Works Progress Studio
Field Office Fellowship // Rachel Breen
Rachel Breen is an artist, a teacher and an associate of On the Commons. She teaches art at Anoka Ramsey Community College. Rachel’s main drawing tool is her sewing machine which she uses as a way to examine ideas of contemporary social concerns. She lives in South Minneapolis, has 2 sons and a Beagle named Zues. She is hoping for a good tomato crop from her garden this year.
On the Commons: onthecommons.org
Bank of the Commons Wealth
A public/performance art piece that will investigate strategies for getting participation and investment in the idea of common wealth. The project will involve the creation of a mobile bank comprised of a foot-powered peddle sewing machine that will be stationed at different locations at different times. The public will be encouraged to invest a minimum of a dollar bill in the idea of a bank of the commons. The dollar they invest will be sewn to the dollar invested previously – creating a chain of dollar bills sewn together. Investments in the bank will be logged in a ledger that will accompany the dollar bill chain as a record of public participation and support. My question is – what makes people invest in ideas about the commons.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
FlatPak House, Walker Art Center
Field Office Fellowship is a project by Works Progress and Walker Art Center.
Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash.
Field Office Fellowship // Rachel Breen
Rachel Breen is an artist, a teacher and an associate of On the Commons. She teaches art at Anoka Ramsey Community College. Rachel’s main drawing tool is her sewing machine which she uses as a way to examine ideas of contemporary social concerns. She lives in South Minneapolis, has 2 sons and a Beagle named Zues. She is hoping for a good tomato crop from her garden this year.
On the Commons: onthecommons.org
Bank of the Commons Wealth
A public/performance art piece that will investigate strategies for getting participation and investment in the idea of common wealth. The project will involve the creation of a mobile bank comprised of a foot-powered peddle sewing machine that will be stationed at different locations at different times. The public will be encouraged to invest a minimum of a dollar bill in the idea of a bank of the commons. The dollar they invest will be sewn to the dollar invested previously – creating a chain of dollar bills sewn together. Investments in the bank will be logged in a ledger that will accompany the dollar bill chain as a record of public participation and support. My question is – what makes people invest in ideas about the commons.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
FlatPak House, Walker Art Center
Field Office Fellowship is a project by Works Progress and Walker Art Center.
Photo by Zoe Prinds-Flash.