this is from 2013 but it's a cool piece my friend Adeola Enigbokan did on gentrification and rising rents

do we have stuff like this at SudoRoom or the Omni?

http://archivingthecity.com/2013/09/15/the-renters-archive/


The Renters’ Archive

Posted on September 15, 2013

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working on a new Archiving the City intervention, called “The Renters’ Archive” based on my experiences of renting apartments in Brooklyn over the past decade. This project was commissioned by The Laundromat Project, and developed in collaboration with The Laundromat Project’s Create Change Fellows.

 


THE RENTERS’ ARCHIVE: Bed Stuy edition
SATURDAY, SEPT 21
12:30 – 4:30 PM

Venue: For My Sweet Gallery
(1103 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11238–between Franklin & Classon)
C train or Shuttle to Franklin

RSVP & Info: TheRentersArchive@gmail.com

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.

Please stop by and share your own experiences of renting (or landlording) by partaking in a series of artist-led workshops and performances.

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?

As part of this event, I will be presenting a new participatory performance:

A NEW LEASE FOR NEW YORK

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. An artist will act as “notary,” and will be on hand to type out a new lease for you. 

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?



THE RENTERS’ ARCHIVE: Bed Stuy edition
SATURDAY, SEPT 21
12:30 – 4:30 PM

Venue: For My Sweet Gallery
(1103 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11238–between Franklin & Classon)
C train or Shuttle to Franklin

RSVP & Info: TheRentersArchive@gmail.com

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.

Please stop by and share your own experiences of renting (or landlording) by partaking in a series of artist-led workshops and performances.

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?

As part of this event, I will be presenting a new participatory performance:

A NEW LEASE FOR NEW YORK

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. An artist will act as “notary,” and will be on hand to type out a new lease for you. 

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?


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Romy Ilano