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		<title>Performance &amp; Spectacle in Public Space: a sprout spaghetti dinner</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2010/05/03/performance-spectacle-in-public-space-a-sprout-spaghetti-dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[sprout&#8216;s dinner-theater series continues this month on Wednesday, May 5th.  The theme for this month&#8217;s dinner is Performance and Spectacle in Public Space. kanarinka&#8217;s &#8220;It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston&#8221; Our performers include the following artists, thinkers, and doers :: Milan Kohout is a member of the Mobius artists&#8217; group. He is a political [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2010/03/15/haiti-what-now-a-sprout-spaghetti-dinner/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Haiti: What Now?, a sprout spaghetti dinner'>Haiti: What Now?, a sprout spaghetti dinner</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2010/01/19/the-social-contexts-of-light-a-sprout-spaghetti-dinner/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Social Contexts of Light, a sprout spaghetti dinner'>The Social Contexts of Light, a sprout spaghetti dinner</a></li>
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		<title>In Review: Red Sun Press Retrospective, Papercut Zine Library Re-opening, and NYPD Raids Anarchist Film Fest</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2010/04/15/in-review-nypd-raids-anarchist-film-fest-red-sun-press-retrospective-papercut-zine-library-re-opening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily Larned&#8217;s Stock Project More Repression &#124; NYC cops and Federal agents raided the headquarters of the fourth annual Anarchist Film Fest. [Infoshop] Reason to Celebrate &#124; Our friends at Red Sun Press celebrate 35 years with a retrospective show this May.  Here&#8217;s the video (Facebook required) for those who can&#8217;t make it to Boston. [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2010/04/06/in-review-designing-for-resilience-red-sun-press-and-bumpkin-island-art-encampment/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: In Review: Designing for Resilience, Red Sun Press, and Bumpkin Island Art Encampment'>In Review: Designing for Resilience, Red Sun Press, and Bumpkin Island Art Encampment</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/09/25/impressions-for-change-35-years-of-political-posters-from-red-sun-press/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Impressions for Change: 35 Years of Political Posters from Red Sun Press'>Impressions for Change: 35 Years of Political Posters from Red Sun Press</a></li>
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		<title>Public Things: A group exhibition for Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2010/03/15/public-things-a-group-exhibition-for-galerie-analix-forever-geneva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Things, curated by Conrad Bakker, highlights the necessarily contingent nature of producing in public, including work from six artists whose works focus on the dialectic between public and private, between objects and their surroundings, between networks and the nodes within them. Ryan Thompson&#8217;s &#8220;Glacial Erratics&#8221; regards the erratic displacement of rocks by both glacial [...]


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		<title>Now Online: Tim Devin&#8217;s &#8220;The History of Somerville, 2010-2100&#8243;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerville&#8217;s speculative history/community art project by artist Tim Devin (previously seen on Groundswell here) has launched, offering a rich vision of the next 90 years, from fleets of mobile libraries to population influx due to the flooded streets of neighboring Boston.  Grab a free PDF of the book,  or browse the full timeline here. Related [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/09/11/honk-no-noise-is-illegal-now-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: HONK! No Noise Is Illegal, Now Online'>HONK! No Noise Is Illegal, Now Online</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/09/04/power-to-the-posters-citizen-gallery-now-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Power to the Poster&#8217;s Citizen Gallery, Now Online!'>Power to the Poster&#8217;s Citizen Gallery, Now Online!</a></li>
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		<title>The History of Somerville, 2010-2100</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/12/11/the-history-of-somerville-2010-2100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents of Somerville may wish to speak with Tim Devin.  His ongoing History of Somerville, 2010-2100 involves gathering stories from past and current residents about life in that city over the next 90 years.  Devin&#8217;s plan is to compare these visions of a future Somerville against official development plans, and draw up a printed publication [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/11/16/call-for-submissions-groundswell-seeks-crisis-folklore/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Call for Submissions: Groundswell Seeks Crisis Folklore'>Call for Submissions: Groundswell Seeks Crisis Folklore</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/journal/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Journal'>Journal</a></li>
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		<title>Institute for Aesthetic Research</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/10/20/institute-for-aesthetic-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Artist and Groundswell guest blogger Chris Kennedy makes projects for the land and for situated communities. His ongoing projects include Artiscycle, Groups and Spaces, and the Institute for Applied Aesthetics.) Hmm&#8230;so many institutes, schools and research-based projects as of late! A recent project called the Institute for Aesthetic Research by Daniel Lichtman and David Baumflek [...]


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		<title>Yael Bartana&#8217;s &#8220;Wild Seeds&#8221; at Boston&#8217;s Institute of Contemporary Art</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/08/17/yael-bartanas-wild-seeds-at-bostons-institute-of-contemporary-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmed before the 2005 Israeli evacuation of the West Bank, Wild Seeds (2005) offers a parodic simulation of the conflict within Israel over its relationship to Palestine and its occupation. Still from Yael Bartana&#8217;s Wild Seeds, via As the Israeli government prepared to remove its citizens from occupied lands, video artist Yael Bartana staged a [...]


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		<title>Conflict Room</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/08/13/conflict-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belgium’s Conflict Room was inspired by Polish artist Artur Zmijewski’s video work Them (2007), wherein he invited politically polarized groups to engage their conflicting ideologies through “communally executed paint-and-paper murals.” Conflict Room image by Srdjan Stancic Critical Network describes the work further: His video documents the ensuing exchanges as they deteriorate from considered alterations to [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/12/02/play-it-cool-in-search-of-an-ethics-and-aesthetics-for-dealing-with-climate-change/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Play it Cool? In Search of an Ethics and Aesthetics for dealing with Climate Change'>Play it Cool? In Search of an Ethics and Aesthetics for dealing with Climate Change</a></li>
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		<title>Going Places (Doing Stuff) Part II at Flux Factory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going places and doing stuff with Jeff Stark, image courtesy of ActionDirection. Flux Factory kicked off the second series of Going Places (Doing Stuff) on August 8th with Jeff Stark&#8217;s &#8220;Industrial Disasters and Aftermaths.&#8221;  Like last year, the artist-led tours will lead the public on  &#8220;adventures as performance art,&#8221; exploring the greater New York area [...]


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		<title>The Center for PostNatural History&#8217;s Permitted Habitats, Transgenic Organisms, and Genetic Copy Prevention</title>
		<link>http://blog.groundswellcollective.com/2009/07/17/the-center-for-postnatural-historys-permitted-habitats-transgenic-organisms-and-genetic-copy-prevention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James David Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PostNatural Organism of the Month at the Center for PostNatural History is American Chestnut Tree, and it is indicative of the organization&#8217;s modus operandi. The Chestnut underwent genetic modification at the SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry program to resist the blight plaguing its species.  Since the Chestnut is an iconic American tree, the pressure [...]


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