Talk by Urban Subjects and Assemble

Description:

Design collectives Urban Subjects and Assemble reflected on their practices and the artworks they created for Urgent Imagination: Art and Urban Development, Part 1—a project that invited artists to respond to a multi-acre site one block from Western Front that was slated for development.

Their presentations took place during the second iteration of Urgent Imagination—a multi-day conference that examined how art and creative thinking can influence urban planning.

Urgent Imagination: Art and Urban Development was a two-part project that proposed creative alternatives to developer-driven architecture and urban planning in Vancouver. The project generated events, artworks, conferences, and an online platform for critical inquiry into issues concerning urban development, spatial justice, and critical theory.

Video documentation is available upon request.