The Structures of Support

Projects, research, and writing in and between the fields of socially engaged art, design, and education.

The Structures of Support

Posted on March 2nd, 2013 in musings, project news

The Think Tank that has yet to be named has just publicly unveiled the first phase of a project exploring how people’s support structures are created and maintained, and how we might then work to build more resilient and robust support structures in the future. Continue Reading »

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I live and work in Philadelphia where I am an Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Industrial Design program at The University of the Arts. I am also a founding member of The Think Tank that has yet to be named, a collaborative project which initiates research, conversations, and actions that explore contemporary sociopolitical issues.

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Projects & Research

  • In a state far from equilibrium

    Adapts the ecological model of forest succession in order to explore the ways in which cities change over time.

  • Nature Study, An Ambivalent Guide

    A guidebook and installation which catalog a contemplation of the ambivalence that defines humankind’s complex relationship to the natural environment.

  • The ARPANET Dialogues

    An archive of rare conversations within the contemporary social, political, and cultural milieu.

  • Manifesta 8

    Co-curating the European biennial of contemporary with Bassam El Baroni and Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum.

  • alex-sm
    Place In Place Of: Alexandria

    Site-specific interventions, performances, lectures and documents created in Alexandria, Egypt.