City Intervention Piece
都市介入のための作品

Date: Dec. 3, 2004
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Sifting

Ask passersby to translate one of the following words into any other language.
Make an archive from the words they give you.
Try to get each word translated at least once.

Entry: grow
Function: verb
Definition: evolve
Synonyms: abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen

Source: Roget's New MillenniumT Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.5)

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The word "sift" was often used as a verb to describe converting code from one language to another. Sammet 1969, p.153.

Date: Jan. 7, 2005
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Fallow

With a bucket of nuts (unshelled) and a hammer, Smash one nut after another in a line starting from the Boston Center for the Arts and ending at either the Berkeley Street Community Garden or the South Washington/Thayer Street galleries (or in the reverse direction).

Spacing between nuts is up to each performer. The type of nut is up to each performer. Size of the hammer is up to each performer.

Date: Feb. 4, 2005
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Spacing

Mark the height
Collect heights from everyone walking by and entering the Mills Gallery on Feb. 4, 2005

Date: March 4, 2005
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Pause

Date: April 1, 2005
Time: 6 -8PM

Instruction:
Sprout

Deseed the fruits and vegetables with bare hands
Clean, dry, and separate each seed
Give them out to people

Date: May 6, 2005
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Shade

Measuring shade.
Approximately how much shade are you producing?

Materials: measuring tape, sidewalk chalk, calculator.

Using the measuring tape, measure the height of the object (or person), and the length and width of the shadow itself. Plug values into the formula: (length x height x width)/2 = volume of shade]. Using chalk on the side walk or a calculator determine the volume of shade produced. if desired, record data on a separate sheet of paper.

Date: June 3, 2005
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Zone

Demarcate your own "Empowerment Zone"*

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*"In December 1994, Boston was designated an Enhanced Enterprise Community (EEC) and awarded $44 million by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in loans and grants to promote economic development. The City also received $2.95 million to support human services. By 1999, the EEC created or expanded zone-based businesses; extended childcare services to 1,240 children; and provided education, information and training to 1,000 adults. In addition, 60% of the many new industrial, health care, office, retail and hotel jobs created through EEC funding went to EEC residents.

In January 1999, Boston was designated an Empowerment Zone (EZ) by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Empowerment Zone designation carries a100 million dollar award over a 10-year period. The Zone includes 57,640 residents (1990 Census), covers 5.8 square miles, and extends over sections of downtown, Chinatown, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roxbury, the Seaport District, South Boston, and the South End. The goal of the EZ is to generate economic self-sufficiency for individuals, families, and communities through job creation and human development.

Date: July 1, 2005
Time: 6–8PM

Instruction:
Turn

Choose someone on the street to follow.
Follow them until they turn.