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Geographies

Our projects negotiated local and global borders. We engaged our participants and publics across conceptual and spatial boundaries.

Learn more about how our programs engaged and performed the value of geographies.


Examples

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Begins Mar 3, 2011

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

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Begins Oct 22, 2009

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

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Begins Oct 11, 2007

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

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Begins Oct 8, 2005

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

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Begins Apr 1, 2004

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

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Begins Mar 13, 2012

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

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Begins Oct 1, 2010

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

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Begins Dec 10, 2008

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

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Begins Mar 30, 2007

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

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Begins Feb 16, 2007

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

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Begins Jul 7, 2011

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

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Begins Mar 6, 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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Begins Jan 23, 2011

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

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Begins Aug 27, 2010

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

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Begins Mar 7, 2002

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

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