What’s in a Name: Cantabridgian Edition

Call it performance art. Call it comedy of irony. Call it, well, that’s the point. The Institute for Infinitely Small Things has begun the Initiative for the Renaming of Names in Cambridge. Through 13 separate renaming expeditions, they’ll compile a new nomenclature for the entire city of Cambridge. From what we see we’re not quite sure if they’re going to breach the sanctity of the every-other-block memorial square, but Porter is certainly fair game. From renaming Oxford St. to MIT St., which serves as address for much of Harvard’s science buildings – including the “on the cutting edge of technology” Maxwell-Dworkin, jokingly nicknamed for its prominent architectural angle - to renaming all of Harvard Square to ATM Square, the possibilities can only really get better. We’re especially interested in how they’ll approach some of the spaces that Cambridge shares with Somerville – Davis, Porter, Inman. Lechmere Station presents itself as a good target, hanging out all alone in East Cambridge. The project is sponsored by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things and the Cambridge Arts Council. The activity is participatory – let the windbaggery commence.