August 9th - August 16th 2009

ARTIST:Occupation

To thread together Fair Trade, Essential Architecture, Radio Activism, Unlicensed Building, Anarchist Beekeeping, Radical Shepherding and more; attend Maximilian Goldfarb's workshop this summer at Rural Projects in Gallatin, NY. The theme of the workshop, 'Occupation', will lead to a final installation. At Rural Projects’ on-site encampment, we will welcome a range of contributors to a nightly forest presentation space followed by campfire discussion. This short-term, tight knit tent community will work by day to collectively implement our project, to be presented to the local public as well as to a remote listener audience. The program will culminate with a storefront project display to represent our work. The week will be busy with many visitor presentations, design, production, reading, screenings and one field trip. A willingness to participate is the only requirement.

Occupation is a workshop developed by Maximilian Goldfarb for Rural Projects. The project will relate many components of Goldfarb’s work, together with a range of scheduled daily presentations by specialists on the above-mentioned topics. Our work will include the construction of Top Bar Hive kits designed by Goldfarb to be modified by the group, and assembly of radio transmitters, and the group will visit Matt Bua’s B-Home compound for a tour of his growing collection of improvised architecture. We will read at least one complete text (Lectures On Bees, by Rudolph Steiner), as well as excerpts from John Dewey’s, Art As Experience). The week will culminate with a presentation of a collectively produced installation that will utilize various skills and activities of the week. The presentation will be open to the public, followed by a second installation in a storefront display space in Hudson, NY; The Incident Report Viewing Station.

Maximilian Goldfarb (KC2MIN)

The work of Maximilian Goldfarb takes the form of objects, drawings, radio transmissions, publications, and performative situations. His ongoing project Mobile 49, centers around a modified emergency utility vehicle used in site and radio spectrum interventions. Goldfarb has exhibited his work at such venues as The Neuberger Museum of Art, NY; Western Front, B.C.; SculptureCenter, NY; Mjellby Art Center, SE; Art & Idea, MX; and De Stadgalerij, NL. Goldfarb completed his masters in Visual Studies from the MIT Department of Architecture in 2006, and currently teaches at Parsons The New School for Design.

www.M49.us

www.incidentreport.info

Details and how to apply:

DEADLINE JULY 31, 2009

The fee for the week is $175 which covers all meals. You will need a tent, sleeping bag and enough clothes for one week. A laundry day may be arranged midweek. You will have use of shower facilities on a rotating schedule. Set up and clean up of meals will also rotate. You may want to bring a camp mattress, in case camp is moved inside the barn during inclement weather, and a bicycle. Lake Taghkanic State Park swimming beach is accessible via bike trail (1.5 miles away). You may provide your own transportation; carpooling is encouraged. Also, pick-up and drop-off at MetroNorth or Amtrak train stations can be arranged. To apply please email info@ruralprojects.org with your name, brief bio, statement of interest, plus contact details (email and telephone) for two referees. Please indicate if you are a full time student. : click here to email Rural Projects

 

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