hey y'all. leslie, dave, paul, and i got together this thursday and parsed out some possibilities for the class. please post feelings or simmer on them and bring backfeed to class next thursday.
GROUP NAMES
Delta Force- the idea is that we a force for change in our respective communities
DeltaDeltaDelta- riff on greek life, but emphasizing the change aspect.
Others???
Below are notes from the meeting:
(Possible) ALTERNATIVE CONTEXTS:
CONTEXT 1- School Activism
1) Introduction posters—“Hi, my name is _______________. I like meeting Renee Green for coffee, heat in my studio, and ….”
2) Honorary luncheons with the president, dean of grad studies, dean of academic advisors, board of trustees—at SFMOMA
CONTEXT 2- United Nations Plaza, homeless issue
CONTEXT 3- N MUNI line along 3rd Street and history of the Dogpatch
CONTEXT 4- Japantown and reparations for the Internment Camps
CONTEXT 5- Commercial art spaces
CONTEXT 6- Dogpatch art tour
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I forgot to write in my blog comment (or at least I believe I forgot to mention) that Dave and Paul believed it would be positively challenging for us to come up with 4 contexts (1 per month) to which we each have to respond; responding could be collective or individual. Hence, the four possible contexts listed
Also, Paul added the roof of the graduate center as an alternative context.
Looking forward to the discussion on Thursday.
ive been thinking a lot about the UN plaza idea. I think it would be amazing if we created a "road of gold" along the path from Market to City Hall. If we could mobilize to have a "sit in" where people lined the road of gold so that anyone who wanted to walk the path has to walk on the road of gold and be watched by the sitting audience.
also it would be cool to create something that would be useful for the homeless people but also something that would be recognizable to create a sense of solidarity and numbers. This is way too ambitious, but i was thinking about an idea where we create "project gold scarf". The idea being that we get a bunch of gold colored scarfs and distribute them to the homeless in the area. Not only would that keep them warm, but that would also provide a sense of unity and help reiterate the sheer numbers of homeless in the city and provide a birghtly colored reminder to all passers by.
I was even thinking we could turn this into a thing where the scarf becomes fashionable and the public can buy them for $10 or something. Proceeds would of course go back to homeless advocacy groups. Then having the homeless and the general public wearing the scarf together may help spur a desire for understanding between the two groups.
paul, you must have been reading my mind. i was totally thinking the same thing about having the participants line a path all the way to city hall. i love the idea of the gold road-- yellow brick road meets myth of america's streets being paved with gold.
we could probably find a (local?) scarf manufacturer to donate scarves.
we could also create a small pocket-sized pamphlet with information about the homeless demographic, which could also tie into an commentary on war and how we treat our veterans and mentally ill(e.g. 40% of the homeless population are veterans)-- an issue I've been becoming increasingly interested in.
a note on the japantown context. i noticed that mildred howard-- an instructor and site-specific artist-- did a piece on the geary street bridge from historic fillmore to the beginning/end of "pacific heights". it's called blue and is a beautiful, subtle reference to the diversity and complexities of the neighborhood. maybe we could construct something similar near/in front of the mall. maybe some sort of temple (i'm thinking of kyoto, japanese gardens, etc.) maybe something that has to do with ash... but also references the complicated meeting point between american, japanese, and japanese-american cultures. another reference is the life-size sculptures at the legion of honor. they are a haunting rendition of the german concentration camps. OR we could place several "temples" on the sites where the internment camps were located, if any were in san francisco.
dave?
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