Sunday, November 7, 2010

The Manhattan-based City Meditation Crew is a fictitious city department whose workers make silent gestures in “public” spaces to inspire passers-by to pay attention to their surroundings, both physical and cultural, one moment at a time. Clad in white coveralls emblazoned with the orange “slow moving vehicle” triangle, CMC workers are recognizable as they complete mundane tasks a little more contemplatively than usual, breathing new possibilities into their performance and interpretation. CMC members remain nameless to emphasize collective actions over individual identities.

Click here to see a 1 minute video of City Meditation Crew in action

September 11th, 2010 CMC members silently read passages of the Qur’an suggested by Tanweer Haq, the Syracuse University assistant Islamic advisor at Hendricks Chapel.

Photo Maria T Salatino
Photo Maria T Salatino
Photo Maria T Salatino
Photo Maria T Salatino