The Moving Crew at Bemis Underground

bemisUNDERGROUND: The Moving Crew (Land Grant Flag-State Construct)

Event Time: June 23^rd, 2007-July 21^st, 2007

Additional Info

WHAT: A site-specific, interactive installation, curated by Lydia Diemer

WHEN: June 23 – July 21, 2007

OPENING NIGHT: Saturday, June 23^rd, 2007, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

WHO: Lydia Diemer, Jeremy Chen, Maggie Booth, Katherine Parker, David Bendernagel, Neva Sills, Nadija Mustapic, Heather Foster, Lee Running, Daniel Luchman, Matt Stults, Christina McClelland, Daniel Maw, Ryan Standfest, Kim Ambriz, Adam Wolpa, Aurora De Armendi, and more

WHERE: The bemisUNDERGROUND, lower level of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12^th Street

 

Omaha, NE-

Calling all landowners, pleasure cruisers, refugees, conquistadors, settlers, and nomads!  New realms available now!  Stake claim!  Pursue vocations! Speculate!

 

Territory has opened in the bemisUNDERGROUND.  Millions of idle inches, finely timbered and watered, the most fertile in the continent, and if reports are true, cardboard resources in lavish abundance, all awaiting the subduing hand of civilization.  The Moving Crew has already begun development, establishing a town site, port, newspaper, general store, and saloon.  Now is the time to secure a home on the finest land ever offered by The Moving Crew.  Considering the unprecedented rush already in this direction, in this direction, you are advised to set at once.

 

The entire tract has been surveyed by The Moving Crew and recorded.  The boundaries of this land will be clearly given by our Superintendent of Locations when you arrive at the bemisUNDERGROUND during opening hours, June 23^rd, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.  The Moving Crew insures territory immigrants the lowest of prices in outfitting them (local currencies provided, bartering optional).  Most trips abroad are trouble free, however you should take sensible precautions and ensure that you are adequately prepared.  Passports available upon entrance (for a nominal fee)!  Sectional maps GRATIS!  This tide will continue until every vestige of the public domain is taken (each Saturday, noon – 5:00 p.m. or by July 21^st, 2007, whichever comes first).

 

About the Artist:

The Moving Crew is an amorphous art collective working to enlarge and enliven the public sphere.  An ever expanding and contracting group of civil servants, students, former elementary school teachers, and crisis line volunteers form The Moving Crew's ranks, a collection of bodies and art objects, as well as a gathering of ideas, thoughts and relationships.  Cultural animation drives our projects; we investigate the implications of a society in motion, its people migrating through space and time, simultaneously rooted and displaced, forever wandering and on the way home.  By examining both humorous and serious issues on local and global scales, The Moving Crew hopes to engage the public in playful, interactive art activities that loosely surround ideas of community, movement and transformation with a sensibility of profound absurdity. Through the use of inexpensive or found objects and materials, The Moving Crew invites people into a new space where the normal rules of the world do not quite apply and where the public is welcome to collaborate.

 

For more info:

bemisUNDERGROUND Phone: 402.408.2397

www.bemisunderground.org

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When can people install?

hey all!
things are fast approaching. i hope to catch all of you in person, via email or phone.

but... PLEASE POST when you are available to install... when you plan to be at bemis in omaha... we can better figure out housing. we will need to crash in the gallery unless some other leads pan out. if anyone has some leads please let me know. i do have a friend who has kindly offered us some occasional showers at her apt 2 blocks from bemis. there is also a ymca in omaha for swim/showers. glamorous art star life!

i am wondering if the June 16th-17th isn't a great critical mass weekend for installation. of course much of the initial mapping and construction will have been started (SO PEOPLE WHO WANT IN ON THIS BE THERE JUNE 9-10 (or june 9-23). but if june 16-17 works we can even all chip in on a cheap motel if necessary.

THINGS TO DO:
1) let me know your availability in omaha. give me dates you WILL be there.
2) COLLECT stuff for bemis. see list on this blog.
3) let me know what you need transported to omaha. i am arranging a truck and need to know what size we need ASAP! expect me to contact you on this.
4) ask me questions. as we get closer there will be lots of questions. due to my hectic summer i have not stayed in touch with everyone as much as i'd like. i'm sorry. ask me, ask each other. remember, we need each others' superhero powers to make this happen.

my email is chenjerem@gmail.com. katherine is keeping track of movingcrew@gmail.com also so that is another source.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING! THIS IS GOING TO ROCK BECAUSE WE ALL MAKE IT ROCK!