Sep 5
9 Reasons to Get Excited About Monument Lab
by: Laura Kochman
by: Laura Kochman
Design mockup for Klip Collective's Monument Lab installation at Marconi Plaza.
We know you know about Monument Lab. The massive, citywide public art exhibition launches September 16, with events galore and projects that range from eco-histories to sound installations to digital apps (and yes, murals). What is an appropriate monument for the current city of Philadelphia? Nine artists below are trying to find out.
A monument that literally reflects the world around it.
Reimagining the significance of your neighborhood kiosk.
A one-night-only performance as a monument to youth and the future.
Asking you to look at what’s missing: women.
Integrating fabric, smoke, and projections for an immersive monument to immigrants.
A tribute to African American veterans’ service, style, and resilience.
The stoop as a site of public interaction that is fundamentally Philly.
An interactive boombox remixing the city’s soundscape.
Covering a multi-story façade with clocks and questions.
Lead Monument Lab partners include the City of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Parks & Recreation; Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy; Historic Philadelphia; Independence National Historic Park; Penn Institute for Urban Research; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Price Lab for Digital Humanities; and the University of Pennsylvania.
Major support for Monument Lab projects staged in Philadelphia’s five squares has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
An expanded artist roster and projects at five neighborhood sites have been made possible by a significant grant from the William Penn Foundation.
Lead corporate sponsor is Bank of America.
Additional support has been provided by Susanna Lachs & Dean Adler, William & Debbie Becker, City of Philadelphia, CLAWS Foundation, Davis Charitable Foundation, Hummingbird Foundation, J2 Design, National Endowment for the Arts, Nick & Dee Adams Charitable Fund, Parkway Corporation, Relief Communications LLC, Stacey Spector & Ira Brind, Tiffany Tavarez, Tuttleman Family Foundation, Joe & Renee Zuritsky, and 432 Kickstarter backers. Support for Monument Lab‘s final publication provided by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation.
Last updated: Sep 5, 2017
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