INTERVENTIONS

We know that late-night talk shows organize our attention to celebrities. 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. We explore the question: what happens when we create a talkshow for everyone else?

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Social Emergency Response Center

Social Emergency Response Centers help us understand the moment we’re in, from all different perspectives. They help us move from rage and despair into collective, radical action.

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The Grill

Here was a simple gesture that functioned on a symbolic level to epitomize a system where violence could start over nothing more than “she looked at me wrong”, but also how the nothing was everything, their very reputation and safety being on the line in the instant of response.

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Big Urban Games

Can a big urban game shift the self-identity of a space or the people in it? Can the opportunity to play be as important in reducing social violence as the opportunity to work? What can games and spectacle teach folks doing on-going social justice work? Hopefully, a lot!

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Let's Flip It

“Let’s Flip It” is a communication system developed by and for young people most affected by social violence in Boston. It is a way for them to say “it’s time to stop” without saying it directly.

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Black Citizenship Project

The Black Citizenship Project engaged artists to provide a public, artistic response to state-sanctioned violence against Black bodies and the Black community. 

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inPUBLIC Festival 2021

inPUBLIC 2021 was a 3-day celebration, involving 60 artists in a radical act of tending to each other, as we transformed the Downtown Crossing Steps into an atmosphere of reflection and holding space to honor BIPOC artists and communities.

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