Urgency

Examples

The graphic bar indicates the intensity of the values engaged

Begins Jul 16, 2012

An urban education model that responds to the crisis in community participation and political representation by circulating different ways of thinking and making

Values

6/6 Urgency
6/6 Dialogue
6/6 Resistance
6/6 Partnerships
6/6 Exception
6/6 Display
6/6 Publics
6/6 Geographies
6/6 Process

The Demonstrators Also Waited

Begins Jan 17, 2012

The Demonstrators Also Waited

A conversation with Allan Sekula on the politics of occupation and the shifting relationship between photojournalism and global capitalism

Values

Waste of Identity: The Activist Who Never Existed

Begins Oct 6, 2011

Waste of Identity: The Activist Who Never Existed

A conversation with Leo Bersani and others, building upon Bjarne Melgaard's work, exploring questions of gay identity, activism, and militancy

Values

5/6 Urgency
5/6 Dialogue
6/6 Exception
6/6 Display

It Is What It Is

Begins Mar 28, 2009

It Is What It Is

Conversations about the history, present circumstances, and future of Iraq with Jeremy Deller and others

Values

On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk

Begins Oct 6, 2006

On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk

A conversation with Tim Dean about alternative approaches to kinship that oppose normative heterosexual relationships

Values

4/6 Urgency
4/6 Dialogue
6/6 Resistance
6/6 Exception
3/6 Display
3/6 Publics
5/6 Process

Kovert Konflagration Kovenant

Begins Nov 13, 2004

Kovert Konflagration Kovenant

An exhibition by David Stephens about cross burning and the 2002 Supreme Court ruling in Virginia Vs. Black

Values

6/6 Urgency
5/6 Resistance
4/6 Display
3/6 Publics
3/6 Geographies
5/6 Process

Perpetual Peace Project

Begins Oct 1, 2010

Perpetual Peace Project

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

Values

6/6 Urgency
6/6 Dialogue
6/6 Resistance
6/6 Partnerships
6/6 Exception
6/6 Display
6/6 Publics
6/6 Geographies
6/6 Process

Into the Open

Begins Sep 14, 2008

Into the Open

Highlighting America's rich history of architectural experimentation and the original ways architects today are working collaboratively to invigorate community activism and environmental policy

Values

Evasions of Power

Begins Mar 30, 2007

Evasions of Power

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

Values

6/6 Urgency
6/6 Dialogue
6/6 Resistance
6/6 Exception
6/6 Publics
6/6 Geographies
6/6 Process

A Civilian Occupation

Begins Mar 13, 2004

A Civilian Occupation

An investigation by architects Rafi Segal and Eyal Weizman on the politics of Israeli architecture

Values

Cities Without Citizens

Begins Jul 9, 2003

Cities Without Citizens

Drawing from Rosenbach Museum archives, this exhibition explores the limits and conditions of citizenship in early and modern times

Values

4/6 Resistance
5/6 Exception
6/6 Display
5/6 Publics

Identity

Begins Jan 5, 2014

Identity

A new identity that radically transforms how Slought operates in Philadelphia, the world, and the cloud, and makes legible the organization's movements as it performs its activities

Values

6/6 Urgency
6/6 Dialogue
6/6 Resistance
6/6 Partnerships
6/6 Exception
6/6 Display
6/6 Publics
6/6 Geographies
6/6 Process

On the Political Equator

Begins Jul 7, 2011

On the Political Equator

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

Values

5/6 Urgency
5/6 Dialogue
6/6 Resistance
5/6 Exception
6/6 Display
5/6 Publics

Fairytale Project | 童话项目 | Märchen-Projekt

Begins Mar 6, 2011

Fairytale Project | 童话项目 | Märchen-Projekt

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)