Press Release for LOW LIVES: OCCUPY!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For further information, contact:
Paul McLean
Co-organizer, Occupy with Art
artforhumans@gmail.com

OCCUPY WITH ART ANNOUNCES
LOW LIVES: OCCUPY!

January 26, 2012 (New York, NY)–Occupy with Art will partner with international presenter Low Lives and The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics to present “Low Lives: Occupy!,” a unique one-night-only program of live performance art, simulcast via an online streaming network to presenting host venues around the world. Low Lives: Occupy! will take place on March 3, 2012. Mark Read (creator of the 99% “bat signal”) will contribute a special projection and performance in conjunction with Low Lives: Occupy! in New York City.

Paul McLean, co-organizer of Occupy with Art, commented: “Occupy with Art is proud to present Low Lives: Occupy! in collaboration with the Hemispheric Institute of NYU. We hope to amplify the voice of the 99% (Mic: CHECK), and articulate our desires and dreams, as a transmission, relayed in real time to presenting partners (and occupations) around the globe. Low Lives: Occupy! will stage a sequence of unique encounters with the 99%, and Occupy with Art will serve, along with our collaborators, as facilitators and archivists for this event. We look forward with great anticipation to what promises to be a magical evening together celebrating Occupy and the Occupiers of Now.”

The Low Lives: Occupy! program will include over two dozen performance artists, Occupy groups, and artist collectives located worldwide in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy movement for the 99%. Participants will expand the reach and visibility of the Occupy protests by broadcasting to an international audience community. The Occupy protests, and the myriad of perspectives and experiences related to this unique movement, will be amplified, explored, and experimented with, through Low Lives’ internet-based creative platform.

Presenting partner and event organizer, Occupy with Art, will host the Low Lives: Occupy! live simulcast at OccupywithArt.com, providing the means for viewers around the world to access the program online. The Hemispheric Institute, presenting partner and official New York City venue for Low Lives: Occupy!, will present one live performance during the March 3 event, and screen all other selections in real time using live-streaming technology. Other presenting partners of Low Lives: Occupy! will present the simulcast in their own venues and public spaces.

Occupy with Art is an affinity group of the Arts & Culture Working Group of the NYC General Assembly for Occupy Wall Street. Formerly Occupenial, Occupy with Art is made up of artists, writers, curators, and art professionals lending their skills to produce art, cultural events and projects, with a particular focus on OWS itself as a social art process. Occupy with Art produces art projects, large-scale events, and exhibitions, working with Occupy groups as well as outside organizations.

Artist proposals for Low Lives: Occupy! are due February 6, 2012. Interested co-presenters must contact Low Lives in advance of that date. For information on proposal and presenter requirements, visit lowlives.net

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