tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post228387527053086699..comments2024-02-29T13:58:50.507-06:00Comments on blogaway: Gary, IndianaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13054205963916941320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-58744386953380185662010-02-27T20:09:39.391-06:002010-02-27T20:09:39.391-06:00Hey, I noticed your blog and thought maybe you mig...Hey, I noticed your blog and thought maybe you might be interested or have some suggestions for people to meet in Gary Indiana... I am coming to the states in summer for a project (see below) with Keg de Souza and we looking for people to hook up with who are interested in urban spaces/gardening/activist art etc etc. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear from you contactyouarehere@gmail.com<br /><br />CALL OUT:<br /><br />ReMake Estate<br />House: “free to a good home”<br /><br />You Are Here (founded by Keg de Souza and Zanny Begg) is a Sydney based art collective who will be coming to the Mid-West of America for four weeks in summer 2010 on an Australia Council for the Arts residency. We want to use our grant money during this residency to purchase one of the many foreclosed estates that we would like to give to an individual/or a community group who will be able to make use of it into the future. Our artwork is engaged with questions of how communities use space in the city (to see previous examples of our work in Australia go to: www.theregoestheneighbourhood.org) and this project would thus form part of our own artwork, but we hope also generate something of enduring use for the community when we leave. We are therefore very open about what type of house to buy and where, and also the sort of labour required to transform the house (or land on which is stands). For example the house could be transformed into a community garden growing food for local residents, a venue for discussions, a community cinema, a monument to public housing…<br /><br />We don’t have a huge budget but we have energy, enthusiasm and some rudimentary building/gardening skills to bring this project alive. We are looking for a community organisation, keen individuals or a collective to partner with us in ReMake Estate. Do you know an organisation that could make use of some land or a house? We want to hear from you to discuss how we could develop this project further.zannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290889233527422385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-66472608014465127052009-01-22T06:03:00.000-06:002009-01-22T06:03:00.000-06:00For an indepth perspective on the "Steel City," G...For an indepth perspective on the "Steel City," Gary, Indiana; my hometown; in both word and pictures, check out the offerings of <A HREF="GDYNets.WebNG.com/gary.htm" REL="nofollow">Dave's Den</A>.<BR/><BR/>You will find plenty on the history, politics, economics, sociology of Gary, and of course, the mills.Dave Yaroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16545160801892339390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541387.post-33848240211601685922009-01-20T10:25:00.000-06:002009-01-20T10:25:00.000-06:00that is quite an adventure.i can't help but to thi...that is quite an adventure.<BR/>i can't help but to think that i hope the people who live there decide to change things themselves. wouldn't it be great if we all took care of ourselves so things were the way <I>we</I> wanted them?phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669096127325145722noreply@blogger.com