Bibliobandido
by Marisa Jahn for REV- with Rachel McIntire & the community of El Pital, 2010 (ongoing)
Recently, in El Pital, a village in rural Honduras, a masked bandit calling himself the Bibliobandido ambled through town in broad daylight, mounted on a burro...
The Middles
by Marisa Jahn for REV-, 2010
Set in the time between ancient and contemporary Central Asia, 'The Middles' is the name of an imagined post office for undeliverable written correspondence. The letters found here wait in feverish limbo for their discovery, anxious to resolve, rejoin, and renew writer with recipient.
10 sec 1 bayt
by Marisa Jahn & Connor Dickie, 2009
A competition for the best 10 second poem inspired by the tradition of the two-line poem in Tajik/Persian literature and a new art form developed by Central Asian cell phone users who subscribe to a plan where the first ten seconds are free.
Ticketing Jessica Lappin
by Marisa Jahn in collaboration with Street Vendor Project, 2010
A public art project drawing attention to the recent attempt to legislatively criminalize food vendors in New York City.
Who Makes the Rent?
by Marisa Jahn for Center for Urban pedagogy with teens from the College Now program at Brooklyn College, 2009
An informative and playful book designed by teens that investigates how rent levels are set for 1 million rent-regulated apartments in New York City.
Where We Are Now
by various editors including Marisa Jahn, 2009 (ongoing)
A network and online journal with the mission to illuminate, deepen and amplify the discourse of aesthetic and political practices in New York City.
Thanksgiving Dinner in 5 seconds
by Marisa Jahn & Steve Shada, 2009
An apparatus for cooking a Thanksgiving meal using rocket-triggered lightning.
PleasureCraft
by Marisa Jahn & Steve Shada, 2008
A kit for any klutz who wishes to woo a potential lover, ‘Pleasurecraft’ is a vehicular kit that choreographs gesture and landscape to produce an outting full of splendor and romance.
WOW Pod
by Cati Vaucelle, Steve Shada, & Marisa Jahn, 2009
WOW Pod is an immersive architectural solution for the advanced WOW (World of Warcraft) player that provides and anticipates all life needs.
Wearable Musical Insturments
by Marisa Jahn & Steve Shada, 2005
Two vests sewn with an accordion-like instrument between; individuals wear them facing each other; as the two participants embrace and pull away, their movements generate sound. Allegorizing human relationships, the wearable instruments resemble prosthetic devices...
Union Square Partnership Sucks
by Marisa Jahn with Rev. Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping, 2008
A parody website spoofing The Union Square Partnership, the Business Improvement District in Union Square Park NYC that is involved in privatizing the historic pavilion on the North Side of the park.
Bailout = Bullshit
protest poster graphics by Marisa Jahn in collaboration with many others, 2008
This poster graphic was designed as part of a campaign protesting the government bailout of Wall Street that took place at 4 pm, Thursday Sept 25th in New York City.
. MetaFormances
by Marisa Jahn & others, 2007
A correspondence-based social sculpture that mimes the protocol of business form letters and request their recipient to perform absurd, erotic, and illicit behavior...
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