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Future to Be Rewritten #2

February 26, 2022 in 2022

Future to Be Rewritten #2 is a conceptual public art project by Azra Aksamija that reflects on the politics of representation in commemorative practices, emerging from her decision to withdraw a winning proposal for a Cambridge monument honoring the 19th Amendment, in solidarity with calls for greater inclusion of BIPOC artists and structural change in public art commissioning.

Living Heritage Atlas: Beirut

January 01, 2022 in 2022

Living Heritage Atlas documents and visualizes Beirut’s living heritage of artisanship by mapping its craftspeople and cataloging its crafts through an open-source database, viewable through an interactive website. This project celebrates the past and present of local artisanship through archival data, interviews and community workshops.

Coring America

January 01, 2022 in 2022

The installation probes what it means to be American today through the techno-economic, socio-cultural, and environmental dimensions embedded in the T-Shirt, the iconic staple of the American culture. The material narratives of identity, cultural mobility, and sustainability yarn a perspective on the American lifestyle–to become less indifferent to the social costs of maintaining our lifestyles means to become more open to the voices of others, not as a negotiating technique, but as an indispensable part of our planet’s chorus.

The installation consists of three components: 1. Stack of T-shirts reminiscent of a core sample, linked to looms made of shredded T-shirts, 2. Process Drawing, and 3. Quilt made of T-shirt scraps.