the Think Tank that has yet to be named

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

Posted by DINP on March 29, 2007

• Date: Saturday, March 10, 2007
• Location: Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
• Managing Directors:
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Neutrality (DIN)
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of the Unmentionable (DIUM)
• Participating Director In Absentia:
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of the Structure of Expectations (DISE)
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Meaning (DIM)

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. The audience was invited to be investigators, offer evidence, and act as a witnesses throughout the proceedings.

The subject of the hearing included, but was not restricted to, the following:

• The nature and demographics of the city of Philadelphia.
• The transparent and participatory nature of certain institutions and current and future initiatives associated with the city of Philadelphia.
• The condition for artists and cultural workers in the city of Philadelphia.
• The condition and status of working people and/or residents of the city of Philadelphia.
• The nature of democracy and democratic process.

The following witnesses provided testimony: Carolyn Thomas, Philadelphia resident, featured in documentary “All for the Taking”, Nijmie Dzurenko of the Media Mobilizing Project, Mark Warshaw an Organizer for the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, and Rozalinda Borcila, artist and participant in Locally Localized Gravity exhibition at ICA, co-author of “Past Futures”.

The Coalition of Inquiry into the State of the Future is an effort established by Invested Artists, Activists and Social Thinkers. Managing Directors DIUM and DINP acted to represent the Think Tank that is yet to be named, with the support, testimony and submitted evidence of DIM and DiMetA. They acted together with BLW (artists Rozalinda Borcila, Sarah Lewison and Julie Wyman).

• Read the Invitation to the HEARING
• Read the Testimony of DIUM - Generosity and the Gift: a Social Contract worthy of investigation
• Read the Testimony of DIM - Next Great City: the Manufacturing of Inferiority and the Myth of Progress
• Browse DINP’s Investigation

KEYWORDS: gentrification, place, projects