We made a plan to meet by the fountain in the waterfront park. I brought my flag so we could recognize each other. We talked about how Americans are becoming more and more divided into communities of like minded people and there are fewer opportunities in everyday life where we face people with different and opposing beliefs. He described himself as a classical Republican with a strong interest in the common good.
The word belong worn into the grass by months of daily walking. After the artist Richard Long’s a line made by walking, but also thinking about interpersonal neurobiology which shows how our brains actually require a sense of being in
The word belong worn into the grass by months of daily walking. After the artist Richard Long’s a line made by walking, but also thinking about interpersonal neurobiology which shows how our brains actually require a sense of being in
Downward Dreaming was a series of guided group conversations to claim the possibility within the shame and grief of falling out of the American dream of upward mobility. I developed a series of collective mantras from the discussion points and made
Downward Dreaming was a series of guided group conversations to claim the possibility within the shame and grief of falling out of the American dream of upward mobility. I developed a series of collective mantras from the discussion points and made
What feelings are we experiencing as a result of the political, economic and social conditions in which we live? What force for change is alive but hidden in the difficult feelings that we struggle with? It can be helpful to
What feelings are we experiencing as a result of the political, economic and social conditions in which we live? What force for change is alive but hidden in the difficult feelings that we struggle with? It can be helpful to
No Thank You Democracy: The politics of non participation. Public group discussion at c3: institute When we talk about American democracy we usually ignore over half the people who make up this country. We have gotten used to the seemingly
No Thank You Democracy: The politics of non participation. Public group discussion at c3: institute When we talk about American democracy we usually ignore over half the people who make up this country. We have gotten used to the seemingly
Fighting Words: A public debate on the relationship between social practice and art institutions. During the summer of 2014 a rousing, free, public debate took place at the Portland Art Museum as part of a gathering of artists, students, educators
Fighting Words: A public debate on the relationship between social practice and art institutions. During the summer of 2014 a rousing, free, public debate took place at the Portland Art Museum as part of a gathering of artists, students, educators
By presenting the U.S. Constitution as the bed we made for ourselves as a country, I invited people to consider what lying on that foundation means in both poetic and practical terms – for themselves as individuals, and for the
By presenting the U.S. Constitution as the bed we made for ourselves as a country, I invited people to consider what lying on that foundation means in both poetic and practical terms – for themselves as individuals, and for the
Through conversation I am investigating people’s different experiences of work and lack of work and how it affects their sense of self. Drawing on Studs Terkel’s book, “Working” this project revisits his approach to the role work has in our
Through conversation I am investigating people’s different experiences of work and lack of work and how it affects their sense of self. Drawing on Studs Terkel’s book, “Working” this project revisits his approach to the role work has in our
I spent the 2012 election year looking for conservative and libertarian people to talk with me about their political beliefs – how they felt about the United States in those days and what they considered questionable about liberal or left
I spent the 2012 election year looking for conservative and libertarian people to talk with me about their political beliefs – how they felt about the United States in those days and what they considered questionable about liberal or left
Conversation Station is an open structure for investigating culture on a personal scale in public places. The Stations are informal sites that I set up in various locations to invite passers-by to talk with me about often uncomfortable subjects including
Conversation Station is an open structure for investigating culture on a personal scale in public places. The Stations are informal sites that I set up in various locations to invite passers-by to talk with me about often uncomfortable subjects including
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