Individuals with disabilities and their allies in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, UNC and the Triangle are being invited to participate in a special art and social networking project by artist Park McArthur. The project, Presence Is Progress, is being organized and sponsored by the Town of Chapel Hill’s Public Arts Office.
Presence Is Progress was conceived as a series of collective mobilizations/performances to encourage community bonding, public awareness, dialog and questioning. Each mobilization will utilize different pathways and sidewalks between Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The mobilizations are designed to highlight existing and new relationships between the participants, the participants and the surrounding architectural infrastructure and the participants and the observers who witness the mobilizations.
The first Presence Is Progress mobilization will take place Saturday, March 6 at 2 p.m. at the Carrboro ArtsCenter, 300 East Main St. It will last 30 minutes and end with food and time for socializing. A second mobilization will take place March 27 in Chapel Hill. A website, presenceisprogress.wordpress.com, has been set up for updates, questions and comments.