Projects

The Think Tank that has yet to be named creates projects which are initiated and managed by any one of the Directors with assistance from the others.

Radical Orations on Art, Activism & Education

Posted 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.

The Insurmountable Dilemma of a Rooted Practice

Posted 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 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 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 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?

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

Posted 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 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.

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

Posted 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.

31 Readings on Art, Activism & Participation (in the Month of January): Think Tank Reader Vol. I

Posted on February 16, 2007

During the month of January, we both read an article a day, making our way from one text to the next in an investigation of why we do what we do. We offer this reader as a resource for others who are interested in exploring these issues.

Ask Me About Gentrification

Posted on November 1, 2006

Participants in an “artists’ studio tour” in Philadelphia were invited to select a button, thus choosing an identity and implicating themselves in the grand narrative of Art in the Service of Gentrification.