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Gilly Barnes, Sean (help on William Pope.L), Jessica Barthel, Al Bushevkin and the folks at Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, The Smith College professors and their classes, Kathy for the shack, Gene Carlson, 11 A Users' Guide for the creative disruption of everyday life 12 Michael Rakowitz2 Dré Wapenaar 1 The Atlas Group15 Critical Art Ensemble14 J. Morgan Puett 13 Nomads: The Artists who produce Experimental work that encourages individual autonomy such as mobile housing. Artists University Artists who deploy include: N55, Kyrzystof Wodizko, Rubén Ortiz aesthetic strategies to engage outside Torres, Michael Rakowitz, Dré Wapenaar. discourses including anthropology, biotechnology, urban geography. Artists include: The Atlas Group, subRosa, Critical Art Ensemble, J. Morgan Puett Rubén Ortiz Torres 3 Reclaim the Streets: Subrosa 12 Artists who produce actions that occur withinthe public sphere (sidewalks, parks, streets, malls, etc.) Artists Ready include: Peña, Biotic Baking Brigade, Surveillance Camera Players, Street Rec, Indy Media,the Yes to Wear: Artists who produce tools and Men. clothing to augment the wearer’s sense of personal autonomy. Artists include: Center for Tactical Media,Lucy Orta, Ha Ha, Yo Mango Yes Men 4 Lucy Orta 11 Surveillance Camera Players 5 Street Rec 6 Biotic Baking Brigade 7 Yomango 8 Center for Tactical Magic 9 Ha Ha 10 The INTERVENTIONISTS Chapter 1 1 17 User's Manual to the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life 18 Boston, USA ysszzttooff WWoo czzkkoo rrzzy ddiic KK Born 1943 Krzysztof Wodiczko is inter- nationally renowned for his large-scale slide and video pro- jections on architectural facades and monuments. Since the late eighties, he has developed a series of nomadic instruments for both homeless and immigrant operators that function as imple- Krysztof Wodiczko - Homeless vehicle prototype, Poland 1974 ments for survival, communica- tion, empowerment, and heal- ing. Wodiczko has coined the term, “Interrogative Design” to describe his works which both address social issues as well as Krysztof Wodiczko - Homeless vehicle in use, iseventh avenue, United States 1984 provide a band-aid to them. Like a band-aid, the works both tem- porarily help a wound as well as Project Description: Together with a group of the bring attention to it. Wodiczko New York homeless Krzysztof Wodiczko constructed the earned his MFA in 1968 from the Homeless1987-1988 Homeless Vehicle (1987–8) as ‘an instrument of survival for Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, urban nomads’. The Homeless Vehicle embodies Wodiczko’s Poland,