Research Catalog

Title

Organize your own : the poetics and politics of self-determination movements / catalog edited by Anthony Romero, curated by Daniel Tucker.

Publication

Chicago, IL : Soberscove Press, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Romero, Anthony
• Tucker, Daniel, 1983-

Description

247 pages : illustrations; 18 cm

Summary

"Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements features new work by contemporary artists, poets, and writers that relates to the Black Power movement's mandate to "organize your own" community against racism. Exploring the question of what "your own" might mean, this book connects some of the concerns dealt with in the 1960s and '70s to the conversations and social movements around racial justice happening today. Far from an historical account, Organize Your Own documents and expands upon an exhibition and event series of the same name that took place in Chicago and Philadelphia in early 2016. In addition to exhibition documentation and a series of commissioned texts, this book also includes transcripts from five panel discussions that were organized as part of the exhibition. Two of these discussions focus on the original Rainbow Coalition, a unique example of race and class negotiation in which organizations such as the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, and the Young Patriots Organization joined forces. Other discussions and contributions explore poetry, performance, and socially engaged art--which, broadly speaking, finds its foundation in the histories and language of community organizing. What is the role of politics and poetics in complicating and clarifying these ongoing conversations--the ones that happen when people come together?"--Back cover

Subject

• Art and society > Exhibitions
• Art and society

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Gathering ourselves: a note from the editor / Anthony Romero -- Reflections. OYO: a conclusion / Daniel Tucker -- Panthers, patriots, and poetries in revolution / Mark Nowak -- Organize Your Own temporality / Rasheedah Phillips -- Categorical meditations / Mariam Williams -- On Amber Art / Bettina Escauriza -- Conditions / Jen Hofer -- Bobby Lee's hands / Fred Moten -- Panels. Organize Your Own? : Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia / moderators: Daniel Tucker, Nancy Chen ; participants: Dan S. Wang, Rosten Woo, Emily Chow Bluck, Aletheia Hyun-Jin Shin -- Organize Your Own? : The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago / moderator: Anthony Romero ; participants: Eric J. Garcia, Nicole Marroquin, Maria Gaspar -- Original Rainbow Coalition : Slought Foundation, Philadelphia / moderator: Edward Onaci ; participants: Amy Sonnie, Hy Thurman, James Tracy, Jakobi Williams -- Original Rainbow Coalition : Columbia College, Chicago / moderator: Rebecca Zorach ; participants: Billy "Che" Brooks, Mike James, Antonio Lopez, Paul Siegel, Hy Thurman -- Artists talk : The Leviton Gallery at Columbia College, Chicago / moderator: Daniel Tucker ; participants: Amber Art & Design (Keir Johnston and Ernel Martinez), Dave Pabellon, Mary Patten, Dan S. Wang, Works Progress (Shanai Matteson) with Jayanthi Kyle -- Projects and contributions. Amber Art and Design -- Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research -- Dan S. Wang -- Dave Pabellon -- Frank Sherlock -- Irina Contreras -- Keep Strong Magazine -- Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela -- Mary Patten -- Matt Neff -- Rashayla Marie Brown -- Red76, Society Editions, and Hy Thurman -- Robby Herbst -- Rosten Woo -- Salem Collo-Julin -- The R.F. Kampfer Revolutionary Literature Archive -- Thomas Graves and Jennifer Kidwell -- Thread Makes Blanket -- Works Progress with Jayanthi Kyle.

ISBN

• 9781940190112
• 1940190118

LCCN

^^2016943606

OCLC

• 975246845
• SCSB-9933879

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library