New
York I- New York II - Baltimore
- Kent - Cleveland -
Camp Perry - Detroit -
Chicago I -
Chicago II - Carbondale
- New Orleans
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NYC -- JUNE 19 2006 -- WBAI
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Ayreen, Rene
and Sofia interviewed by Janet Colemen
Monday, June 19, Ayreen and Rene, and Art in General’s
curator Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, were interviewed by Janet
Coleman for on WBAI (95.5FM). Ayreen and Rene discuss key questions of
the campaign, and Sofía made brief interjections about some of
the aesthetic and exhibition strategies that are being discussed.
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NYC -- JUNE
24 2006 -- WKCR
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Camp Frequencies - Security and Its Discontents
A live radio program by artists Ayreen and Rene, including conversations, readings, and interviews with former Legal Director at Center for Constitutional Rights, Jeff Fogel, and a prayer from Reverand Billy.
This edition of Camp
Frequencies is organized by the artists, facilitated by Federico Marulanda,
and co-presented by WKCR and Art in General. Camp Campaign [http://www.campcampaign.info/]
is commissioned by Art in General, New York. [http://www.artingeneral.org].
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Baltimore -- JULY 6 2006 -- BIG MAMMA'S House
Big Mamma's House is a self-organized community space. In the summer time, they provide a day camp proghram for children. We met Annie Chambers, a former Black Panther, local organizer, and welfare advocate this May as we were investigating some of the topics for the campaign. We stopped by in Baltimore to organize a discussion with her and the kids in this summer's program. Using some of the pins which we have created as campaign material, we asked the children to offer up interpretations for what the pins meant. What followed is a discussion about our relation to the law and the government.
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Kent -- JULY 09 2006 -- Kent State University
We visited the parking lot and memorial where four students were killed by National Guard Soldiers at a demonstration against the Vietnam War on May 4th 1970 protesting.
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Cleveland -- JULY 09 2006 -- Lakewood
In Lakewood, as the 122nd Army
Band from Columbus Ohio played a host of military tunes, we set up
an inpromptu stage for distributing our campaign materials and speaking
with individuals about Guantanamo Bay and torture.
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Port Clinton -- JULY 10 2006 -- Camp Perry
Camp Perry is the site of a former prisoner of war camp for Italians and
Germans. We visited the site and recorded what remains. Currently the
military camp is mainly used as
a training ground for units of the Ohio National Guard. It is also the
site of a 99 year tradition of markmanship contests. These events are
currently organized by the US Army in association with the NRA.
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Detroit -- JULY 10 2006 -- OTHER Arab Art Collective
In arriving in Detroit, we met with the Other collective and engaged in
a conversation about their activities, their relation to the specific
contexts of Detroit and Dearborn, and the specific struggles they are
confronted with as Arabs living in the United States.
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part 5
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Chicago -- JULY 12 2006 -- Mess Hall
For our discussion at Mess Hall we showed videos of two cities, East Baltimore
and Lod. Each outlines through the narration of a resident/local organizer,
how planning is used to dispossess targeted communities and groups from
their their property, their rights, and their way of life. Following the
screening, the difficult task of connecting these situations to one another
and to the those faced by the detainees in Guantanamo Bay. One possible
link was posited, which was the relation of abandonment each of these
groups may have with respect to the law.
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Chicago -- JULY 13 2006 -- Hyde Park Art Center
Camp Campaign visits Hyde Park and takes over the speakers corner. Zahra Baker and Carolyn Hoerdemann had brought some students from A + JETS to view the center and the current exhibitions. We engaged with them in a conversation about their understanding of freedom both personal and collective.
A+ JETS are Creative activists discovering today, planning for the future.The Washington group consists of Shantell, David,Rayvin, Araceli, Kossie, Michelle, Rakia, Rodneka, Kenisha, Kaira, Malcolm, Vonshay, Taylor, Lelia, NageeZahra Baker is the lead artist and Carolyn Hoerdemann is the counselor/artist.
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Carbondale -- JULY 15 2006 -- Long Branch Coffeehouse + Camp in Southern Illinois
After our time in Chicago, we continued down to Southern Illinois. We were invited there by Nicholas Brown and Sarah Kanouse, who kindly hosted us and organized a discussion with a diverse group of concerned individuals at a local coffeehouse.
Nick and Sarah are both artists and researchers living/working in Southern Illinois. Together we also explored various manifestations of "camp" within the region. Part of our focus in driving through central and southern illinois was the "trail of death" and "the trail of tears."
More information can be found about their activities and the area on their website:
http://www.walkinginplace.org/
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New Orleans -- JULY 17 2006 -- Common Ground and the Lower 9th Ward
After staying along the Mississippi in Vicksburg for one night. We arrived in New Orleans to talk to look at the organization of the city after Katrina and to speak with local organizers and activists. In the Lower 9th Ward, we were able to visit one of the headquarters of Common Ground. Common Ground is a self-organized community intitiated response to Hurricane Katrina. What started as a relief effort for victims of the hurricane organized by residents and activists has become one of the strongest voices and advocates for the communities who have been most hardly hit by the hurricane and subsequently by the failures of the city, state, and FEMA. We were able to meet at Flora (a cafe that was one of the initial meeting spaces for residents and activists) with Michelle Shin. We were able to have a discussion about Common Ground and what is happening currently in New Orleans. Below is a link to our discussion.
Discussion with Michelle Shin from Common Ground Lower 9th Ward Project.
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