Occupology, Swarmology … On Artjournal by Gregory Sholette

Written by Ellen Berkovitch // January 20, 2012 // Art // No comments

Gregory Sholette writes:

Things have changed since we witnessed the power-scrubbing of Zuccotti Park’s People’s Library[1] and the mulching of the encampment’s hundred-page opus of dissent written on corrugated scraps of cardboard and inverted pizza boxes, some torn, trimmed, or simply folded down into manageable dimensions for extended protest. We witnessed the demolition as an echo of the Baghdad library’s destruction eight years ago, when US and UK troops stood by as that archive was reduced to ashy pulp.

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Written by Ellen Berkovitch // January 20, 2012 // Art // No comments

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Ellen Berkovitch founded AdobeAirstream in 2008 as the new west's first daily online arts and culture magazine. Before that she had a 25-year career in journalism which consecutively included having been editor in chief of Santa Fe Trend magazine; and before that, freelance writer for Artforum; Art&Auction, The New York Times, the L.A. Weekly and many other national art and design publications.