"DSLR (The Department of Space and Land Reclamation) was a weekend campaign [held on] April 27, 28, and 29th, in 2001 that attempted to reclaim all the space, land and visual culture of Chicago back to the people who work for it, live in it and create it. Reclamation projects, those that actively trespass with the intent to resist, are taking place across the city and throughout the weekend. Whether they are spilling out of the sewers, taking the parks, invading the steps of City Hall, scrambling up trees or cramming the sidewalks, these projects are actively engaging everyday life."
"As the movement to resist capital and control grows to global proportions, artists/activists/radical citizens have once again found common ground. The umbrella term, reclamation, seems to encompass the wide array tactics in use. Whether this is through squatting, guerilla gardens, pirate radio, graffiti, hacking, billboard manipulation or performative public interventions, these practices all resist the encroachment of top down centralized control and private capital. "
Text from: http://www.counterproductiveindustries.com/
Posted by delpesco at December 4, 2004 12:25 PM