[spectre] I Occupy

[Lanfranco Aceti]

I OCCUPY

I Occupy, the new exhibition of Kasa Gallery in collaboration with the
Museum of Contemporary Cuts surveys, analyzes and questions current
trends in interventionist art and Augmented Reality Art which, by
intervening within the urban and socio-political landscape, contribute
to redefining the aesthetic and cultural understanding of the
environments we operate in.

“No Socialism for Capitalists” was the slogan on the sign that a man
held during the days of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Other signs
read “R.I.P. American Dream” and “Corporations Are Sociopathic
People,” the latter held by an elegantly dressed woman. Visual culture
theorist Nicholas Mirzoeff, who joined the movement, wrote “Why I
Occupy,” a seminal essay that linked and expanded – via a personal
blog – on the events, and Mirzoeff’s role within them. (Nicholas
Mirzoeff, “Why I Occupy,” Public Culture 24, no. 3 (2012): 451-456.)

The exhibition I Occupy will be prefaced by the text “Why I Occupy” by
Nicholas Mirzoeff, world renowned scholar at NYU Steinhardt. I Occupy
will also showcase the ARworks, actual live interventions and
documents of past events during Occupy Wall Street, with pieces by
Mark Skwarek (the organizer of the AR events), John Craig Freeman,
Will Pappenheimer and Tamiko Thiel.

The exhibition showcasing these artists’ work will provide the
opportunity for a panel discussion that will analyze the issue of art,
politics and interventions in the public sphere within a
technologically advanced society that allows for the creation of
digital layers and tapestries in the urban landscape. These layers are
no longer localized but part of increasingly globalized interventions
that operate without and beyond the traditional – and perhaps obsolete
– boundaries of national states.

The exhibition I Occupy is concurrent to the show Jackpot at MoCC
(Museum of Contemporary Cuts). Jackpot and I Occupy are a
collaboration between MoCC, Kasa Gallery, OCR, Goldsmiths, NYU
Steinhardt and the Royal College of Art.

Lead Curator: Lanfranco Aceti. Senior Curators: Pat Badani, Nicholas
Mirzoeff and Marquard Smith.
Event Manager: Çağlar Çetin.
Exhibition Dates: November 15 – December 31, 2013.
Opening: November 15 at 5pm.

Please bring smart phones and iPads to view the installations.

http://www.lanfrancoaceti.com/2013/10/i-occupy/