, Delaware
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy – October, 2011
Top 10 Keywords (past 30 days)
- matt kowal
- open books
- “third nature”
- matt kowal wales
- matthew kowal
- 3rd nature
- right brain initiative photography volunteer
- Matthew+Kowal+Jr
- parachute ghost cover pictures
- goals and elements of tarp
View the April, 2011 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy list: http://www.mattkowal.net/blog/2011/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-2011/
View the April, 2010 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy list: http://www.mattkowal.net/blog/2010/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/
New Blood MFA Exhibition
I have a LCD based installation up at the New Blood MFA Exhibition @ University of Delaware’s Crane Arts space in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The opening reception is on September 8th from 6-9pm and the show will be up until October 6th.
