It’s taboo to write on the walls of a house. But in this series of seven sessions, invited artists and writers, along with interested members of the public, collaborate in writing on the interior of an out-of-use house on Governors Island as part of “Writing On It All,” a series of interventions conceived of and executed by Alexandra Chasin and Jen Bleier.  Writing On It All takes place in an early 20th-Century house that used to serve as senior officer housing when Governors Island was a military base.

“Out of Regiment: A Project in Personal Mapping,” a project by FPP co-founder Wendy S. Walters, took place on June 22, 2013. Participants were asked to explore topics associated with the history of the island.  Among their own personal touchstones, they engaged with the concepts of fortress, harbor, isolation, and the sea.  All work produced during the session was subject to modification or erasure by subsequent participants, and the space was whitewashed following the event’s conclusion.

On June 29 a closed session is taking place with the Bellevue and NYU programs for survivors of torture.  The last session of the series that is open to the public, takes place on Sunday, June 30.  It will be hosted from 12 to 3 by Ébauche, a multi-genre collaborative arts project: Rebecca Bates, Contributing Editor, Guernica Magazine; Amanda Calderon, Poet, NYU; Haniya Rae, Co-Art Editor, Guernica Magazine.  We encourage everyone to check it out and experience the unique kind of community created by being in the space where everyone is allowed to break the same rule.  It’s the kind of event that is truly worth the trip.

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