Transformation through communication is today's theme. A culture of freedom was promoted through art at the former Blockbuster video space (above Pier 1 Imports in the above picture) in the Porter Square Galleria today during the final day of Cambridge Arts Council's 3-weekend-long Open Studios. BREATHE: Cambridge was set up at the entrance to the space welcoming art appreciators to participate in our sound project as they entered a space occupied by photographers, painters, artisans, sculptors and more. "Would you like to help us create some art?" This questioned proved irresistible to visitors entering a space filled with inspiring works. The first words collected today were read by a giggly little girl following a creative process of pure bliss as her mother transcribed her responses to the prompts of the Breathe form poem. We had our second beatbox cypher in two days, heard Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese languages, recorded infants and elders. The afternoon opened into a collaborative process that I've honestly never imagined possible. People, technology, time and space harmoniously converged in this relic of a dying (if not already post-mortem) era of media consumption. A bankrupted Blockbuster and converted Jennifer Convertibles opened space up for a higher level of human interaction through art and conversation. Destruction leads to rebuilding as the exhale opens space for the inhale. BREATHE!
- MJ
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