While most of my focus in recent years has been on organizing and writing, it is with irregular frequency that I must engage directly in the production of a video, performance or art work to articulate my ideas. Generally this is done in collaboration with a group and takes the context in which it is produced as well as the method of distribution as a central concern of the work. Below are some examples of such projects that I have been involved with and links to the accompanying documentation if it is available. You will also find a list of the exhibitions of a select number of these projects, when it is applicable.
Artworks
- Radical Proposal Sing-A-Long (2008)
- Notes for a People’s Atlas of Chicago (Ongoing) with AREA Chicago
- Notes for a People’s Atlas of Zagreb (2007) with Dave Pabellon/The Speculators
- Godbless Graffiti Coalition (2004) Installation at Mass Moca (photos)
- Bikeshop Infoshop (2004) (Designed and built by David Metcalf, Dave Grant, and Michelle Faust)
- Retooling Dissent (2002) with StreetRec Collective/4n6 (Watch) (Buy) (Website)
- American Dancer (2000) Installation
- Graffiti (1996-2000)
Exhibitions, Performances and Public Interventions
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2009
“Notes for a People’s Atlas of Chicago” Mass mailing of 4,000 maps to Wicker Park (Chicago) residents and exhibition at the Wicker Park Fieldhouse. Sponsored by the Graham Foundation for the Arts, Around the Coyote, and the Wickerpark/Bucktown SSA #33.
2008
“Experimental Geography” with AREA Chicago’s “Notes for a Peoples Atlas”, Touring Exhibit Organized by Independent Curators International
“An Atlas”with Gallery400 (Curated by Lize Mogel and Alexis Bhagat) [Chicago, IL]
2007
“Just Spaces” Contributed my Chicago art/activism archive, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions/LACE (Organized by Nick Brown and Ava Bromberg) [Los Angeles, CA]
“Pedagogical Factory” with AREA Chicago’s “Notes for a Peoples Atlas”, Hyde Park Art Center (Organized by the Stockyard Institute) [Chicago, IL]
“Urban Festival” with The Speculators (Myself and Dave Pabellon) “Notes for a Peoples Atlas of Zagreb” (Organized by BLOK) [Zagreb, Croatia]
“Pass it On: DIY Chicago” with AREA Chicago’s “Notes for a Peoples Atlas”, A+D Gallery [Chicago, IL]
2006
“Entorno” with AREA Chicago’s “Notes for a Peoples Atlas”, Polvo Gallery [Chicago, IL] (see review in ArtUS by Ryan Griffis)
2005
“Urban Rural Wild” with BikeCartInfoShop, I-SPACE (Organized by Nick Brown and Sarah Kanouse) [Chicago, IL]
“VisibleFoods” with Claire Pentecost and Emily Forman, TransMedia05 [Berlin, Germany]
2004
“Interventionists” with God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Mass MoCA (Curated by Nato Thompson) [North Adams, MA] (see photos)
Perm. Installation with God Bless Graffiti Coalition, CAC [North Adams, MA]
“Spacemakers” with God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Lothringer Dreizehn (Organized by Brett Bloom) [Munich, Germany]
2003
“Audio Relay” a Temporary Services/Brennan McGaffey project at Southern Exposure [San Francisco, Ca]
“The Department of Space and Land Reclamation WEST” Balazo Gallery [San Francisco, Ca]
“CopyCat” with God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Arhus Art Academy (Organized by Brett Bloom and Lars Bang Larsen) [Aarhus, Denmark]
“Mapping” with Counter Productive Industries, Mess Hall [Chicago, IL]
“Stencil Pirates” traveling exhibition curated by Josh MacPhee [Various]
Live Video mixing with Shedding, Greg Davis and Lulatone, 3030 [Chicago, IL]
2002
“Dispensing With Formalities” with God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Acme Art (Organized by Brett Bloom) [Columbus, OH]
“Public Planning” with God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Experimental Station (Organized by Brett Bloom) [Chicago, IL]
“Reactions” Exit Art [NYC, NY]
“Project Enduring Look” (Organized by Mary Patten) 1926 n. Halsted, the Roger Brown House [Chicago, IL]
2001
“The Imagine Agents” (improvised music) Artswatch Monday Music Series [Louisville, KY]
“The Department of Space and Land Reclamation” Butcher Shop [Chicago, IL]
“Portrait of an American Dancer” (Solo Exhibition) Artswatch [Louisville, KY]
Screenings of “Retooling Dissent: Creative Resistance at the WEF Protests in NYC 02-02-02″ by 4n6/StreetRec Collective 22min (View Free Compressed Video) (Website) (Order)
2008
“High Risk Citizen” Art In General [New York, NY]
2007
The Change You Want to See Gallery [Brooklyn, NY]
2005
Brian MacKenzie infoshop [Washington, DC]
2004
“D.U.M.B.O. Film Festival” Dumbo Art Center [Brooklyn, NY]
“Festival Digitofagia” MIS Museum of Image and Sound [Sâo Paulo, Brazil]
“The Interventionists” (DVD installation) Mass MoCA [North Adams, MA]
“Common Places” Oliver Gallery [Tampa, FL] see photos
“Common Property” Werkleitz Biennial 6 [Halle, Germany]
“Spacemakers” (DVD installation) Lothringer Dreizehn [Munich, Germany]
Freedom Film Festival [Park City, UT]
DC Underground Film Festival [Washington, DC]
2003
Select Media European Tour at Bitterzoet [Amsterdam, NL]
FTAA Anti-Capitalist Consulta [Louisville, KY]
“Other Cinema” ATA [San Francisco, CA]
“Version>03: Technotopia vs. Technopocalypse” Chicago Cultural Center [Chicago, IL]
“IMPAKT Festival” in Select Media program [Amsterdam, NL]
Chicago Underground Film Festival [Chicago, IL]
Next Five Minutes Tactical Media Festival [Amsterdam, NL]
Gene Siskel Film Center [Chicago, IL]
2002
Visualized film Festival [Denver, CO]
Renewing the Anarchist Tradition Conference [Plainfield VT]
Matches and Mayhem, Anarchist Film Festival; A-Zone [Chicago, IL]
“Version>02 Digital Arts Festival” Museum of Contemporary Art [Chicago, IL]
“13 days against the war” DePaul University [Chicago, IL]
“Media Activist Institute” Video Machete [Chicago, IL]
