The political season is decidedly upson us. No real news there...but something is different this time, and the arts have much to do with it. How will we deploy the battery of skills that we have developed as cultural producers to strategically challenge the apparatus of power? --Sylvie Fortin, excerpt, Letter from the Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS: Editor’s Desk Cultural Producers at the Wild Heart of Occupy Wall Street Nato Thompson Artists have shaped the Occupy Movement in the US. Nato Thompson challenges cultural producers of grasp the potentials and responsibilities of their, vastly expanded theater of action. Museal Ethics and the Art of Public Relations: The Bloomberg Machine + MCNY Marisa Jahn Looking into three recent exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York, Marisa Jahn ponders the museum’s relationship to Mayor Bloomberg’s agenda. Claire Culture: Milford Thomas and the Public Work of Filmmaking Joey Orr Joey Orr demonstrates that Milford THomas’ unusual approach to fundraising and production is a form of public practice that truly shapes the filmmaker’s cinematic work. Noteworthy: the editor’s pick of notable shows Spaces, D. Eric Bookhardt Innovate or Die, Ruth Erickson Lawrence Abu Hamdann, Stephen Lee Muntadas, Cathy Byrd Future Anterior: an index to contemporary art’s imminent history Tommy Taylor, Dorothy M. Joiner Alejandro Aguilera, Lilly Lampe Ray Johnson, Lucas Carpenter Matt Mycoff, Hesse McGraw J.J. McCraken, Danielle O’Steen Okay Mountain, Matt Christy Feast, Wendy Koenig Dasha Shishkin, Todd Meyer Christi Birchfield, Douglas Max Utter Reverend Howard Finster, Curt Riegelnegg Marilyn Murphy + Bob Trotman, Dorothy M. Joiner Jeremy Deller, David Trigg With Schott to the Pole, Sophie Arkette Valerie Blass, Anja Bock Thorton Dial, D. Eric Bookhardt Ryan McNamara, Harry J Weil Mounir Fatmi, Berin Golonu Happenings: New York, 1958-1963, Harry J Weil NONILLION, Alex Jovanovich Ron Johnson + Ray Kass, Dinah Ryan Marcel Dzama, Daniel McGrath Chris Kline, Stephen Horne Julia Feyrer, Amy Fung Carrie Moyer, Sarah Parrish
