NEW-YORK : ARTISTS SPACE occupé par les Indignés
ARTISTS SPACE à New-York est occupée depuis Samedi 22 octobre par des « indignés » d’un type particulier. Le collectif « Take Artists Space » qui réunit une dizaine d’artistes « indignés » s’en prend ainsi à un lieu emblématique de la Big Apple, plutôt connu pour ses positions radicales et anti-marché. Le mouvement des « indignés » de NYC, après l’occupation de Wall-Street, d’où ils sont régulièrement dégagés sans ménagement par les forces de l’ordre, s’étend désormais à toutes les catégories touchées par la crise qui affecte les démunis mais aussi les classes moyennes, intellectuels et artistes en faisant les premiers frais. Voici le communiqué de presse d’Artists Space :
Artists Space Occupation
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Since Saturday, October 22 at 5pm Artists Space has been occupied by a group of initially ten individuals under the collective title “Take Artists Space”.
Artists Space has for nearly 40 years worked at the forefront of critical discourse addressing the socio-economic context that artists work in. The organization has continuously acted with conviction and integrity.
The group currently occupying Artists Space have done so without our consent. So far it has not been clear to Artists Space staff or its board what purpose or cause this occupation serves.
As a self-critical organization we constantly discuss the purpose of our organization, and the need to assume a critical position in relation to the current economic situation and dominant value systems. We reflect this position in our programs, be it last year’s Charlotte Posenenske exhibition, the recent exhibition on the work of Christopher D’Arcangelo or the forthcoming « Identity » exhibition. We believe that our shared ideas, ideals and values and organizational structure are well equipped to critically address and challenge the complexity of today’s economy within and beyond the art world.
After participation of all staff members in now 24 hours of discussion with the occupiers and enduring physical threats and theft of property, and more so as a result of this being an agendaless occupation, we jointly concluded as per this evening to ask the occupiers to leave the Artists Space
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