Democracy in America: The National Campaign
Erick Beltrán, Center for Tactical Magic, Critical Art Ensemble and Institute for Applied Autonomy, Annabel Daou, dBfoundation, Matthew Diaz, Hasan Elahi, Feel Tank, Tanya Fields, Karen Finley, Luca Frei, Group Material, GuerillaGirlsBroadBand, David Harvey, John Hawke (with Sancho Silva), Sharon Hayes, Brian Holmes, Elizabeth Holtzman, Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, Index of the Disappeared (Chitra Ganesh + Mariam Ghani), InCUBATE, Magdalena Jitrik, Matt Keegan, Jon Kessler, Olga Koumoundouros + Rodney McMillian, Steve Kurtz, Steve Lambert, Ligorano/Reese, Pia Lindman, Rachel Mason, Camilo Mejía, Carlos Motta, Angel Nevarez + Valerie Tevere, Trevor Paglen, Cornelia Parker, Jenny Polak, Steve Powers, Greta Pratt, Paul Ramírez Jonas, Red76, Reverend Billy, Duke Riley, Martha Rosler, Dread Scott, Allison Smith, Chris Sollars, Chris Stain, Mark Tribe, United Victorian Workers, WAGE, the Yes Men, Chu Yun, and more
Austin, TX; Oakland, CA; Los Angeles, CA; St. Paul, MN; Denver, CO; Coney Island, NYC; and the Park Avenue Armory, NYC
Summer and Fall 2008
Photo: Meghan McInnis
After traveling across the country to glean perspectives from artists and activists on the state of democracy, and commissioning 4 projects in 6 cities nationally, Creative Time’s year-long program Democracy in America: The National Campaign culminated in the “Convergence Center”: a major exhibition, participatory project space, and meeting hall mounted in New York City’s Park Avenue Armory. The Convergence Center at Park Avenue Armory provided an activated space to reflect on and perform democracy, and was punctuated by speeches by leading political thinkers as well as community leaders and activists throughout the run of its program.