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Article: Convergence Center (Part of Democracy in America: The National Campaign).
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- C: International Contemporary Art
- Article date:
- December 22, 2008
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Including work by Center for Tactical Magic, Luca Frei, Pia Lindman, Carlos Motta, Duke Riley, Chris Sollars, Allison Smith, Mark Tribe, United Victorian Workers Union, Organized by Creative Time; curated by Nato Thompson, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Creative Time's June--September project Democracy in America: The National Campaign (2008) ended in a 'convergence' of over 40 artists presenting artworks, performances, events and speeches in New York's Park Avenue Armory over the course of a week. Named after Alexis de Tocqueville's opus, the project sought to "take the temperature of artists' relationships with and reactions to the historic roots and practical ...