Music for the Season of Occupy
December 26, 2011
Photo Credit: David Franklin
As a writer and sometime musician, I am very much a proponent of “citizen artistry” when it comes to music and theatre. While most music and theatre primarily entertain, I subscribe to the notion that these art forms also serve to not only reflect culture, but as ‘citizen art’ they can serve (and sometimes change) the culture by means of raising consciousness. …more below the artistic squiggle...I believe we see the truth of "citizen artistry" in that of the Occupy Movement…...via the graphic art, as well as the development of new forms of communication/protest, such as the ‘mic check,’ and the rediscovery of the ‘choral’ voice in the use of group chanting.
It also seems that the graphic posters (both hand-made and professional) and the ‘branding’ of the movement, e.g., “We are the 99%,” serve as primary forms of message dissemination. It could also be discussed how the context of itself, is an iconic, archetypal image of the solidarity of the movement.
Now beginning to emerge are songs and music/videos of the movement. I’d like to share some that have surfaced recently, along with some of my own work.
A fellow activist who is currently involved with Occupy Boston received the following video from an activist with Occupy Harvard: Season’s Greetings from Occupy Harvard—Delivering Gifts to some of ...
From the latest Veteran’s for Peace “eblast” (veteransforpeace.org) Jerry Holl of VFP Chapter 69 in San Francisco, CA shares his "Occupy video" dedicated to Veterans for Peace that features Leonard Cohen singing Democracy is coming to the USA
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