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DPPI01: Davis Square Tiles
The Davis Square Tiles Project was a Distributed Participatory Public Investigation begun in Somerville, MA in April 2009 as a way to capture gentrification through interviewing participants in a mid-80’s public art project.
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25 Texts on “Community” in Question: Conversations on art, activism, and community: Think Tank Reader Vol. IV
Part of an occasional series of readers, Vol. IV explores the idea of community.
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“Community” in Question: Conversations and readings on art, activism, and community vis-à-vis the Green Line Expansion
This project was a walking conversation on art, activism, and community vis-à-vis the Green Line Expansion, in which we collectively investigated the proposed public transportation expansion (MBTA Green Line) into Somerville-Medford, MA.
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Radical Orations on Art, Activism & Education
A series of public orations derived from readings of radical literature on art, activism, and education.
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23 Readings on Art, Activism & Education: Think Tank Reader Vol. III
Part of an occasional series of readers, Vol. III addresses the relationships between art, activism, and education.
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The Insurmountable Dilemma of a Rooted Practice
A collaborative montage of typical conference presentation formats in order to interrogate a potential failure in our work: the Insurmountable Dilemma of a Rooted Practice.
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Dissecting the Sector
An intervention within a larger community conversation about the problematic use of art as a tool for revitalization and community development.
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Pedagogical Factory: How We Develop a Critical Reader on a Topic of Great Importance
A prototype for a small-scale, mobile bench and library to house The Think Tank’s reader series, which could be deployed in various contexts to support arts education.
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22 Readings on Artists & Gentrification: Think Tank Reader Vol. II
Part of an occasional series of readers, Vol. II explores issues related to artists, gentrification, the urban environment, and the so-called creative class.
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The Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future: PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing to gather facts, information and testimony as part of an investigation into the propagation and circulation of the language used to describe the state of Philadelphia and its future.