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Our cultural and educational programs encourage dialogue and build public trust
We foster exchange, advocacy, and research across cultures and around the world
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FEATURED PROJECTS

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Gas Exchanges & The Right to Breathe
May 10, 2022 – Jul 24, 2022
An exhibition on breathing and its legal, political, and technological entanglements
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Rx/Museum: Art & Reflection in Medicine
Begins Jul 20, 2020
An initiative fostering clinician well-being and a humanistic practice of medicine
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The Penn Medicine Listening Lab
Oct 14, 2019 – Nov 22, 2020
A storytelling initiative that embraces the power of listening as a form of care
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Current Events
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May 10, 2022
A Thousand Breaths

A conversation about community-driven activism towards a right to breathe

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Global
Oct 22, 2020 – Nov 17, 2020
Field Reports

Informal conversations on contemporary aesthetics and democracy during the pandemic

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Cloud
Oct 8, 2020
The Sis Uprising: A Critical Kiki

A conceptual Black spectacle about the protests, COVID-19, and legacies of race, gender and sexuality

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Ongoing Projects
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Pandemic Uncertainty Fund
Pandemic Uncertainty Fund

A mutual aid fund for staff and collaborators in need of financial relief

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Health Ecologies Lab
Health Ecologies Lab

A lab focusing on the impact of social systems on the health of individuals and communities

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Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative
Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative

An initiative elevating stories and histories of the struggle for justice in Philadelphia and beyond

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John Cage | How to Get Started
John Cage | How to Get Started

A permanent installation that features a rarely heard performance by John Cage, and will evolve over time through participation from the public

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Mediatheque
Mediatheque

A screening room for programming about media arts, activism, and mediated experience

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The Penn Medicine Listening Lab
The Penn Medicine Listening Lab

A storytelling initiative that embraces the power of listening as a form of care

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Our Work is Not Done
Our Work is Not Done

Resources for the struggle against anti-Black racism and subjugation in all its forms

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Act as if it were possible
Act as if it were possible

A Voter's Guide to the issues and urgencies at stake in the coming election

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Communities to Come
Communities to Come

A toolkit featuring projects and recordings from our archive in response to COVID-19

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Our values

Our identity as an organization and our projects are shaped by nine values. They guide our continued formation, and hold us accountable to our history and our publics.

Urgency
Our projects are responsive to social issues and concerns
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Dialogue
Our projects enable and perform polycentric conversations
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Resistance
Our projects question power, ethics, and institutionality
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Partnerships
Our projects build informal economies and collaborations
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Exception
Our projects resist classification and make alternatives possible
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Display
Our projects rethink display to enable new forms of encounter
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Publics
Our projects cultivate publics and new modes of engagement
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Geographies
Our projects negotiate local and global borders
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Process
Our projects are marked by change, exchange, and self-reflection
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Join our efforts

The election and its aftermath have heightened vulnerability and disillusionment about the presence of violence in contemporary life. Slought seeks to change these conditions through the power of dialogue and creative action. Join us in building networks for collaboration and solidarity across our communities.

Our Strategic Plan

Learn how we are renewing our commitment to rethinking social structures

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Community Survey

Our programs are developed in dialogue with our publics. Please complete a short survey to add your voice to the mix.

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Open Positions

Slought welcomes dedicated individuals who share our values and are excited to work in an open and creative environment.

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Propose a Project

We welcome new proposals from individuals and organizations who share our values and our commitment to dialogue.

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