L Napier: "project for a street corner" at subVersion Summer Camp

On July 27, Stamps Lecturer L Napier hosted her workshop ​“project for a street corner” as part of Chicago’s subVersion Summer Camp.

“project for a street corner” is a framework for artists/​activists to devise creative protest within crowded public space. In this workshop and performance, you will collaborate with a group to create an experimental covert performance to change the behavior of an existing crowd, through your own performative intervention. During the workshop, you will observe a site, discuss how crowds behave within that site, and devise strategies to covertly change crowd behavior through collectively using your own embodied behaviors. Then we will test out our strategies on-site. To map out what patterns emerge, our performative interventions will be video documented from above.

Organized by Public Media Institute, subVersion Summer Camp is a ​“Do-It-Together” series of gatherings and calls to action at Co-Prosperity, an experimental cultural center located in Bridgeport, Chicago.