http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty Building a brighter moment out of lots of cardboard. . . Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:17:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en this might be something that could be called a brighter moment... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/23/exploring-the-new-world/ The local newspaper coverage of the festival and block party was somewhat of a letdown. The article was good, but instead of any of the great photo ops from the entire festival available throughout the day, they published a picture of a lone kid in the middle of the ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/23/people-noticed/ Here's a sequence of images of the entire day, from 8:35am until 6pm. Thanks Erika! Of particular note: painting the street (starting at 08:40), building the wall (starting at 09:10), some great structures (13:25, 14:00, 14:55, 15:40, and at most other times as well), one of many hurricanes ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/23/all-day-slideshow/ The block party was totally what we expected, not what we expected, and even better than we could have expected (as we've come to expect from these kinds of projects)! skipping in time a little bit, here's some footage of the very end of the Block Party, from Jacob Berendes: BONE ZONE ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/22/how-it-all-ended/ Here's the workshop, moved further back into the storefront. folding boxes. . . Sarah returned for another day of folding and Tina also joined us. Today there was a write up for stART in the paper. I became partially entranced by the piles of blocks that I found myself surrounded by. We also began ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/18/more-more-more/ After I got dropped off in Worcester on Monday I headed over to the Clark University's bookstore to collect boxes from their basement. We stumbled upon their over abundant collection last year when we participated in the Playtime exhibit. Here's what the basement looked like when I arrived- And here's the ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/16/moving-cardboard-and-folding-boxes/ Now to set the Wayback Machine to last week for a few shots of gathering and making materials. . . Here's my housemates van laden with cardboard after a evening trip to the art supply dumpster. These days I do my printing at New Urban Arts. Here are the many, many sheets ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/15/preparations/ This morning, after gathering materially in Providence, driving scenically along Rt. 146, and breakfasting deliciously in a diner on Lincoln St., we dropped Andrew off in an empty storefront dance studio on Park Ave, along with a pile of cardboard, a bag of implements, a creaky Raleigh bicycle, a lil' ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/15/to-worcester/ Welcome, Welcome. . . At stARt on the Street this year Andrew Oesch and Jean Cozzens will be making a big mess of things. . .  You remember playing with building blocks right? Well, Jean and Andrew are going to make cardboard blocks and cardboard girders of various sizes, then on ... http://www.cooperativenotcollective.org/blockparty/2008/09/14/block-party/