3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 9 :: MAIGA MILBOURNE on NAZIM HIKMET (1902-1963)
[Editor's Note: Maiga Milbourne comes to us via our favorite model: the person to person relay-style hand off from former participants (in this case, frequent OS contributor, and all around badass inspirational mama Caits Meissner). I was overwhelmed with gratitude
RE:CONVERSATIONS :: TRULY FREE FILM :: CREATING VALUE IN FREE FILM
Independent film is currently redefining investment, distribution, and business models in the light of changing world economic structures. New dynamics may make film a frightening place to build a career. However, it is important to acknowledge the creative advantages of
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 27 :: BENJAMIN WIESSNER on HARRYETTE MULLEN
I am going to start with an admission—I have a deep and varied past with the poetry of Harryette Mullen. Her masterpiece, Sleeping with the Dictionary, opened my eyes to so many possibilities in poetry. The experience I had is described best by her line, “I’ve been licked all over by the English tongue.”
FIELD NOTES:: FILM :: LINCOLN LETTERS II: PATRICK WANG
Benjamin Wiessner I met Patrick Wang this summer, as part of a weekend film oasis in Tacoma. Starting then, we have had a running conversation about building the film world that we want to live in, rather than the one that
IN MEMORIAM, IN SOLIDARITY : AARON SWARTZ's GUERRILLA OPEN ACCESS MANIFESTO
"With enough of us, around the world, we’ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we’ll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?" - Aaron Swartz; Eremo, Italy, 2008 Here at Exit Strata,
WORK ONLY :: Breakfast with Laura Braslow: Street Aesthetics and Neighborhood Change
Happy New Year! Many new collaborations and partnerships will be coming your way soon -- as a teaser we thought we'd take this opportunity to introduce you to artist Shanna Maurizi's terrific WORK ONLY series, which we will be hosting here
AWESOME CREATORS :: 100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE : AN OPEN LETTER from poet Taha Abdel Moniem (Cairo and Assiut, Egypt)
FROM EGYPTIAN POETS TO THE POETS OF THE WORLD || || Des poètes Égyptiens … aux poètes du monde من شعراء مصر إلى شعراء العالم نحن شعراء مصر، نرسل- من قلب القاهرة- صوتنا إلى كافة شعراء وشعوب العالم، دفاعًا عن حرية الإبداع، في
AWESOME CREATORS :: 100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE :: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
"It's a new day and a new way
EDITORIAL : THINKING ABOUT ART AT A TIME LIKE THIS
You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a good bye Despite the fact that I cannot think of a single person whose life has remained untouched by
AWESOME CREATORS :: 100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE :: GREECE EDITION, with ORGANIZER NANA NESTOROS
Last week, we inaugurated our weekly AWESOME CREATOR series in celebratory collaboration with 100,000 Poets for Change, with a special Editorial "Rendering The Old Model Obsolete," in which we sought to introduce the community not only to this terrific organization
