My article "From Freehouse to Neighborhood Co-op: The Birth of a New Organizational Form" has been re-published in the new project site RESHAPE: A Workbook to ...
We live in a world of collapsing roles, collapsing economies, and proliferating sub-identities. At an extreme, obscure YouTube stars of every ilk get tens of mi...
I recently wrote this article for the new Grant Kester-edited journal coming out of University of California, San Diego called Field, and it was a wonderful opp...
I was recently asked by the Liverpool Biennial to expand an article on Jeanne van Heeswijk's Homebaked project in Anfield, Liverpool that originally appeared on...
Freehouse signage
Jeanne van Heeswijk.
Recently, in the second week of January 2014, I was invited to a conference in South Rotterdam's Afrikaanderwijk ...
Recently, I have had a few experiences that have encouraged my thinking on how a socially-engaged art project, or any experiential artwork that actively facilitates and engenders interactions among its participants or with the work itself, aligns with theoretical educational models.
Rachel baffled a group of teenage boys in the Air Force cadet program by turning the tables on military procedure and facilitating a discussion about their concerns, including a serious discussion about video game addiction. Cherise explored why her childhood friends were drifting apart in college. Jacob organized his fellow baseball players and successfully lobbied their coach for more reasonable practice hours.
I've taught classes organized around the idea of "social practice," but to me this has become an increasingly limited and abstract way to package a university c...