Bird in the Sky Primary School of Behavioral Art completed another joyful protest to standardized behavior in downtown Saint Paul on Sept. 1.  Don’t You Feel It Too befuddled and amused conventioneers, media, downtown workers, and the security forces.  One dancer reported “I am so happy to have been part of this shared experience. One of the highlights from my solo dancing yesterday: I was in front of a row of policeman who at first had somewhat stern expressions, then softened a bit, some cracked smiles, and then a little while later I looked back at them and one of them held up the back of a police manual where he had written a big “8.5″. So many wonderful moments!”

Don\’t You Feel It Too?

 Here are a few more links to videos and print press.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMmE7MBYWDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Ghzt7Iefc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIUhUcDUon4

Twin Cites blog called it “the highlight of the Saint Paul experience” (half way down the article): http://tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2008/09/saint-pauls-rnc-police-makeover.html

 
Alas, the group’s still photographer didn’t make it–she was “detained” for being in the wrong place at the right time.  See her Flickr  photos of the Shepard Road arrest scene. 

If you’re in New York, check out Conflux: “The art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space.”

Starting September 11th, over one hundred local and international artists will transform New York City streets into a laboratory for exploring the urban environment at the Conflux Festival. Located in Greenwich Village at the Center for Architecture (a.k.a. Conflux HQ), the four-day event includes art installations, street art interventions, interactive performance, walking tours, bicycle and public-transit expeditions, DIY media workshops, lectures, films and music.

Check out the latest amazing episode of UnConvention TV, from the Liberty Parade to the March on the RNC. UnConvention TV, edited and produced by Chris Strouth, is a mixtape of footage from the Uptake, the Electoral College, and a ton of others. A time capsule of the RNC in St. Paul 2008.