Reflecting on the Musagetes Guelph Café (The Secret Ingredient - 02-10-13)
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This week we reflect on the events and happenings of the Musagetes Guelph Café, which happened from September 25th – 28th. Postcommodity’s visit as part of the weekend encouraged stimulating dialog, mobilizing language to challenging the structure of the Café itself. Postcommodity’s own performance invited local Guelphites to join them in creating a playable instrument, Game Remains: Golden Horseshoe, that encouraged strategic planning and respectful collaboration in ways that responded to Guelph as a city and a site. Using Pablo Helguera’s book, Education for Socially Engaged Art, as a lens, we discuss the evolution and dismantling of communities as the people who occupy them change. How have our communities changed with participation? Helguera, Pablo. Education for Socially Engaged Art: A Materials and Techniques Handbook. New York: Jorge Pinto Books, 2011.
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