Many of us long dreamed of creating a political form (a common) that could be adopted and adapted, that would circulate and inspire, in a protean, expressive, horizontal fashion. We imagined a politics capable of exceeding the confines of issues and identities. With Occupy, we...
Video documentation from Occupy Their Desire, a research discussion in conjunction with the exhibition Our Haus at the Austrian Cultural Forum with art/activism collective Not An Alternative, political theorist Jodi Dean, and Occupy Wall Street organizer Matthew Smucker....
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This Saturday, May 12 we're hosting props production hours from 2pm - 6pm at Exit Art. We've built our production studio inside the gallery, and will be making sleeping bag socks for sidewalk occupations. They are waterproof and breathable "socks" that slide over sleeping bags,...
Not An Alternative is pleased to participate in Collective/Performative, the final exhibition of Exit Art’s influential 30 years as a non-profit gallery and cultural center. Please join us May 8th -12th for Occupied Real Estate, an installation and series of workshops. Occupied Real Estate Tuesday May 8...
Not An Alternative joins Jodi Dean, Marco Deseriis, and Jack Bratich as presenters in the Opening Panel at the Critical Themes in Media Studies 2012 conference at The New School. Occupy the Media or Occupy as Medium? This panel asks the simple question of whether the variety...
On March 27-31 Not An Alternative took part in Como Acabar Con El Mal (How to End Evil): 5 Days of Art and Activism in Barcelona, Spain. After the Arab spring and the summer of mobilizations, after the autumn of Occupy, and a winter full of...
Debates over demands, tactics, and the ninety-nine percent have featured prominently in Occupy Wall Street since the movement’s inception. Underpinning these debates is the question of representation. What does the movement represent and to whom?...