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PERFORMING THE CAMBRIDGE COMMON ISSUE 3 / 4 Conversation: the An icon: as a verb ACCESS language of the Common The “commons” is a place of shared Common Exchange is a series of 1 Cesare Casarino and Antonio Negri, In Transforming the International knowledge and resources while temporary art installations and Praise of the Common: A Conversation on Symbol of Access (ISA) into also being a contested area of performances presented in one of Philosophy and Politics (Minneapolis: an active, engaged image, the University of Minnesota Press, 2008). collective action and possibility; the nation’s oldest common greens, Cambridge-based project of Sara it is the term by which we legally the Cambridge Common. Orga- 2 This history of shared grazing space has Hendren, Brian Glenney, and Tim A PUBLIC ART frame our public rights and hold our nized in honor of the park’s recent also spawned social and economic theories Ferguson-Sauder has the power to PROJECT PRESENTED democratic freedoms. It is the locus pathway renovations, each project of misused resources in unregulated systems. change more than the icon itself. See Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the of dialogue itself; as philosophers that constitutes Common Exchange BY CAMBRIDGE ARTS, Commons,” Science 162, no. 3859 “History shows that the shape and Cesare Casarino and Antonio Negri reiterates the park’s physical and (December 1968). form of what we see and hear does CITY OF CAMBRIDGE remind us, “Conversation is the ideological function as a connective work on our cognitive understand- language of the Commons.”1 The space, one defined by the exchange ing of the world, and hence the “Common” (notably missing the s) of ideas, words, and things, a space meaning we make of it. The language is the physical manifestation of of conversation. of symbols [has long been used] to —Sara Hendren, Brian Glenney, and this idea in space, publicly shared Over the course of the summer, persuade, to question, to force. We Tim Ferguson-Sauder, Accessible A and historically a field of grass at time-based and participatory works want to be on the bottom-up, rights- Icon Project a city’s center used for collective will occupy the Cambridge Common expanding, power-rebalancing livestock grazing.2 FEATURED ARTIST to address connectivity and ex- tradition of that history.” The Common—as both a literal change in the twenty-first century, and conceptual site—is defined moving from interpersonal to com- PAUL by gathering, exchange, and the munal and historical relationships. multitude of voices and actions The public remains the central For every complex and difficult RAMIREZ that take place within it. In effect, figure in these works to emphasize the Common is the landscape of that it is participation and public ACC JONAS citizenry and a place defined by discourse that ultimately shape our problem, there is an answer that dialogue, between people, cultures, civic spaces. and histories, that can echo the —Dina Deitsch, Curator best and worst of our civic states. —H. L. Mencken is simple, easy, and wrong. FEATURED ARTIST CARMEN age taste, sulfur, ionone, mirage, pressure, face, continuous, feet, sonar, eyes, chalkboard, touch, cryogenics, cones, earthquake, pitch, light, sweat, ) ) 81 ) 76 ) 74 ) 73 ) 71 ) 68 ) 67 ) 65 ) 64 ) 60 ) 59 ) 57 ) 56 ) 54 ) 53 ) 52 ) 48 ) 46 fat, fat, onion, sodium, stethoscope, stirrup, carbohydrate, Beethoven, onomatopoeia, dermis, musk, endorphins, chord, skunk, perspective, novocaine, dissolve, ) ) 45 ) 43 ) 42 ) 40 ) 39 ) 35 ) 33 ) 31 ) 26 ) 25 ) 23 ) 18 ) 16 ) 14 ) 13 ) 12 PAPALIA unassisted, unassisted, rosemary, danger, vulture, salt, DOWN: wedge exhale, blue, toccata, smell, iris, sweetness, cricket, sauerkraut, notepaper, touché, camouflage, ) ) 10 ) 9 ) 8 ) 7 ) 3 ) 1 ) 82 ) 80 ) 79 ) 78 ) 77 ) 75 ) 74 ) 72 ) 70 ) 69 ) 66 ethereal, ethereal, sow, gooseflesh, ultrasound, bathtub, moving, Cézanne, ventriloquist, soundproof, chant, saliva, eucalyptus, whiskers, sun, pinguid, oscilloscope, ) 63 ) 62 ) 61 ) 58 ) 55 ) 51 ) 50 ) 49 ) 47 ) 44 ) 41 ) 38 ) 37 ) 36 ) 35 ) 34 pink, pink, sweet, pupil, equilibrium, bitter, chocolate, vanilla, forty, cockroach, synesthesia, cheeks, clear, pregnancy, mind, violet, tongue, hair, ACROSS: ) ) 32 ) 30 ) 29 ) 28 ) 27 ) 24 ) 22 ) 21 ) 20 ) 19 ) 17 ) 16 ) 15 ) 11 ) 6 ) 5 ) 4 ) 2 CONCORD AVE. A MASSACHUSETTS AVE. WATERHOUSE ST. PARK INSTALLATIONS: In addition to the performances and events listed below, look for these park instal- ( C ) lations in the Cambridge Common, May–September 2017: (A) Kelly Sherman, poetic memory banners; (B) Paul Ramirez Jonas, contributory monument featured in this ESS CAMBRIDGE COMMON issue of Common Exchange; and (C) Julianne Swartz, interactive bench. CAMBRIDGE ST. MASON ST. ( B ) GARDEN ST. ( A ) Event Schedule / Map: Enter Here FLAGSTAFF PARK APPIAN WAY TO HARVARD SQ. > Common Exchange is a special- accessibility and connectivity to As the city’s official arts agency, Cam- IN THIS ISSUE: ARTISTS: edition newspaper that serves as surrounding neighborhoods for bridge Arts commissions temporary and OPEN ACCESS ANDY GRAYDON a companion to a series of inter- pedestrians and bicyclists. It is on permanent public art throughout all Gallery 344 Gallery 344 Common Common Common Common CCVA Hong Kong Restaurant Gallery 344 Common Common Common Common Common Gallery 344 Common Common Common Gallery 344 Common Common Gallery 344 Radcliffe Common active public art performances, this occasion that we celebrate an neighborhoods of Cambridge. We are ACCESS PAUL RAMIREZ JONAS installations, and exhibitions that improved civic space at the heart pleased to present Common Exchange— DECODE THE COMMON CARMEN PAPALIA present responses by ten contem- of the city with a unique suite of its exhibitions, performances, installa- porary artists to the historic site public artworks. tions, and newspaper. The newspaper is BLIND FIELD SHUTTLE AKI SASAMOTO of the Cambridge Common. produced through a collaboration of the Demonstration The four issues of Common Cambridge Arts Public Art Program, cu- PUZZLED SENSELESS KELLY SHERMAN When the World’s Situated at the heart of the city, Exchange revolve around themes rator Dina Deitsch, and Lesley University PLEASE, LOOK AT ME XAVIERA SIMMONS the Cambridge Common, like addressed by the public artworks: ubin: College of Art and Design (LUCAD). Number 22 (Overlay), Number 22 (Overlay) Number 22 (Overlay) Number 22 (Overlay) Number 22 (Overlay) Number 22 (Overlay) Number 22 (Overlay) all public spaces, only acquires sound, histories, access, and Blind Field Shuttle, Blind Field Shuttle Blind Field Shuttle Blind Field Shuttle Blind Field Shuttle We Were Here— Gathering Note facsimile), (a Gathering Note facsimile) (a Gathering Note facsimile) (a Gathering Note facsimile) (a ALLISON SMITH Food Rental, Food Rental Food Rental Food Rental PUBLICAR Common Goods Common Goods Common Goods Jon R meaning when citizens use it. (dis)connection. The newspaper is SPONSORS: Common Goods, Goods, Common n: Cambridge Common RAISING THE BAR: JULIANNE SWARTZ Since its early days dating back available at selected park benches Common Exchange is made possible Walking Musical Performance UNIVERSAL ACCESS to the 1600s, when it was a place on the Common and in various through multiple partnerships and LEE WALTON & JON RUBIN for livestock grazing, and during public buildings around the city. sources of support, including the National SUCCESS: ALL AROUND Carmen Papalia: Xaviera Simmons: Andy Graydon: Aki Sasamoto: Allison Smith: Andy Graydon: Artist Reception Allison Smith: Carmen Papalia: Artist Reception OPENING CELEBRATION Lee Walton & Jon Rubin: Andy Graydon: Interpretive Choral Gathering Carmen Papalia: Eyes-closed Participatory Tour Food/Performance Cart Aki Sasamoto: Artist Talk Xaviera Simmons: Collective Theatrical Performance Xaviera Simmons: / Conversation with Judith Leemann Allison Smith: Artist with Talk Cambridge Historical Society Xaviera Simmons: Xaviera Simmons: Kelly Sherman: Artist Reception Smith: Allison Carmen Papalia: Allison Smith: CLOSING CELEBRATION Aki Sasamoto: Andy Graydon: Carmen Papalia: Lee Walton & Kelly Sherma Aki Sasamoto: Xaviera Simmons: Xaviera Simmons: Carmen Papalia: Aki Sasamoto: on Fire, When the World’s on Fire Memories of Andy Graydon: subsequent periods when it be- Endowment for the Arts, Cambridge/ We hope that you check out the EDITORS: NS CONVERSATION: came a site for military training Agassiz/Harvard Community Culture and Spring–Fall 2017 schedule of Dina Deitsch and Lillian Hsu and housing, a place for concerts Recreation Fund, Elizabeth Firestone THE LANGUAGE OF –7 PM –7 events and exhibitions and all 12 30 1 PM PM12–2 1–3 PM1–3 6–8 PM 6 PM PM 5–7 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM PM1–2 4–5 PM PM7:15 3–4 PM 6–8 PM PM1–3 2 PM 3 PM PM12–2 2 PM 3 PM 12–1 PM12–1 PM 6–7 PM 6–7 1 PM 12–2 PM12–2 6 1 HIBITIO Graham Foundation, Artists Resource 15 and protests, and parkland for 8 ART DIRECTOR: THE COMMON issues of Common Exchange. Visit contemplation and play, it has Trust Fund of Berkshire Taconic Com- JUN Rick Rawlins – –JUN –JUL us online for more information. –DEC –SEP AN ICON: AS A VERB remained an important commu- munity Foundation, Community Design 14 14 24 26 17 18 DESIGNERS: / SAT / THU / THU / SUN / SAT / SUN / SAT / THU / FRI / SAT / MON / SUN nal space that houses and reflects CambridgeArtsCouncil.org Studio of LUCAD, Radcliffe Institute / MON / SUN / THU EVENT SCHEDULE / MAP / THU JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER JUNE DAILY EVENT GALLERY EX MAY 8 13 14 18 20 1 4 15 17 16 17 20 3 15 16 17 MAY PM12–2