Here's an oldie that I just added to the website.

Now, if you're like me, you have a little trouble getting through "Finnegans Wake." Well friend, you're in luck! Here's a free PDF of Volume 2 of the Google-Image-Search-Illustrated "Finnegans Wake"! Enjoy!

One of the things I do as part of Somerville Arts Council is put together talks. One is tonight. It's about citizen journalism, and features Eileen Feldman and Barry Rafkind of Somerville Voices, and Jason Pramas of Open Media Boston.

It's tonight at the Armory at 730pm. Hope you can make it.

I put up some new street surveys. These new ones ask "do you wish you knew your neighbors better?" They have "yes" and "no" tabs at the bottom that people can tear off, so other folks nearby can see what their neighbors are thinking.

Here's the PDF, if you want to print some out and put them up around where you live...

This past Monday, I was on WGBH radio (Boston's NPR!), talking about the Somerville Stock Exchange . Here's the audio. My part starts around the 1 hour, 22 minute mark.

My year-long community project, the Somerville Stock Exchange, closed its doors on March 31st. Take a look at the website to see all of the amazing community projects and actions that I collected as part of the it. You can also download this free, 183-page PDF about the project here.

I was lucky enough to get a bit of press about it. Here's a profile in the Somerville Beat; here's one that the Somerville Patch wrote. The Boston Globe ran a brief blurb about it here, and the Somerville News included a description here.

A huge thanks to everyone who helped make this project so successful!!

On Saturday, March 2, 2013, Heather McCann and I had a workshop at my house about DIY home cleaners-- nontoxic, cheap, and environmentally-friendly cleaners you can make yourself.

Heather and I did research, and presented a number of recipes that were alternatives to the products you can buy in the store.

We also led discussions on why it can be better for your health, and the health of the environment, to make your own.

Here's a page I made about the event. It include some photos, as well as the recipes we demo'd.

Back in October, I was part of a day-long performance art festival at the Anthony Greaney Gallery in Boston. The event is called "Time Body Space Objects," and it was put together by Alice Vogler and Vela Phelan. Here's the webpage I made about my piece.

It turns out that Boston's art news source, Big Red & Shiny, wrote a nice review of it back in October. Here it is.

I've been thinking a lot about trash lately, so I did some research into Massachusetts' trash system. I found that we produce about 10,000,0000,000 pounds of trash each year. Since there's about 6.6 million of us, that means each of us makes about 1,500 pounds annually.

I looked into how we dispose of it-- incinerators, landfills-- and made a Google map about it. It shows where all the facilities are; what they process; and how much they handle per day and per year.

You can see it here.

I put up some new street surveys. These new ones read "i live nearby & i'm concerned about...", with lots of blank space for folks to share what they think.

Here's the PDF, if you want to print some out and put them up around where you live...

I was on Unreglar Radio's "Two hotheads: where activism happens" show today, talking about the Somerville Stock Exchange . It was a great program-- James and Laura from the Mass Pirate Party talked about online privacy, keeping the internet open, and creative commons. An activist named Garrett talked about fighting the TSA's policy of random searches on the subway; and the hosts talked about drug reform.

Once they send me the link to the archived audio, I'll post it here.

I wrote a piece for MIT's Community Community Innovators Lab (CoLab). It's about what worked and didn't work with "History of Somerville, 2010-2100" community art project.

CoLab has an amazing website, full of really fascinating projects and articles-- and I'm honored to have been able to contribute something to it.

In June, People's Tours led a walking tour of the South End. We discussed community movements, affordable housing, food riots, and gentrification.

Here are some photos of the tour, and a description of what we covered.

For almost two years, I've been volunteering as a board member for the Somerville Arts Council. It's been very rewarding and enjoyable. For some reason, I'm now the chair of the board. At least, according to this webpage.

I wrote a description of the piece I did for the "Time Body Space Objects" festival, and included some photos. You can read the description here.

The festival was held at the Anthony Greaney Gallery in Boston on October 20th, and was put together by Alice Vogler and Vela Phelan.

I'm part of a day-long performance art festival at the Anthony Greaney Gallery in Boston. The event is called "Time Body Space Objects," and is put together by Alice Vogler and Vela Phelan. It runs from 10am-10pm. I go on at 9pm-- but check the whole thing out, since there's a ton of amazing people involved.

J. Marechal wrote a really nice story about the Somerville Stock Exchange for Spare Change News. The article is online, but be sure to buy a copy-- the organization benefits homeless folks.

I put together another talk for the Somerville Arts Council. This one is about flash mobs and guerrilla art events, and is called "Public space! and public fun!"

It's tonight at the Armory at 730pm. Hope you can make it.

I wrote a short piece about the Somerville Stock Exchange for Shareable (which is an amazing website about alternative economies and sharing). Here's the link.

As part of my Somerville Stock Exchange project, I've been creating "Quarterly Reports" every 3 months. They's chock full of graphs and charts, and list all of the information I've gathered about what people are doing to make Somerville a better place.

Here's the PDF of the newest one.

I've got some books in a show up in Portland Maine, at the Space Gallery. The show is called Rum Riot Press, and was organized by the Printeresting people. It's up from July 20 to August 23, and has a whole long list of amazing people in it-- from A5 to Temporary Services. And me, for some reason.

If you're in Portland, check it out!

For the past year or so, I've been on the board of the Somerville Arts Council.

One of the things I've been doing is helping organize a series of lectures. Last year, I put together one by kanarinka and Dirk Adams about art interventions. Tonight is one I organized about zines, featuring local zinesters Marissa Falco and Alana Kumbier. It's at 730pm at the Armory. Hope you can make it!

I made another short pamphlet about security cameras. This one is just images, no text. It's called "Security cameras are the new gargoyles...and vice versa." Here's the PDF.

I also have some print copies--get in touch if you'd like one.

My new group, People's Tours, will have two related events on Sunday, June 17th. At 1:45pm, we'll be giving a walking tour of the South End, as part of the Common Boston festival. We'll talk about the neighborhood's history of community activism, and how that's affected both the built environment and the make-up of the neighborhood today.

We'll leave from the plaza across from Back Bay Station. The tour will last about 60 minutes. You'll need to RSVP here if you want to join us.

At 3pm, we'll lead a discussion about research for artists and activists. The discussion is organized by Artists in Context, and will meet at the corner of Yarmouth and Carleton.

Hope to see you at these events!

Susan Johnston wrote a very very nice article about my Somerville Stock Exchange project for the Boston Globe today. Thanks Susan!

Also, if you're around on Sunday, stop by the SomerStreets festival in East Somerville. I'll have a table set up for this project. Hope to see you there!

Also: Aaron Dentel-Post wrote a really really nice article about the Exchange for the Somerville Scout today. Thanks Aaron!

Somerville Patch wrote a really nice article about The Somerville Stock Exchange today. They're also letting me blog about the project as it develops. I'll be writing a post for them twice a month-- about what shares are now worth, and the reasons why their values have changed. Here's the first post.

I updated the stock values for the first time, for my Somerville Stock Exchange project-- and added information to the forum pages. The forum pages show information about what different community are doing to make Somerville a better place-- as well as some news stories and current events that have impacted life in Somerville.

This is something I'll do twice every month. Check back for updates-- or follow the project on Facebook or join our email list by emailing me at somerville.stock.exchange@gmail.com . Thanks!

My new project, The Somerville Stock Exchange (SSE), opened its doors today. You can participate by:

1. letting me know about things you've done to help Somerville's community, creative life, or environment; I'll then add these to the project's forum, for other people to read. OR

2. by making a donation to one of the project's nonprofit partners (Somerville Homeless Coalition; Somerville Arts Council; Somerville Climate Action), and then letting me know about it.

Both options will earn you "Somerville Stock". Hope to hear from you! Email: somerville.stock.exchange@gmail.com

March 16, 2011

David Taber and I have been busy organizing events for our Play-Jurisms: A Weekend of Creativity! Copyright! Ethics! Appropriation! Check back later for a full list of goings-on-- and if you're in town on May 21 or 22, hope you can come!

The paper is here. It has some charts and an essay about the data I received--as well as about 8 pages of anonymous descriptions of how 81 creative people organize their time (their routines; how many hours they spend on creative projects each week, etc.). Take a look if you get the chance!

Here's the Journal's article, and here's the New's article. Thanks guys!

Feb. 8, 2011

Book reading
On Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7pm, I'll be giving a talk at the Somerville Public Library. The Library is located at 79 Highland Ave. Hope to see you there!

To download a free PDF of this book, click here. To view the project's website: click here.

We also also now have a Facebook group page, which, for some reason, current has 368 members. Hooray for Rise!

Julia Fairclough was nice enough to have me on Somerville Cable Access's "Somerville Art Matters" talk show, to talk about my "The history of Somerville" project. The show was about chronology in art, and also features Nancy Anderson and Dana Mueller. The show will air twice a week through the month.

Here's the show.

Thanks everyone!

The Rhode Island Historical Society was also nice enough to ask me to donate a copy of my "the last time i saw..." book. It is now a permanent part of their archives.

Keith Buchholz included part of my MEWS-PARI project in the 5th issue of his Flux Kits.

He's accepting material for future kits, I believe.