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Slought is an organization that builds relationships and social trust through cultural projects.
We foster intercultural exchange, research, and advocacy around the world.
Our website functions as an active resource for producing and sharing knowledge.
Featured Programs

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A Moving Conversation Along the Linear Mile
Begins Aug 16, 2013
Youth researchers organize a walking party from 40th and Walnut to 40th and Wallace Streets to enable relationships across neighborhoods and institutions
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How to Get Started - Live at Symphony Space
Begins May 04, 2012
Symphony Space and PEN World Voices Festival join Slought and John Cage Trust in reviving John Cage's "How To Get Started" (1989) for the first time in New York
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Fairytale Project | 童话项目 | Märchen-Projekt
Begins Mar 06, 2011
A research initiative and archive about the lives and experiences of 1001 Chinese participants who traveled to Kassel, Germany for Ai Weiwei's project "Fairytale" (2007)
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Current Events

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In Philadelphia
Mar 07, 2014
Stalinism and The End of History

This conversation with Boris Groys reconsiders the work of philosopher Alexandre Kojeve and the place of Russia in world history

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In the World
May 20, 2014
Silence and Resistance in the work of Soun-Gui Kim

A symposium at Artsonje Center in Seoul, Korea celebrating a new publication with Soun-Gui Kim

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In the Cloud
Feb 23, 2014
Fairytale Project Workshops

We welcome individuals interested in working with us to realize the Fairytale Project research initiative and online archive

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Current Projects

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Public Voices

Learn what Slought means to our publics. Their unique experiences complement our institutional voice

Alanna Rebbeck, a local musician and high school senior, is interning at Slought, with a focus on exhibitions.

Jeannine Cook, the co-Director of Positive Minds, is a youth facilitator active in Mixplace Studio at Slought.

Sue Ann Prince, the founding director of the American Philosophical Society Museum, has supported Slought since its formation.

Advocacy Blog

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In Philadelphia
Aug 10, 2012
Letters to the Mayor of Philadelphia

I think that the city needs to be more green but also less red. There's just too much red right now, meaning violence, and I think you should take this into consideration.

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In the World
Nov 15, 2011
Where is Architectural Practice?

As architects, we can be responsible for imagining counter spatial procedures, political and economic structures that can produce new modes of sociability and encounter.

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In the Cloud
May 04, 2011
Towards a Politics of Evasiveness

What might the cultural communities that I am part of aspire to evade, through what practices, and ultimately towards what end?

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