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Rebel arts: Occupy seek studio space
Published: 24 November, 2011, 20:55
Occupy LA protesters gathered in front of City Hall ahead of a march through downtown Los Angeles, California. (AFP Photo/Frederic J. Brown)
TAGS: Art, Show, Protest, USA, Media, Performance, Exhibition, Culture
Art has always flourished on the fertile ground of protest and revolution so it’s perhaps no surprise that Occupy Wall Street art and culture activists are looking to get their own permanent art space.
Artists form one of the largest groups within the movement and have been behind most of Occupy Wall Street’s creative posters, puppets and related artwork. They now want to find a multi-functional space for studio work, concerts, performances, exhibitions, film screenings, art classes for children and much more, the Art Newspaper reports.
Art produced and inspired by the protesters and their ideas has already featured in several exhibitions held in public galleries. However as the powers that be are constantly suppressing the movement, finding a haven from harassment is a logical move.
The group’s expectations are also quite high and they have not yet found a suitable option.
“There are some great precedents here in New York of art spaces emerging from protest. We're trying to learn about those, and reach out to the folks who helped establish them for inspiration and guidance,” Paul McLean, a member of the arts and culture committee, told the Art Newspaper.
The Arts and Culture committee of the New York City General Assembly, the name given to the New York branch of Occupy, is planning on using shared office space on Wall Street with other Occupy groups.
Another offer has come from the Hyperallergic arts blog, which has put forward the option of borrowing space in its Brooklyn offices.
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@Chris Herz
I wouldn't be too sure the cultural sector to be directly influenced by foreign nations' governments. It's known that politicians on federal state-level often use tendencies from abroad as "modern" argumentation.
Also, Anonymous actually isn't a poor movement. They enjoy the support of countless other groups, sufficient for whatever start-up financing required (flyers, professional posters, access to media, makeshift housing for demonstrators).
The hopes of countless people loosely tied to these groups deserve attention - Anonymous already captured plentiful of it from all sides. But it's up to them now to finally make something out of that, and handle it in a way that supporters and third parties won't get hurt any more. So far, there's not even a clear line what regards criticism of human rights violations in their own respective countries. More funding won't change that, to the contrary suit nationalist tendencies within the system which argue that alternative groups were a silent threat to stability.