Social Practice Lab

Indian dance, acoustic music, and cutting-edge electronic sounds come together for this presentation of Clayton’s Sufi Plug Ins v. 2 project. Clayton has worked with Duke and UNC students to design and create music-making software based on non-Western musical concepts. Dancer/choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy of the Ragamala Dance Company and percussionist Rajna Swaminathan join the Sufi
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with Paul M. Farber, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab / Managing Director of the Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania and Pedro Lasch, Director, Social Practice Lab   Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105 https://fhi.duke.edu/events/converging-landscapes-monument-lab-historical-memory-and-prototypes-public-engagement   Studies of landscape are
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This community-centered conversation will focus on the questions of how we commemorate history in the public space; how we memorialize individuals, ideologies, and communities; and how we respond to our past when our perspective changes. “Object Lessons: Do Public Monuments Have a Future?” Friday, April 27, 7:00 PM Chesterfield Building, 701 W Main St, Durham,
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Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art Book Launch Friday, May 11, 2018 6-8pm The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation will host a book launch for Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art, edited by Gregory Sholette
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Collaborating Across Age Groups — A Training with Duke Social Practice Lab & Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts May 12, 2018 2:00 - 4:00 Lab 1, Lower Level, New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) Pedro Lasch, Lauren Brandt Schloss, Jillian Greenberg, Lindsay Smilow, and Nate Koch Many socially engaged artists care for bridging age
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