Virtual Street Corners 2010
Virtual Street Corners is sponsored by the Knight Foundation and produced by Boston Cyberarts Inc. with additional support from Black Rock Arts Foundation and the New England Foundation for the Arts. A special thanks to Providea for conferencing equipment, and Steve An and LocaModa for the interactive screens. Thanks also to Online Media Legal Network, Jenevieve Maerker of Foley Hoag LLP, and Jim Grace from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Additional Thanks to Union of Minority Neighborhoods, Andrew Buzzi of Magnum Builders, Will Knight of the Brew Collective, Haitham Husseini electrician, Ceasar McDowell of Dropping Knowledge International, Alphagraphics, Andrew Boyd, Tim Sieber and a myriad of others who generously donated their time to make the project a reality.
We are grateful to Brookline Booksmith, A Nubian Notion, Boston Creative Capital and Nuestra Communidad for hosting the project.
2008 Pilot Installation
Virtual Street Corners was developed during a “Public Art Incubator” residency at The Berwick Research Institute in 2006, and a pilot of the project was supported by MIT Community Fund, Prudential Foundation and the Tomfohrde Foundation. Additional thanks to ACT Roxbury and Councilor Chuck Turner.
Other supporters of the pilot included Videre (now Providea); Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP for legal advice;
Brookline Booksmith, Stash’s Grill and Nuestra Comunidad hosted the 2008 pilot.
Credits
- John Ewing – Director
- Christopher Robbins – Web and Graphic Design
- Kevin Patton – Audio
- Will Knight – Installation Design
- Jacob Leidolf – Post Card and Leaflet design
- Hannah Ireland – Web Development
- Elizabeth Neville – Photography
- Ceasar McDowell -Consultant
- Minotte Romulus – Generally Kick Ass
Community Organizers:
- Jamarhl Crawford
- Pablo Goldbarg
Journalists:
- Jamarhl Crawford
- Tiajuana Malone
- Soul Brown
- John Forrester
- Emily Corwin
- Sue Katz
- Nina LaNegra
- Peter Jurmu