Wall Watch

Connelly Auditorium
University of the Arts
Terra Hall, 211 South Broad Street (at Walnut)

Our next Thought Experiment artist conversation when we host Laura Kurgan, whose work occupies the intersection of data visualization and social practice, two topics that are part of Mural Arts’ larger inquiry into the nature of 21st Century muralism. 

Kurgan’s recent projects explore digital mapping technologies, the ethics and politics of mapping, new structures of participation in design, and the visualization of urban and global data. Her recent research includes a multi-year project on "million-dollar blocks" and the urban costs of the American incarceration experiment, and a collaborative exhibition on global migration and climate change.

Kurgan is Director of Visual Studies, Director of the Spatial Information Design Lab, and associate professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

This event is hosted by the College of Media and Communication, University of the Arts, and co-sponsored by Breadboard.

SPONSORED BY: THE FORD FOUNDATION

The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery at the Science Center
3600 Market Street

Chris Landau, Mike Ski and Katie Tackman, Collette Fu and Elisabeth Nickles, and Serena Reed were selected for our joint residency with Breadboard, which sought to expore the intersection of design technology and muralism.  We are thrilled to now feature their work in this special exhibition at the Esther M. Klein Art Gallery at the Science Center.

You can read more about the artists, and their projects, on the muraLAB/Breadboard residency web page.

Temple Performing Arts Center
1837 N. Broad Street
tedxphilly.com

TEDxPhilly is a unique, one-day multi-disciplinary conference championing great ideas. The 2011 conference theme is The City.

Philadelphia is the point of departure, but the conversation will travel beyond its borders. TEDxPhilly will bring together engaging speakers, performers, participants and exhibitors to deconstruct, decipher and explore some of the greatest challenges, innovations, concepts and realities that shape and are shaped by cities and their
inhabitants.

“We hope to spark curiosity, encourage reflection, enable authentic connections and motivate attendees to engage with their surroundings in ways they had previously unimagined,” says Roz Duffy, TEDxPhilly's organizer.

What does The City mean to you?
Cities have languages unto themselves – built from points of intersection where disparate nodes converge and emerge from collective stories of times past, present and future. Subterranean. At and above ground. Stop. Go. Pause. The City is living and breathing.

This year’s speakers include:
Glen J. Abrams, Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, Keya Dannenbaum, Nijmie Dzurinko, Janet Echelman with Susan Weiler, Jon Foy, Haas&Hahn (Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn), Amy Hillier, Yael Lehmann, Diana Lind, Marisa McClellan, Rich Medina, Ethan Nguyen, Jen Pahlka, Philly Youth Poetry Movement with Gregory Corbin and Denice Frohman, Inga Saffron, Saturn Never Sleeps with King Britt and Rucyl, Spiral Q Puppet Theater, R. Eric Thomas, Stanford Thompson & Play On, Philly!, Youngjin Yoo, and Michael Zaleski.

Learn more about the speakers at www.tedxphilly.com/speakers.

Are you ready to be inspired? Attend!

The 2011 TEDxPhilly conference will be held from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Temple Performing Arts Center, located at 1837 North Broad Street on Temple University’s campus. Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase at tedxphilly.com.

Admission is $100 and includes an entire day of TEDxTalks, catered lunch, refreshments and a post-event reception. A limited number of scholarships will be available. For additional information, email info@tedxphilly.com.

Discount Code: Enter discount code MAP to save 20%

Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street

As part of DesignPhiladelphia, join a stimulating muraLAB conversation with Mural Arts and internationally renowned design partners as we discuss how design can be used to transform the whole space – both physical and social - when deployed creatively in communities.

Panelists include Dutch artistic duo and current Mural Arts resident artists, Jereon Koolhaas & Dre Urhahn (Favelapainting.com), Joshua Draper and Joespeh Vidich from Brooklyn-based PrePost studio (studioprepost.com); Scott Page from Philadelphia's Interface Studio (interface-studio.com); Scott Shall from the International DesignClinic (internationaldesignclinic.org), and Jane Golden, Executive Director of the Mural Arts Progra

This event is free of charge but reservations are recommended.  For additional information, or to reserve a space, please contact:

Judie Gilmore
Director of Strategic Initiatives & Planning
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
judie.gilmore@muralarts.org

About muraLAB

To push our creative boundaries here at Mural Arts, we have developed an experimental creativity hub called muraLAB.

muraLAB is a laboratory for exploring muralism in the 21st century – as artistic mediums evolve, technologies emerge, and the concepts of real/virtual communities merge. As the world changes, we want to stay true to our roots in muralism. These roots include a dedication to using art to give voice to disadvantaged communities and marginalized populations, engaging communities in deep and meaningful ways, and exploring issues that are timely and relevant to people’s lives.

muraLAB activities fall into three frontiers we wish to explore – new artists, new technologies and new ideas. Our goal is to use explorations in these areas to improve the way we engage residents in the making, presentation and stewardship of community-based public art.

To learn more: muralarts.org/muraLAB

muralLAB and the Thought Experiments speaker series are sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

LINCOLN FINANCIAL MURAL ARTS CENTER
AT THE THOMAS EAKINS HOUSE
1727-29 MOUNT VERNON STREET

Join us for a special conversation between renowned artists Rigo23 (pictured above)and independent curator Mark Beasley.

Rigo23 is a Portuguese muralist and painter now living in San Francisco whose work has centered around social and political change.  Considered by some critics as part of the first generation of the San Francisco Mission School art movement, Rigo23 has created art for over 20 years throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Mark Beasley is a curator, writer and artist based in New York. He currently works as a curator for the Performa Bienniale. Prior to that he worked as a curator at Creative Time and organized the New York public art quadrennial. 

This event is part of an ongoing muraLAB speaker series called Thought Experiments, which brings leading thinkers and artists to Philadelphia.

Space is limited. Reservations are required.
RSVP: muraLAB@muralarts.org

ABOUT MURALAB

To push our creative boundaries here at Mural Arts, we have developed an experimental creativity hub called muraLAB.

muraLAB is a laboratory for exploring muralism in the 21st century – as artistic mediums evolve, technologies emerge, and the concepts of real/virtual communities merge. As the world changes, we want to stay true to our roots in muralism. These roots include a dedication to using art to give voice to disadvantaged communities and marginalized populations, engaging communities in deep and meaningful ways, and exploring issues that are timely and relevant to people’s lives.

muraLAB activities fall into three frontiers we wish to explore – new artists, new technologies and new ideas. Our goal is to use explorations in these areas to improve the way we engage residents in the making, presentation and stewardship of community-based public art. 

To learn more: muralarts.org/muraLAB