THE URBAN HOMESTEADING PROJECT
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Sidewalk (2007)
The Urban Homesteading Project created a temporary residence on the sidewalk in Brooklyn for 24 hours, starting at dawn on Saturday, November 23rd.
After scavenging in the garbage for two hours on the previous day, we filled a U-haul with enough reusable "refuse" to furnish half a city block. In the pre-dawn hours on Saturday we unloaded the truck onto the sidewalk on Union Avenue.
We invited community members to contribute unwanted household items and to live in our homestead for however long they could endure the cold. Over fifty friends, neighbors and passersby joined us for movie-watching, cooking, napping and lively discussions about street life, public space and the utilization of available resources.
Starting at dawn on Sunday, November 4th, items brought to the temporary living space were made available to all for the taking.
Watch video from Sidewalk here .