Geographies

A community history project documenting Philadelphia's neighborhoods, buildings, and public spaces amidst widespread change

A conversation with Achille Mbembe and others about underground spaces and the vertical and racial segmentation of the city

An outdoor installation by Braco Dimitrijevic featuring photo portraits of unknown persons

A seminar by Hélène Cixous about displacement, exile, and the relation of art and literature to cities and their destruction

A conversation about Dr. Albert C. Barnes and the resistance he encountered in Philadelphia to his educational and aesthetic method

Programs with Huang Rui and Ko Siu Lan exploring the social construction of the citizen through signs, languages, and ideology

A curatorial intervention exploring 21st century prospects for international peace through a series of symposia, exhibitions, lectures, and films

An exhibition exploring and questioning transience, mobility, and Turkish identity

Exploring overlooked urban zones, state borders and extra-territorial sites throughout the world, contributors probe contemporary perspectives on power and its evasions

A series of moving conversations and archival exchanges across different social, institutional and cultural contexts

An exhibition and conversation with Sergio Fajardo and others about the relationship between public policy, social justice, and civic imagination

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)

A space for inter-cultural conversation and research about art and advocacy, exploring a variety of trends, shared differences, and common concerns

A research initiative and publication series exploring the history of the Venice Biennale of Architecture and the relationship between architecture and display

Recordings by Fred Wah of readings, lectures and discussions by notable New American poets