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  • Copy Rights | Research Talks

    Friday, February 15, 2013   ABOUT Provisions Research Fellows Greg Bloom (DC), Nate Larson (Baltimore), Anne Elizabeth Moore (Chicago), and Tim Schwartz (LA) present their research findings on the Copy Rights theme. These artists/researchers have spent the last three weeks in the capital exploring individual and collective authorship in the digital age. Their research investigations […]

    Posted: February 12th, 2013 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Events
  • Republic

    October 11- November 3, 2012   The Republic considers the values underpinning deliberative democracy, popular citizenship, public transparency, accountability, polling, and representation during the final month of the 2012 election cycle. Involving residents participating in research, projects, and actions that animate issues surrounding the national election and democratic process. In particular, the project explores movements […]

    Posted: February 4th, 2013 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Residencies
  • MULTIMEDIALE – CAPTURING THE CAPITAL

    An innovative four-day new media arts festival hosted by American University and Provisions Library, Multimediale brought together artists working with the theme of art as mediation. The festival, co-organized and curated by Randall Packer & Niels Van Tomme, included artists who are prominent faculty members of art schools and educational institutions from around the Washington Metropolitan area, such […]

    Posted: January 5th, 2013 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
  • COLLECTIVE WHITE HOUSE

      The Collective White House is a 1/5th scale replica of the US White House constructed out of bedsheets and installed in Plaza Botero in Medellin, Colombia where it functions as a peoples’ embassy– a collective platform and gathering place for discussion and participation on the role and influence of US politics. The White House […]

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Floating Lab, International, Public
  • AESTHETIC JUSTICE

    Organized by Provisions, Aesthetic Justice was a group exhibition at the Lambent Foundation in New York, featuring works by Alyse Emdur, Rajkamal Kahlon, Carlos Motta & Josué Euceda, and Larissa Sansour. Introducing the concept of aesthetic justice, that is justice from an aesthetic perspective instead of a legal one, the exhibition underscored the transformative potential of […]

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
  • WHERE DO WE MIGRATE TO?

    Curated by Niels Van Tomme, Director of Arts and Media at Provisions Learning Project and organized with the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in Baltimore, Where Do We Migrate To? explores diverging ways in which migration, experiences of displacement and questions of belonging have been addressed by artists in recent years. Calling for an increasingly […]

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
  • REVISITING HISTORIES: BIGGERS, GEYER/ORTIZ

    Revisiting Histories conceptualizes history as a multifaceted field of meaning and narrative, intentionally constructed and maintained by powerful social and political structures. Taking the distinct artistic practices of Sanford Biggers, Andrea Geyer, and Simon J. Ortiz as a starting point, the exhibition emphasizes possible ways in which prevailing historical scripts can be modified by critical artistic voices. Discarding […]

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
  • RES PUBLICA DES USONIA: SPACE AS ESSAY

      This exhibition documents two years of community and public art projects produced by the Floating Lab Collective, many of which were part of Provisions’ Brushfire initiative. Floating Lab partnered with a Casa de Maryland, Tenants and Workers United, and Life Pieces to Masterpieces to determine key community issues and coordinate community actions. It was […]

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
  • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: FACING THE FUTURE

    Presented by Provisions Library, Close Encounters: Facing the Future explores the national art initiative, focusing on social activist art. Artists include the Beehive Collective, Mel Chin, Mildred Howard, Yoko Ono, and Jon Winet. It was on display from June 25, 2009 – August 28, 2009.

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
  • THE BIG PICTURE: PROVISIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

    The Big Picture, presented by Provisions Library, displays the work of artists Barnstormers, Nina Berman, Iona Rozeal Brown, Sue Coe, Brett Cook, Carmen Lomas Garza, Shilpa Gupta, Virginia Harris, Emily Jacir, Yun-Fei Ji, Rajkamal Kahlon, Shalini Kantayya, Lisa Kahlon, Hung Liu, Judith Lowry, Susan Meiselas, Shirin Neshat, Pat Owoc, Meridel Rubenstein, Betye Saar, Roger Shimomura, […]

    Posted: December 22nd, 2012 ˑ  Comments Closed
    Filled under: Exhibitions
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