At the culminating event for Creative Time Summit DC: Occupy the Future, a conference on art and social change, participants convened in front of the White House for a collective reading of artist Zoe Leonard’s 1992 text piece, “I want a president....” Organized by Natalie Campbell and Saisha Grayson, an adaptation of the piece, which focused on current concerns created through community writing workshops and online discussions, was also recited.
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