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Driven by a powerful belief in the value of free expression, Sheryl Oring has for more than a decade been helping people across the United States voice concerns about public affairs through her 'I Wish to Say' project. This book uses that project as the starting point for an exploration of a series of issues of public interest being addressed by artists today. It features essays by contributors ranging from art historians and practicing artists to scholars and creators working in literature, political science and architecture. All the contributors offer a different approach, but they share a primary goal of sparking a dialogue not just among makers of art, but among viewers, readers and the concerned public at large. The resulting volume will be an essential resource for politically engaged contemporary artists searching for innovative, cross-disciplinary ways of making and sharing art.

Acknowledgments

Preface - Sheryl Oring

Taking a Moment to Have a Say - Corey Dzenko

“I WISH TO SAY:” 2004

Part I – Ruminations: The Artist’s Perspective

Ruminations: The Artist’s Perspective - Sheryl Oring

The Typewriter: An Ode to Its Smells, Sounds, and Tactile Responses - Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

The Look: Patty and Her Avatars - Santiago Echeverry

The Question: The Door to What We Most Want to Know - Chloë Bass

The Camera: Coming to Terms with Photographing People - Dhanraj Emanuel

The Digital Archive: Maintaining Privacy by Giving It All Away - Hasan Elahi

The Paper, the Game, and the City Park: Places for Things to Happen - Lee Walton

The Street: Fleeting Situations and Doings - Ed Woodham

The City: The Political Equator and the Radicalization of the Local - Teddy Cruz

The Road: Stories From the Navajo Nation - Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Dissent: American Style - Ricardo Dominguez

“I WISH TO SAY:” 2008

Part II - Frameworks: Scholarly Views

Frameworks: Scholarly Views - Sheryl Oring

Toward a Sociability of Objects - Edward Sterrett

Socially Engaged Art, Photography, and Art History - Bill Anthes

Activism’s Art: A (Very) Brief History of Social Practice and Artist - Books Miriam Schaer

Free Speech in a Digital Era - David Greene

Efficacy, Trust, and the Future of Civic Engagement - David B. Holian

“I WISH TO SAY:” 2010 TO 2016

Part III - Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts

Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts - Sheryl Oring

Turning Strangers into Neighbors - Kemi Ilesanmi

Let It Linger - George Scheer

Small Acts, Forlorn Practices - Radhika Subramaniam

Part IV - Postscript: An Activist’s Discourse

Postscript: An Activist’s Discourse - Sheryl Oring

Q&A: Sheryl Oring and Svetlana Mintcheva

“I WISH TO SAY:” SEQUELS

“I WISH TO SAY:” Chronology and Credits

Endnotes

Bibliography

About the Contributors

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“URGENT,” “PAST DUE,” “FINAL NOTICE,”
are stamped on postcards typed from dictation
of ordinary people and subsequently sent to
the president. By listening to and transcribing
people’s hopes, dreams, anger, and pleas, Sheryl
Oring’s “I Wish to Say” is a performative speaking
truth to power. This book beautifully presents this
project and its participants, as well as provides
Sheryl Oring has activated democracy by stressing insightful context and analysis of artists who
are forging new pathways in ephemeral socially conversation over voting and reactivating a seemingly
engaged art.abandoned, deeply gendered tool of communication: the
typewriter. Her voice is inseparable from that of her
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interlocutors, the many U.S. constituents participating in Artist
the project, as well as the co-authors and readers of this
book. We have much to learn from her and the artists,
scholars, and activists included, as we all ask ourselves Now that politics and performance art are one
what we would say to the U.S. president. and the same, Sheryl Oring’s facilitation of public
engagement through her performance art work,
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“I Wish to Say,” is a ftting and needed action. In
Artist and Duke University Professor, Author of Art of the
this 2016 election season, I expect many folks
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will wish to say something to our presidential
candidates!
Driven by a powerful belief in the value of free expression,
Martha WilsonSheryl Oring has for more than a decade been helping
Artist and Founding Director, people across the United States voice concerns about public
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affairs through her “I Wish to Say” project. This book
uses that project as the starting point for an exploration
of a series of issues of public interest being addressed by The unhurried, heart-felt messages generated
artists today. It features essays by contributors ranging by Sheryl Oring’s “I Wish to Say” project calmly
from art historians and practicing artists to creators testify to the signifcance of her rescue plan for
a society bedeviled by pixilated manias and the working in literature, political science, and architecture.
allure of electronic display screens.All the contributors offer a different approach, but they
share a primary goal of sparking a dialogue not just Gregory Sholette
among makers of art, but among viewers, readers, and the Author of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age
of Enterprise Culture concerned public at large. The resulting volume will be an
essential resource for politically engaged contemporary
artists searching for innovative, cross-disciplinary ways
of making and sharing art.
“I Wish to Say” exercises art’s muscles in the
social practice of democracy. In the midst of
Sheryl Oring is Assistant Professor of Art at the America’s fractured body politic, the “I Wish to
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Say” project invites us to talk back to power with
the power of the wish.
ISBN 978-1-78320-671-1 Cora Fisher
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intellect | www.intellectbooks.comACTIVATING DEMOCRACY
The “I Wish to Say” ProjectACTIVATING DEMOCRACY
The “I Wish to Say” Project
EDITED by Sheryl Oring
intellect Bristol, UK / Chicago, USAFor ShiraFirst published in the UK in 2016 by
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Printed & bound by Gwasg Gomer Cyf / Gomer Press Ltd, UK.CONTENTS
Acknowledgments IX
Preface Sheryl OringXI
Taking a Moment to Have a Say Corey Dzenko 01
“I WISH TO SAY:” 2004 07
PART I Ruminations: The Artist’s Perspective 31s Perspective, Sheryl Oring 33
The Typewriter: An Ode to Its Smells, Sounds, and Tactile Responses Sarah Shun-lien Bynum37
The Look: Patty and Her Avatars Santiago Echeverry41
The Question: The Door to What We Most Want to Know Chloë Bass 45
The Camera: Coming to Terms with Photographing People Dhanraj Emanuel 47
The Digital Archive: Maintaining Privacy by Giving It All Away Hasan Elahi 49
The Paper, the Game, and the City Park: Places for Things to Happen Lee Walton 55
The Street: Fleeting Situations and Doings Ed Woodham 61
The City: The Political Equator and the Radicalization of the Local Teddy Cruz 67
The Road: Stories From the Navajo Nation Stephanie Elizondo Griest 71
Dissent: American Style Ricardo Dominguez 75
“I WISH TO SAY:” 200879v
ACTIVATING DEMOCRACY
PART II Frameworks: Scholarly Views 99iews Sheryl Oring 101
Toward a Sociability of Objects Edward Sterrett 103
Socially Engaged Art, Photography, and Art History Bill Anthes 111
Activism’s Art: A (Very) Brief History of Social Practice and Artist Books Miriam Schaer 115
Free Speech in a Digital Era David Greene 121
Effcacy, Trust, and the Future of Civic Engagement David B. Holian 127
“I WISH TO SAY:” 2010 TO 2016 133
PART III Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts 159
Conclusion: Listening and the Power of Small Acts Sheryl Oring 161
Turning Strangers into Neighbors Kemi Ilesanmi 163
Let It Linger George Scheer 167
Small Acts, Forlorn Practices Radhika Subramaniam 171
PART IV Postscript: An Activist’s Discourse 177 Sheryl Oring 179
Q&A: Sheryl Oring and Svetlana Mintcheva 181
“I WISH TO SAY:” SEQUELS 193Y:” Chronology and Credits 207
Endnotes 213
Bibliography215
About the Contributors 219
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“I Wish to Say” was made possible frst and foremost by the more than 2,500 people I have had
the pleasure of meeting and typing for in dozens of locations across the United States over the
past decade. My sincere thanks for sharing your thoughts, comments, and stories. A grant from
the New York Foundation for the Arts came at a critical time near the beginning of this project,
and the tremendous support from Creative Capital over the life of the project and, more recently,
the Franklin Furnace Fund, has allowed this work to grow and thrive. Arts organizations such as
these play an important role in supporting unconventional works and bringing them to a
national audience. Hats of to these organizations and leaders such as Ruby Lerner and Martha Wilson.
Nonprofts such as the First Amendment Project, the National Coalition Against
Censorship, the Free Expression Network, Bryant Park in New York, and the College Art Association
have also played key roles in supporting this work. And a big thanks to the dozens of universities
across the country that hosted shows on their campuses, from a 2004 show at Georgia State
University organized by curator Cathy Byrd, to 2008 shows at the Claremont Colleges in Southern
California, Wichita State University, and many other campuses thanks to the eforts of Jennifer
Baumgardner at Soapbox Inc: Speakers Who Speak Out.
Te project has received a tremendous response from the press, with reports appearing in
Te New York Times; the Los Angeles Times; on National Public Radio; and on ABC News, and
in dozens of other newspapers and media outlets. Tanks to Patrick Kowalczyk at PKPR in New
York; Sascha Freudenheim at PAVE Communications & Consulting in New York; and Barbara
DeLollis in Washington, D.C., for your savvy communications strategies.
Tanks to Neil Katz and Ajmal Aqtash, who designed the “I Wish to Say” exhibition held
at the McCormick Freedom Museum in Chicago in 2008. I met Neil and Ajmal while working
at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in New York and the entire architectural team I worked with
there provided a tremendous amount of encouragement, support, and inspiration over the years.
IACTIVATING DEMOCRACY
Tanks to Jef Holmes, Ken Lewis, Dan Weaver, Michael Kim, Sang Won Lee, Sophia Cha, Susan
Lane, and the rest of the team.
Tis project has relied on help from so many volunteers, whose enthusiasm and belief in
the project have kept me going. Tanks to Kate Carpenter Bernier, who provided tremendous
support in Florida and Washington, D.C., in 2004, and the many others who helped make each
show run smoothly.
A special thanks to the typists who joined me in the typing pool: the very frst shows with
additional typists were with Jessica Sledge and Stephanie Lie in 2010. Tanks to Polly Adkins,
Corey Dzenko, Joanna Hardman, and Caitlen Nelis Masters, who joined me in Charlotte in
2012. And to Amy Sayre Baptista, Jessica Kearney, Caroline Macon, Nora Sharp, and Shane
Zimmer, who did a fantastic job during the shows at the Out of Site festival in Chicago in Summer
2015, organized by the amazing Carron Little.
Ethan Lercher, the events director at Bryant Park in New York, has worked with me on
several versions of the show, including the largest to date held in Spring 2016 in conjunction with
the PEN World Voices Festival. I am grateful for the years of support and advice from Ethan,
who has allowed me to show this work in my favorite park time afer time. Te 2016 show at
Bryant Park was done with the help of nearly 100 volunteers, including sixty students from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a number of PEN writers in New York. A
complete list of the project team is included in the project Chronology and Credits section at the end
of the book. Special thanks to Special thanks to April Lynch, Barbara DeLollis, and Hans Tester
for being there when I needed it