Drawing on more than ten years of ethnographic research in and around New York City, the book offers a kaleidoscope of subjects and stories that address how race is negotiated in today’s world-including tales of book-vending numerologists, urban conspiracy theorists, corrupt police officers, mixed-race neo-Nazis, and gospel choirs forbidden to catch the Holy Ghost.
Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
Interviewing DJs, party hosts, producers, musicians, artists, and dancers, Lawrence illustrates how the relatively discrete post-disco, post-punk, and hip hop scenes became marked by their level of plurality, interaction, and convergence. He also explains how the shifting urban landscape of New York supported the cultural renaissance before gentrification.
54 intriguing encounters produced by artists involved with the Walking Artists Network and beyond.
A collection exploring walking (literally and figuratively, one might say sleepwalking).
Publication on four walks commissioned by SPACE, which provided the chance to discuss the many and varied viewpoints related to the commons, including resource, community and the process of commoning. This edition includes an essay written by Maru Rojas in response to the project and the commons.
Publication documenting the work of the WRG in 2013 and 2014.
One of the first comprehensive treatments of land use in contemporary art, the collection surveys the stakes and concerns of recent land-based practices, outlining the art historical contexts, methodological strategies, and geopolitical phenomena.
Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Displacement (P3107).
Anthropologists, writers, philosophers, artists, sociologists and architects from around the world voice their views of the challenges facing society today. The content ranges from anecdotes to complex research projects. In Spanish and English.
Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and Displacement (P3107).
Inckudes: A Conversation With My Father, Songs for Breaking Britain, Equations for a Moving Body.
A spectacular live soundtrack to the route of the participatory live art event, curated by Tai Shani. The CD includes the songs from the walk, text by Tai Shani and walkwalkwalk and original artwork by Stephen Fowler.