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Our cultural and educational programs encouraged dialogue and built public trust

We fostered exchange, advocacy, and research across cultures and around the world

Our website was an active resource for producing and sharing knowledge

SELECTED FROM THE ARCHIVES

Begins Sep 14, 2008

Highlighting America's rich history of architectural experimentation and the original ways architects today are working collaboratively to invigorate community activism and environmental policy

Values

• 6/6 Urgency
• 6/6 Dialogue
• 6/6 Partnerships
• 6/6 Display
• 6/6 Publics
• 6/6 Geographies

Begins Nov 13, 2010

A permanent installation that features a rarely heard performance by John Cage, and will evolve over time through participation from the public

Values

• 6/6 Dialogue
• 5/6 Partnerships
• 5/6 Exception
• 6/6 Display
• 4/6 Publics
• 4/6 Process

Our values

Our identity as an organization and our projects were shaped by nine values. They guided our continued formation, and held us accountable to our history and our publics.

Our projects were responsive to social issues and concerns

Our projects enabled and performed polycentric conversations

Our projects questioned power, ethics, and institutionality

Our projects built informal economies and collaborations

Our projects resisted classification and made alternatives possible

Our projects rethought display to enable new forms of encounter

Our projects cultivated publics and new modes of engagement

Our projects negotiated local and global borders

Our projects were marked by change, exchange, and self-reflection

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The election and its aftermath heightened vulnerability and disillusionment about the presence of violence in contemporary life. Slought sought to change these conditions through the power of dialogue and creative action. Around the world, people came together to build networks for collaboration with us and solidarity across our communities.