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NO Parade
As part of Version>07 - the insurrection internationale - http://www.lumpen.com/VERSION7/

DATE: Saturday, May 5, 2007
TIME: 12 noon to 2 pm
LOCATION: Chicago (and points beyond)
CONTACT: Jenny Roberts jenrobe@earthlink.net

NO Parade IMAGES

NO Paraders

Vesna Grbovic: Here

Beatriz Albuquerque + Anthony Cobb
Place: Lawrence Street between Kimball and Western
Time: noon to 1 pm
Duration: 1 hour

Mike Yong and Ben Shepard
Place: 57th/Blackstone to 60th/Cottage Grove and back.
Time: noon to 12:30 pm
Duration: half-hour

Chance of Showers (Bridget Kies, Elizabeth Czekner, and Liz Wuerffel)
Place: We will be marching up and down Clark Street in Andersonville, from Foster to Bryn Mawr.
Time: noon to 2 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Other information: The Chance of Showers website is www.chanceofshowersperform.com

Karen Reimer
Place: From her house to her garden. The route is Harper to Dorchester and then straight south to 61st street.
Time: noon to 12:20 pm
Duration: 20 minutes

Mike Benedetto
Place: Ashland Avenue. from its southernmost point in the Chicago city limits to its northernmost point in the Chicago city limits.
Time: 6am to noon to 2 pm to completion
Duration: Several hours

Jenny Roberts
Place: Graceland Cemetery for one and one-half hours, then Irving Park to the lakefront, one-half hour
Time: noon to 2 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Other information: I will carry a bunch of white balloons with the word NO written on them (I will give them to passersby on the way to the lake).

Phil Passen and Barb Gregorich
Place: Door County, Wisconsin: on County Highway B south of Frank Murphy Park in Egg Harbor
Time: 1 pm to 2 pm
Duration: 1 hour

Dawn Brennan
Place: I'll march round the Point in Hyde Park and up and down the lakefront between the Point and the 61st beach.
Time: noon to 1 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Other information: She'll wear black and white clothes with contrasting letters N O all over

Sharon and Steve Johnson
Place: around Portage Park between 12 and 1:00.
Time: noon to 1 pm
Duration: 1 hour

MM Robinson
Place: Lake and May to Peoria turning right down to Washington turning left and walking to Halsted, then left on Halsted up to Lake and back to May St.
Time: noon to 12:30 pm
Duration: one-half hour
Other: He’ll wear a NO t-shirt

Rich Wilson
Place: I will accompany Vesna Grbovic on her No-walk. But, being a dog, I may, of course, stray to other parts of town.
Time: noonish – 2ish or 3ish poodle-time
Duration: probably 1-2 hours

Jennifer Karmin
Place: to be announced
Time:
Duration:
Other:

Robin Morrissey
Place: Broadway to Diversey
Time: approximately noon to approximately 3 pm
Duration: three hours
Other: She will wear her button and respond to anyone, whether adult, dog or child, with the word “no.” This will not be a no parade of convenience, as it is really not that convenient to the not-parading.

Burleigh Kronquist
Place: The route is as follows. Walk south from Michigan and Randolph to Michigan-Adams. Walk west to Adams-Clark. Walk north to Clark-Washington Walk east to Washington-Wabash. Walk south to Wabash-Monroe. Walk west to Monroe-Dearborn. Walk north to Dearborn-Madison. Walk east to Madison-State.
Time: noon to approximately 1:30 pm Duration: one and one-half hours
Other: The Burleigh Kronqjuist No Parade route will essentially form an inward winding, square-edged spiral starting at the corner of Randolph and Michigan and ending in the exact center of Chicago (The City of No): State and Madison. When the parade arrives at its final point, No cards will be handed out to passers-by for 15 minutes.

Sally Havlis
Place: to be announced
Time:
Duration:
Other:

Call for Participation

NO Parade
Saturday, May 5, 2007
12 noon to 2 pm
As part of the Version 07 festival

WHAT:
The NO Parade is a sidewalk parade. At the same time it is an anti-parade, an anti-spectacle — in other words, it is no parade.

Participation in the NO Parade is open to anyone who is interested. Rather than a large gathering of people in one place marching together in the street, the NO parade consists of individuals (or perhaps small groups of two or three) who will walk/march along the sidewalk on the same day and at the same time but in different areas of the city. This parade is simultaneously collective and individual, apparent and unnoticeable, one whole and many disparate parts. This parade can take place at the same time anywhere in the world.

WHERE:
Participants will decide where they wish to march in the parade. They may choose to walk around the same block for a prescribed length of time or walk from a specific beginning point to a destination. They may choose their location according to convenience or with a specific purpose in mind relating to the word NO.

WHEN:
Participants will march for at least half an hour and at most two hours on Saturday, May 5, from noon to 2 pm

NO STUFF:
Participants will carry or wear some object/item that has the word NO printed or written on it (a small flag, a button, a t-shirt, a hat).

We will provide some small NO items (buttons, flags, business cards) available for pickup on Saturday, April 28, 2007 from noon to 3 pm at 415 W. North Avenue (Jenny Roberts, ring bottom bell).

In addition, participants will be free to create their own versions of NO. For instance, they may:

• Make a small sidewalk NO float in a wagon or child’s stroller
• Make a NO costume
• Make something to carry that has to do with the word NO
• Twirl a NO baton
• Engage in some other performative action of their choice relating to the word NO

If you intend to participate, please:

• Notify us (Jenny Roberts at jenrobe@earthlink.net or Vesna Grbovic at vgrbovic@mac.com) about the length of time you will participate as well as the route you will take (we will create a list of participants and their routes and post it on this website).
• Document your march with two or three photographs (taken by a passerby or friend), and e-mail them to us (we will then compile the photographs into an archive/record and give a copy (on CD-R) to any participant who wants it).

We welcome your participation!

If you have any questions, please e-mail Jenny Roberts at jenrobe@earthlink.net or Vesna Grbovic at vgrbovic@mac.com






Past Projects

The NO project has been ongoing since 2003. Recent projects include:

November18-25 2005: NO flag up for a week on UIC campus at 1240 W. Harrison St. as part of the project "Temporary Allegiance" by Philip von Zweck

2005: thenoproject.com website up

2003-2006: Banners through various city locations, mini flags distributed to citizens

June 2003: NO business cards distributed and NO flag displayed during "Politics as Usual" exhibit at Aron Packer Gallery

March/April 2003: A five-minute video of the word NO appeared periodically on Channel 19 CAN TV over two months

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