<div dir="ltr">this is from 2013 but it's a cool piece my friend Adeola Enigbokan did on gentrification and rising rents<div><br></div><div>do we have stuff like this at SudoRoom or the Omni?<br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://archivingthecity.com/2013/09/15/the-renters-archive/">http://archivingthecity.com/2013/09/15/the-renters-archive/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(211,211,211);font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 44px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;word-wrap:break-word;text-align:center;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><h1 style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size:1.692em;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;margin-bottom:0px!important">The Renters’ Archive    </h1><h4 style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size:0.923em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px 1em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);clear:both;display:inline-block">Posted on September 15, 2013</h4></div><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify">Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working on a new Archiving the City intervention, called <strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">“The Renters’ Archive”</strong> based on my experiences of renting apartments in Brooklyn over the past decade. This project was commissioned by <a href="http://laundromatproject.snappages.com/field-day.htm" target="_blank" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(211,211,211);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);text-decoration:none">The Laundromat Project</a>, and developed in collaboration with The Laundromat Project’s<a href="http://laundromatproject.snappages.com/cc-pd-fellows" target="_blank" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(211,211,211);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);text-decoration:none"> Create Change Fellows</a>.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify"> </p><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;overflow:hidden"><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;width:880px;height:407px"><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:574px;height:407px"><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:inherit"><a href="http://archivingthecity.com/interventions/for_renters2/" border="0" style="border:none;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;width:auto"><img src="https://archivingthecity.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/for_renters2.jpg?w=570&h=403&crop=1" width="570" height="403" title="FOR_RENTERS2" alt="" style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 403px; max-width: 100%; background-image: none; width: 570px; margin: 2px !important;"></a></div></div><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:306px;height:407px"><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:inherit"><a href="http://archivingthecity.com/2013/09/15/the-renters-archive/rentersarchive_flyer/" border="0" style="border:none;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent;width:auto"><img src="https://archivingthecity.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/rentersarchive_flyer.jpg?w=302&h=403&crop=1" width="302" height="403" title="RentersArchive_flyer" alt="" style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 403px; max-width: 100%; background-image: none; width: 302px; margin: 2px !important;"></a></div><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:inherit"><br></div><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:left;width:inherit"><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify"><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">THE RENTERS’ ARCHIVE: Bed Stuy edition</strong><br><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">SATURDAY, SEPT 21</strong><br><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">12:30 – 4:30 PM</strong></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify">Venue: <a href="http://bed-stuy.patch.com/listings/for-my-sweet" target="_blank" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(211,211,211);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);text-decoration:none">For My Sweet Gallery</a><br>(1103 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11238–between Franklin & Classon)<br>C train or Shuttle to Franklin</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify">RSVP & Info: <a href="mailto:TheRentersArchive@gmail.com">TheRentersArchive@gmail.com</a></p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify">In a nation of homeowners, where owning property is the still The Dream, New York stands out as a city of life-long renters. The Renters’ Archive project provides a way to explore the experience of being a renter, by looking at the objects and habits and relationships and dreams that a person collects over the course of a renting life. On September 21, 2013, The Renters’ Archive will present the opportunity for residents of Bed-Stuy and surrounding neighborhoods to reflect upon their own experiences of being renters–a situation shared by approximately 80% of the neighborhood’s residents.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify">Please stop by and share your own experiences of renting (or landlording) by partaking in a series of artist-led workshops and performances.</p><p style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify"><span id="more-2127" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><h2 style="border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1.385em;margin:22px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both">What is the home of your dreams? Can you remember all the places you’ve lived in, and all the neighbors you’ve had? If you could write your own lease, what would it say? What are the objects that you take with you every time you move? How do you archive your valuable documents and artifacts? What do you do to make a new place feel like home?</h2><h3 style="border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both">As part of this event, I will be presenting a new participatory performance:</h3><h3 style="border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both"><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A NEW LEASE FOR NEW YORK</strong></h3><h3 style="border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both">Have you taken a good look at your lease lately? A lease is a legal contract that defines the roles of “Tenant” and “Landlord,” and anticipates, or limits, the relations between these two entities. As renters, when we sign leases, we often do not have the time to reflect upon the relationship we are entering into with our landlords. This workshop provides a chance to do just that: reflect and transform relationships with our spaces, our neighbors and our landlords. <strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">An artist will act as “notary,” and will be on hand to type out a new lease for you. </strong></h3><h3 style="border:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both">What is your ideal relationship with the ideal landlord? What do you expect of yourself as a tenant? Could a lease include a relationship with your neighbors? Do you have the capacity to transform your current relationship with your current landlord?</h3><div id="jp-post-flair" class="" style="border:0px;margin:44px 0px 0px;padding:0.5em 0px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:44px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">THE RENTERS’ ARCHIVE: Bed Stuy edition</strong><br><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">SATURDAY, SEPT 21</strong><br><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">12:30 – 4:30 PM</strong></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify;color:rgb(19,19,19)">Venue: <a href="http://bed-stuy.patch.com/listings/for-my-sweet" target="_blank" style="border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(211,211,211);font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(81,81,81);text-decoration:none">For My Sweet Gallery</a><br>(1103 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11238–between Franklin & Classon)<br>C train or Shuttle to Franklin</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify;color:rgb(19,19,19)">RSVP & Info: <a href="mailto:TheRentersArchive@gmail.com">TheRentersArchive@gmail.com</a></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify;color:rgb(19,19,19)">In a nation of homeowners, where owning property is the still The Dream, New York stands out as a city of life-long renters. The Renters’ Archive project provides a way to explore the experience of being a renter, by looking at the objects and habits and relationships and dreams that a person collects over the course of a renting life. On September 21, 2013, The Renters’ Archive will present the opportunity for residents of Bed-Stuy and surrounding neighborhoods to reflect upon their own experiences of being renters–a situation shared by approximately 80% of the neighborhood’s residents.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify;color:rgb(19,19,19)">Please stop by and share your own experiences of renting (or landlording) by partaking in a series of artist-led workshops and performances.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-indent:1.5em;text-align:justify;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><span id="more-2127" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><h2 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:inherit;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:1.385em;margin:22px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(19,19,19)">What is the home of your dreams? Can you remember all the places you’ve lived in, and all the neighbors you’ve had? If you could write your own lease, what would it say? What are the objects that you take with you every time you move? How do you archive your valuable documents and artifacts? What do you do to make a new place feel like home?</h2><h3 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:inherit;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both">As part of this event, I will be presenting a new participatory performance:</h3><h3 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:inherit;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both"><strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A NEW LEASE FOR NEW YORK</strong></h3><h3 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:inherit;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both">Have you taken a good look at your lease lately? A lease is a legal contract that defines the roles of “Tenant” and “Landlord,” and anticipates, or limits, the relations between these two entities. As renters, when we sign leases, we often do not have the time to reflect upon the relationship we are entering into with our landlords. This workshop provides a chance to do just that: reflect and transform relationships with our spaces, our neighbors and our landlords. <strong style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">An artist will act as “notary,” and will be on hand to type out a new lease for you. </strong></h3><h3 style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:inherit;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:1em;margin:0px 0px 22px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(122,181,43);letter-spacing:0.1em;clear:both">What is your ideal relationship with the ideal landlord? What do you expect of yourself as a tenant? Could a lease include a relationship with your neighbors? Do you have the capacity to transform your current relationship with your current landlord?</h3><div id="jp-post-flair" class="" style="border:0px;font-family:Lato,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:22.009536743164063px;font-size:13px;margin:44px 0px 0px;padding:0.5em 0px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><div class="" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:44px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div></div><div><br></div><div>=============================</div><div><br></div><div>Romy Ilano</div><div><a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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