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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Guest Post by Lina Srivastava: Building Cultural Engagement for Change Through Media and Narrative

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The fact is that the more people are exposed to stories around a cause and the ideas behind theories of change, the more likely that change will be effected or you'll influence the people who can help create impact. But there's a difference in how you influence previously disengaged participants vs. active participants.

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The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings

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To construct the video, artist Chris Milk assembled images and footage of Johnny Cash in a sequence along with the song. The result is a beautiful animated video that composites together alternative frames created by participants all over the world. That's hardly revolutionary. The site gives credit to contributors.

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What Could Kill an Elegant, High-Value Participatory Project?

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It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most inspirational participatory projects I know of--the Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost book drops. Haarlem Oost is a branch library in the Netherlands that wanted to encourage visitors to add tags (descriptive keywords) to the books they read. Or, so I thought. Of course I asked her why.

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Another Exclusivity Paradox: Secret Gardens, Hidden Museums

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While wealthy people have always had access to exclusive experiences (country clubs, art openings), more and more people of other socio-economic classes are clamoring for personalized and exclusive experiences as an alternative to the mass-market, one-size-fits-all model.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

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That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street. Tags: guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences.

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The Wildness in the Corner: A Discussion with Jason Nelson

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As an artist and a lecturer at the university, I'm expected to put my work up in competitions as art. For example, I’m modifying a digital midi theremin as an alternative mouse device. Tags: interview Unusual Projects and Influences game. People don’t want to share it anymore once it’s huge. game, game, and.