recent projects & greatest hits
i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.
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Street surveys: small flyers that ask big questions about community.
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Mappy facts: guerilla infographics showing stats on wealth disparity, crime rates, and where our water comes from.
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Getting by in Boston: a series of meetings and an online forum created to discuss surviving as an artist (or musician, or...) in our expensive city.
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Space Equals Work: a community effort to preserve and expand artist and industrial spaces in Somerville, Mass.
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The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.
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Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.
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The Somerville Arts Council: a wonderful cultural council that I'm lucky to be on the advisory board of.
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i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.Read more...
Street surveys: small flyers that ask big questions about community. Read more...
Mappy facts: guerilla infographics showing stats on wealth disparity, crime rates, and where our water comes from.Read more...
Getting by in Boston: a series of meetings and an online forum created to discuss surviving as an artist (or musician, or...) in our expensive city.Read more...
Space Equals Work: a community effort to preserve and expand artist and industrial spaces in Somerville, Mass.Read more...
The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.Read more...
Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.Read more...
The Somerville Arts Council: a wonderful cultural council that I'm lucky to be on the advisory board of.Read more...
community-based projects
Street surveys: small flyers that ask big questions about community.
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Email flyers: leaving a highly-personal, but fictional, email exchange on car windshields in 6 different cities-- and seeing how people respond.
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The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!
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Getting by in Boston: a series of meetings and an online forum created to discuss surviving as an artist (or musician, or...) in our expensive city.
Read more...
The flyers project: site-specific flyers describing true memories and daydreams.
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"The last time I saw...": collecting and mapping people's stories of the last time they saw someone who was important to them--but who they no longer speak to.
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Green-cleaning: a workshop about DIY home cleaners-- nontoxic, cheap, and environmentally-friendly cleaners anyone can make themselves.
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The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.
Read more...
Space Equals Work: a community effort to preserve and expand artist and industrial spaces in Somerville, Mass.
Read more...
The Somerville Arts Council: a wonderful cultural council that I'm lucky to be on the advisory board of.
Read more...
how to be an artist and a parent? a forum and a series of talks on surviving as a parent and a creative person in our expensive city.
Read more...
Street surveys: small flyers that ask big questions about community. Read more...
Email flyers: leaving a highly-personal, but fictional, email exchange on car windshields in 6 different cities-- and seeing how people respond.Read more...
The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!Read more...
Getting by in Boston: a series of meetings and an online forum created to discuss surviving as an artist (or musician, or...) in our expensive city.Read more...
The flyers project: site-specific flyers describing true memories and daydreams.Read more...
"The last time I saw...": collecting and mapping people's stories of the last time they saw someone who was important to them--but who they no longer speak to.Read more...
Green-cleaning: a workshop about DIY home cleaners-- nontoxic, cheap, and environmentally-friendly cleaners anyone can make themselves.Read more...
The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.Read more...
Space Equals Work: a community effort to preserve and expand artist and industrial spaces in Somerville, Mass.Read more...
The Somerville Arts Council: a wonderful cultural council that I'm lucky to be on the advisory board of.Read more...
how to be an artist and a parent? a forum and a series of talks on surviving as a parent and a creative person in our expensive city.Read more...
spreading information around
i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.
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The Logan Airport sidewalk wander: exploring an airport's barbed-wire-lined sidewalks, while discussing terrorism and Logan's history of expansion.
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People's Tours: exploring the Boston area's rich history of contested spaces and important protests.
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Play-jurisms! A conference on copyright for creatives.
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Getting by in Boston: a series of meetings and an online forum created to discuss surviving as an artist (or musician, or...) in our expensive city.
Read more...
Poems by Paul Johns: guerilla street poetry.
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Sidewalk history: street posters about historic strikes, protests, and sit-ins.
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Mappy facts: guerilla infographics showing stats on wealth disparity, crime rates, and where our water comes from.
Read more...
The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!
Read more...
With security cameras... you're the star! A pamphlet I made during Occupy Boston about surveillance cameras.
Read the pamphlet...
Green-cleaning: a workshop about DIY home cleaners-- nontoxic, cheap, and environmentally-friendly cleaners anyone can make themselves.
Read more...
The flyers project: site-specific flyers describing true memories and daydreams.
Read more...
The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.
Read more...
Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.
Read more...
Space Equals Work: a community effort to preserve and expand artist and industrial spaces in Somerville, Mass.
Read more...
how to be an artist and a parent? a forum and a series of talks on surviving as a parent and a creative person in our expensive city.
Read more...
i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.Read more...
The Logan Airport sidewalk wander: exploring an airport's barbed-wire-lined sidewalks, while discussing terrorism and Logan's history of expansion.Read more...
People's Tours: exploring the Boston area's rich history of contested spaces and important protests.Read more...
Play-jurisms! A conference on copyright for creatives.Read more...
Getting by in Boston: a series of meetings and an online forum created to discuss surviving as an artist (or musician, or...) in our expensive city.Read more...
Poems by Paul Johns: guerilla street poetry.Read more...
Sidewalk history: street posters about historic strikes, protests, and sit-ins.Read more...
Mappy facts: guerilla infographics showing stats on wealth disparity, crime rates, and where our water comes from.Read more...
The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!Read more...
With security cameras... you're the star! A pamphlet I made during Occupy Boston about surveillance cameras.Read the pamphlet...
Green-cleaning: a workshop about DIY home cleaners-- nontoxic, cheap, and environmentally-friendly cleaners anyone can make themselves.Read more...
The flyers project: site-specific flyers describing true memories and daydreams.Read more...
The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.Read more...
Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.Read more...
Space Equals Work: a community effort to preserve and expand artist and industrial spaces in Somerville, Mass.Read more...
how to be an artist and a parent? a forum and a series of talks on surviving as a parent and a creative person in our expensive city.Read more...
article & books
The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.
Read the book...
People's Tours: a social history of the South End. An article for MIT's Collaboration Lab about People's Tours.
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Copyright, appropriation, and creatives. An article Dave Taber and I wrote for the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Artsake about a conference we organized.
Read...
Artists on how they get by. An article I wrote for the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Artsake about the Getting by in Boston discussion series.
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Future planning: The history of Somerville, 2010-2100. An article for MIT's Collaboration Lab about my community art project.
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An experiment in survival: organizing creatives in pricey Boston. An article I wrote for Pyragraph about the Getting by in Boston discussion series.
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Creative parenting, Somerville style. An article about a discussion event I helped organize, aimed at parents who are also artists.
Read...
i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine that I launched. It was written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.
Read more...
With security cameras... you're the star! A pamphlet I made during Occupy Boston about surveillance cameras.
Read the pamphlet...
The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!
Read the book...
Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.
Read the book...
"The last time I saw...": collecting and mapping people's stories of the last time they saw someone who was important to them--but who they no longer speak to.
Read the book...
The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.Read the book...
People's Tours: a social history of the South End. An article for MIT's Collaboration Lab about People's Tours.Read...
Copyright, appropriation, and creatives. An article Dave Taber and I wrote for the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Artsake about a conference we organized.Read...
Artists on how they get by. An article I wrote for the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Artsake about the Getting by in Boston discussion series.Read...
Future planning: The history of Somerville, 2010-2100. An article for MIT's Collaboration Lab about my community art project.Read...
An experiment in survival: organizing creatives in pricey Boston. An article I wrote for Pyragraph about the Getting by in Boston discussion series.Read...
Creative parenting, Somerville style. An article about a discussion event I helped organize, aimed at parents who are also artists.Read...
i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine that I launched. It was written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.Read more...
With security cameras... you're the star! A pamphlet I made during Occupy Boston about surveillance cameras.Read the pamphlet...
The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!Read the book...
Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.Read the book...
"The last time I saw...": collecting and mapping people's stories of the last time they saw someone who was important to them--but who they no longer speak to.Read the book...