The Solidarity Vigil at Albany International Airport was a true grass-roots action, with word spread via social media that attracted up to 1,000 people during the protest (from 10 am to just after 2 pm on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017).
Author: Michael Janairo
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Scenes from Albany International Airport Solidarity Vigil, Jan. 29, 2017
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A note about the erasure poem ‘Heart Heal’
An erasure poem is part of a tradition of using pre-existing texts, stripping away some of the words, and revealing a new creation with what remains. The erasure part echoes the kind of blacking out of text used when classified information is made public. A good definition can be found on the Found Poetry Review’s website at http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/about-found-poetry.
My erasure poem comes from page 46 of the book The Art of the Deal, attributed to but not really written at all by Donald Trump. (more…)
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360-degree Google Street View Experiment 3: NYC Central Park
A third experiment with using Google Streetview app’s 360-degree photo, this time in New York City’s Central Park.
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Heart Heal: An erasure poem from Art of the Deal
“Heart Heal”
never
never
never
never
Instead, I become much tougher#poetsandwritersstandagainsttrump
#writersresist
For more information about this protest poem, visit Poets and Writers Stand Against Trump
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POETS & WRITERS STAND AGAINST TRUMP 01.20.2017 AT 8PM
I plan on taking part.
Help spread the word!
POETS & WRITERS STAND AGAINST TRUMP : JANUARY 20th, 2017 AT 8PM
On Friday, January 20th Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as The President of the United States of America.
This will be a very sad day indeed. And as poets and writers everywhere we need to speak up and say what needs to be said, and share those words with our nation and the world.
So here’s what we do.
At EXACTLY 8pm on the evening of Friday, January 20th I’m asking all my friends and fellow writers and poets to simultaneously all post a poem or prose piece against the election and presidency of Trump. Post it on Facebook, Twitter, Tumble, WordPress …
EVERYWHERE.
That’s it, that’s all we need to do but we must all be united in this protest.
No matter who you are, what country, what race or what nationality this is…
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Quote of the week by Silas Farley
Classical ballet is this elevating form — you ahve to rise to meet it, whether you are the dancer or the audience. The Thing is, the audience possesses the same instrument. The audience members have the same body. It’s like a cello playing for an audience of cellos.”
— Silas Farley, quoted in the Jan. 16, 2017, New Yorker Talk of the Town piece by Rebecca Mead, illustration by Tom Bachtell [link]
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360-degree Google Street View Experiment 2
A second experiment with using Google Streetview app’s 360-degree photo, this time on the second floor of Case Center at Skidmore College.
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A secret message from my treadmill?
Here are some shots of the TV screen on the treadmill at my gym.
What does it mean? Is it random? Is it a self-critique about the difficulty of what meaning can be derived from images and sound out of a treadmill screen, when the gym is a noisy place and my concentration should be on things like form, breathing, and effort? Were the screens responding to my workout? Is this a new form of participatory video art? Participatory found art?
