kanarinka projects http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka I am an artist, educator, software developer, mama, and disaster-prone cook Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:33:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Erase the Border [Planned, Spring 2012] Donate


“Erase the Border” is a project that will take place on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation in southern Arizona.

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things is currently seeking funding…

]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/erase-the-border/ The Border Crossed Us The Border Crossed Us is a temporary public art installation by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things that transplants the US-Mexico border fence in southern Arizona to the UMass Amherst campus.

What happens when we divide…

]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/the-border-crossed-us/ No One Has Yet Determined What The Body Can Do On Sunday, October 1 2011 the Institute joined with Occupy Boston in the 6th HONK! Parade to carry signs with two messages: “NO ONE HAS YET DETERMINED WHAT THE BODY CAN DO” and “#OCCUPYBOSTON”.

At 7AM Thursday, October

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]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/no-one-has-yet-determined-what-the-body-can-do/ Transgender Bathroom Dedication Transgender Bathroom Dedication dedicates the men’s room at the MFA Boston to Dean Spade who was arrested in 2002 for using the men’s room in Grand Central Station and dedicates the women’s room at the MFA Boston to Chrissy Pollis…

]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/transgender-bathroom-dedication/ Failure Support Group Is there, actually, a recipe for failure? Are certain methodologies more prone to failure than others? How? What is at stake in acknowledging failure in one’s process, one’s community, or one’s career?

Failure Support Group from Infinitely Small…

]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/failure-support-group/ The World’s Largest Potluck Ever The World’s Largest Potluck Ever would stage a mile-long potluck dinner on the Cambridge Street Corridor in Cambridge, MA, in an attempt to break the Guinness record, showcase the diversity of the businesses and residents, build community, publish a recipe…

]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/the-worlds-largest-potluck-ever/ Art & Cartography An article for the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, published by Elsevier Press. Download article.

Synopsis:

Art has taken a distinct “cartographic turn” in the last century. This period represents a veritable explosion of artwork that takes…

]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/art-cartography/ It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston kanarinka ran the entire evacuation route system in Boston and attempted to measure the distance in human breath. The project also involves a podcast and a sculptural installation of the archive of tens of thousands of breaths .
]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/it-takes-154000-breaths-to-evacuate-boston/ Exit Strategy It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston was installed at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston in 2009 as part of the James & Audrey Foster Prize show along with a new work entitled Exit Strategy.

Excerpt from Exit Strategy:]]> http://www.ikatun.org/kanarinka/exit-strategy/ Digging for Happiness The Institute for Infinitely Small Things sought happiness through the labor of digging an enormous hole in the front yard of a Cambridge family who volunteered their land for this purposelessness.

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