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Images from Urgent Pedagogies online archive: [1] Campus in Camps concrete tent, Dheisheh Camp. Photo: Anna Sara. [2] Mardin Postgrad Architecture students gathering, Gelîyê Godernê/Lice, Turkey, 2015. Photo: David Harvey. [3] Eco Nomadic School, Brezoi 2014. Courtesy of atelier d’architecture autogérée. [4] CAD+SR Residency, ”Commonplaces & Entanglements”. Associazione Culturale Matilde Pianciani, Spoleto, Italy, 2019. Photo: Chien Ying Wu.

Pelin Tan | Urgent Pedagogies Online Platform Launch

June 15, 2021
Event

Gary Zhexi Zhang, Cycle 25, 2021. Exhibition materials. Courtesy of the artist.

Gary Zhexi Zhang’s (SMACT ’19) Solo Exhibition, Cycle 25

June 11, 2021
Exhibition

Azra Aksamija, Silk Road Works, 2021. Installation at Venice Biennale. Photo: Lillian Kology

Azra Akšamija | Two Projects at 2021 Venice Biennale

June 10, 2021
ExhibitionPress

Renée Green, Space Poem #4, 2013. Europe: Ancient Future, 2021

Exhibition view
HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz

Photo: © kunst​-doku​men​ta​ti​on​.com

Europe: Ancient Future | Renée Green’s work in Graz

June 4, 2021
Exhibition

Suneil Sanzgiri, Stills from Letter From Your Far-Off Country, 16mm to 2k video, 2020, 17 mins.

Suneil Sanzgiri’s Letter From Your Far-Off Country Streaming as part of eFlux’s Festival Forum

June 3, 2021
Event

Students in 4.302 (Design and Scarcity) were encouraged to envisage a mask that would serve as a physical extension of the mind and the body — a site of exchange and a way of relating to a larger community.
Credits: Photos courtesy of MIT ACT

When Masks Reveal | Students in 4.302 (Design and Scarcity)

June 2, 2021
PressAcademics

Open Collective station structure for the Venice Biennale Architettura 2021. Designed by Rafi Segal A+U, the station’s suspended single surface creates an open yet semi-enclosed space for learning about an emerging architecture for collectives around the world. Photo: Marisa Morán Jahn

Marisa Morán Jahn | Open Collectives at 2021 Venice Biennale

May 27, 2021
ExhibitionPress

Matthew Mazzotta, TED Talk, Video Still.

Matthew Mazzotta | TED Fellows: Shape Your Future

May 26, 2021
Press

Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas with MIT Climate Visions. Swamp Observatory, 2020. Mixed media installation. Produced for Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics exhibition, Center for Art and Media ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2020. Photo: Urbonas Studio

The Swamp Observatory – Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas

May 20, 2021
Exhibition

Renée Green’s Camino Road Reprint by Primary Information

May 11, 2021
Publication

Mikaela Joyce

Mikaela Joyce Receives Graduate President’s Citation at Emerson College

May 10, 2021
Press

Julia Scher, Always There, 1994. From Scher’s ‘Surveillance Beds’ series. Courtesy of Esther Schipper.

Master Class: Julia Scher at Zabludowicz Collection

May 10, 2021
Event

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