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22 Readings on Research, Activism, the Academy and Conduct

Posted by DINP on May 11, 2010

Volume VI, 22 Readings on Research, Activism, the Academy and Conduct is part of an occasional series of educational readers by the Think Tank that has yet to be named.

30 Readings on Neutrality as it relates to Art, Politics, Biology and Space.

Posted by DINP on February 25, 2010

Participating Directors:
Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Cross-Pollination (DICP)
Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Failure (DIF)
Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Tactical Education (DITE)

Volume V, 30 Readings on Neutrality as it relates to Art, Politics, Biology and Space, is part of an occasional series of educational readers by the [...]

PHPM07: What Happens When Governments Collapse?

Posted by DINP on September 10, 2009

Over the past few months state governments around the country have encountered shrinking tax revenues due to dramatic changes in our economy. Discussions about the economy, the recession, consumer confidence, etc. have led to threats to core governmental services and even government shutdown while corporations received bailouts to the tune of billions of dollars that were equivalent to over $4,500 per US citizen (of all ages).

DPPI01: Davis Square Tiles

Posted by DIM on April 6, 2009

The first of our Distributed & Participatory Public Investigations, this project will collect the personal histories of the people who created the Davis Square T stop tiles.

25 Texts on “Community” in Question: Conversations on art, activism, and community

Posted by DIM on April 6, 2009

Volume IV in a series of occasional readers by the Think Tank that has yet to be named explores the idea of community.

“Community” in Question: Conversations and readings on art, activism, and community vis-à-vis the Green Line Expansion

Posted by DIM on April 5, 2009

Directors of the Think Tank that has yet to be named present a workshop for a conference on art and activism at Tufts University in April 2009.

Radical Orations on Art, Activism & Education

Posted by DIM on April 8, 2008

As part of an ongoing conversation on art, activism, and education, we present documentation of radical educational texts broadcast throughout Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago in the style of public orations.

23 Readings on Art, Activism & Education

Posted by DIM on April 7, 2008

Volume III in an occasional series of educational readers by the Think Tank that has yet to be named.

A Conversation on ART ACTIVISM + EDUCATION

Posted by DINP on November 6, 2007

Can, should and how do we think about a point at which art, activism and education merge? Here is the brief beginnings of a discussion by three Directors on the subject.

The Insurmountable Dilemma of a Rooted Practice

Posted by DIM on October 29, 2007

Four Directors recently attended Artivistic 2007 in Montreal, where we presented a collaborative montage of typical conference presentation formats in order to interrogate a potential failure in our work. We have described this failure as the Insurmountable Dilemma of a Rooted Practice.

What is the indigenous body?

Posted by DIUMa on October 28, 2007

[in preparation for its participation in the Artivistic conference, the Think Tank engaged the question put forward by Artivistic, “what is indigenous?”
This post is an accumulation of notes, sketches and responces generated between the two directors, DIUM/a and DIIs. This project will continue to receive updated submissions to this post. Please continue [...]

Critical Spatial Practice (a view from Philadelphia)

Posted by DIM on October 10, 2007

A report filed by DIF and DIM that interrogates the notion of critical spatial practice as it pertains to Philadelphia and the work of the Directors of the Think Tank that has yet to be named, as well as other activist work being done in the city.

Dissecting the Sector

Posted by DINP on September 16, 2007

If there is a direct correlation between the well-being of a city and the amount of public art made available to its citizenry, then how it is that Philadelphia, who boasts to have more public art than any other city in the nation, is also leading the nation in murder?

PHPM06 “A Picnic with the Natives”

Posted by DIUMa on August 28, 2007

“A Picnic with the Natives,” the sixth publicly held private meeting (PHPM06), continues to scrutinize the cartography of talent, by locating its meeting on an actual site where the “lure of talent” is implemented for the hoped and assumed economic benefit of the community.

SPCC01: Re-Humanization, mediation and the TAZ

Posted by DINP on August 10, 2007

This was the first documented SPCC (Spontaneous Public Critical Conversation) that presented itself to the Directors during a conversation at sidewalk cafe in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. Newly self-appointed temporary Director of the Department for the Investigation of Re-Humanization (DIRH) hosted DIM and DIN for a cup of coffee and the SPCC ensued.

Pedagogical Factory: How We Develop a Critical Reader on a Topic of Great Importance

Posted by DIM on July 24, 2007

The Think Thank that has yet to be named was invited to participate in “Pedagogical Factory: Exploring Strategies for an Educated City” at the Hyde Park Art Center, organized by Jim Duignan of the Stockyard Institute (and realized with the help of many others).

22 Readings on Artists & Gentrification: Think Tank Reader Vol. II

Posted by DIM on July 18, 2007

Volume II in the Think Tank reader series compiles several texts which discuss issues of artists, gentrification, the urban environment, and the so-called Creative Class.

PHPM05: Scrutinizing the Cartography of Talent

Posted by DINP on May 25, 2007

Scrutinizing the Cartography of Talent - A discussion about the Creative Class in proximity to a lecture by its founder, Richard Florida is an investigation into the utilization and marketing of the creative city and the artist as economic savior. Can we interrogate “hipsterization strategies,” where artists are active in the (re)development of blighted urban spaces? How do artists participate in or resist this process?

The Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future: PUBLIC HEARING

Posted by DINP on March 29, 2007

On Saturday March 10, 2007, the Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future held a Public Hearing to gather facts, information and testimony as part of an investigation into the propagation and circulation of the allegedly misrepresentative language that has appeared in the public and journalistic record.