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Thesis Collections


Thesis Collections present material artifacts, research notes, visual essays, and audio records as products of study. This artistic and archival practice of sharing in study intends to know our histories, imagine our futures, and ground us in the present. Research Thesis are ongoing and collaborative to provide community the opportunity to deeply engage with a particular theory or idea.

Abundance Builders Cooperate [FA24]
Telepathic Rhythms [SS23]
Free People Time        
[FW22]
Visibility Enslaves - ORI SEES [FA21]
Memoryhaus Maintenance [SU21]
Before The Harvest [SP21]
Co-Operation Freedom [FA20]
Martin X Malcolm [SU20]
BLACK summer
[SU20]
Post-Colonialism [SS20]
Neighborhood Studios [FW19]





A contextualizing archive for ancestral, intuitive, and subjective memory-keeping. Consisting of material, written, visual, and sonic ephemera this archive is oriented by our intuitive pedagogy and interdependent research development. Thesis collections and exhibitions are regularly produced to concentrate the archive’s scope and engage in re-membering as a social practice.















Neighborhood Studios


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Every neighborhood deserves to have a place for neighbors to share in their experience and expression. Space for interaction with oneself and one’s other. A built environment that nurtures human nature and empowers a neighborhood with the infrastructure to experience self-expression across creative practices.


Material Artifacts
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Physical objects designed to retain the findings from contemporary studies and inform continued conversation.

The Youngs “Neighborhood Acknowledgement” Zip Shirt
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[Archive]
The Youngs “Go Together” Utility Pant
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[Available]


Research Notes    

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A collection of subjective research that provides context for contemporary studies — this mix of ancestral and intuitive documentation is curated communally in support of figuring it out together.

Theaster Gates: How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art c/o TED
[Research Citation]
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Lecture Series: Oana Stănescu c/o Princeton School of Architecture
[Research Citation]
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Rethinking Public Space by Sarah Wesseler c/o Arch League
[Research Citation]
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More details emerge for the new Center for Community and Entrepreneurship in Flushing, Queens c/o The Architects Newspaper
[Research Citation]
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Interview: Architect Oana Stănescu by Pierre Alexandre de Looz c/o PIN-UP Magazine
[Research Citation]
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Gensler Experience Framework
[Research Citation]
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The Community Builder: In Conversation with Theaster Gates c/o The Aspen Institute
[Research Citation]
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Visual Essay | The Youngs Neighborhood Studio


Starring Kayla Zwa, Floyd Zion, Yolanda Redd, and Ephraim Owairu. Direction by Marvin James. Photography by Homer-Williams. Styling by Dash Vintage and Marvin James. 




thesis
Neighborhood Studios

seasons
Fall/Winter 2019

contributors
Marvin James
Mary D
Homer-Williams
Ephraim Owairu
Floyd Zion
Kayla Zwa
Yolanda Redd
Dash

partners
Dash Vintage
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