RE- IMAGINING & RE-DESIGNING PUBLIC LIFE
Dance Court activation in Mary Hannon Park, Dorchester
Video by Daniel Villanueva
We are an artistic research and development outfit for the improvement of civil society and everyday life. The Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) partners with communities, artists, and social justice practitioners to imagine, demonstrate, and collectively rebuild places to be more just and vibrant.
OUR WORK
Situated at the intersections of design thinking and practice, social justice and activism, public art and social practice and civic / popular engagement, we design and test social interventions with and on behalf of marginalized populations, controversies and ways of life.
OUR WRITING
INTERVENTIONS
OUR BOOK
CREATIVITY LABS
INTERVENTION: “THE PEOPLE’S LATE NIGHT”
We know that late-night talk shows organize our attention to celebrities. The People's Late Night is inspired by artist Claudio Padro's work in Brazil where he pulled furniture onto the street and interviewed people from all walks of life. What happens when we create a talkshow for everyone else?
"The People's Late Night" is one of our new interventions, which was activated this season at the iconic Strand Theater in Dorchester, MA.
In this image, our hosts, Dzidzor and Brother Duli, interview local artists ProblaK and Ayana Mack on their work and impact on Boston’s art scene.
The Rez and The Hood celebrates local practices of Black and Indigenous placekeeping, stewardship, and institution-building. Across four events, panelists from across the Commonwealth will reflect upon their lives’ work while attending to broader thematic questions such as: What has happened to us spatially? How have we created life-affirming geographies in the midst of settler colonial and anti-Black dispossession & displacement? What are our visions for the future?
