Branding Democracy
20082009

At a moment when the catch-word “democracy” is ubiquitous and evoked by a plethora of regimes internationally, this program and accompanying exhibition looks at the design and packaging of the notion of democracy, and how it became a consumer brand. The Vera List Center is gathering thinkers from the arts, law, the social sciences, the media, and other fields to engage in a multi-disciplinary investigation of “Branding Democracy,” positioning this form of governance in terms of marketing and market shares, design and visual concepts, and consumer culture and agency. Practitioners from various fields examine this phenomenon and uncover possible reasons for it, thus indirectly also indicating a way out.

For the first time, Vera List Center public programs are accompanied by an exhibition presented at Parsons The New School for Design, “OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding.” The exhibition is complemented by a range of lectures, talks, performances, workshops and participatory events, many of which take place in the gallery, within an “open” structure designed for this purpose by British artist Liam Gillick.

Panel

The Rogue State

Mar 9, 2009

Panel

Confounding Expectations: The Obsolescence of the Photographic Object

Feb 25, 2009

Lecture

Subjective Histories of Sculpture: Paul Sietsema

Feb 23, 2009

Roundtable

Fundraising and the Financial Crisis: How Forward-Thinking Nonprofits are Creating Opportunities

Feb 2, 2009

Broadsheet, Catalogue

OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding

Roundtable

The Crits: Parsons Faculty on the Presidential Inauguration

Jan 27, 2009

Lecture, Performance

Alexis Bhagat: Lecture on Democracy as Word and Brand

Jan 21, 2009

Panel

Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context – Street Art, Street Life: Street As Site of Globalization

Dec 3, 2008

Talk

Catherine Sullivan

Nov 19, 2008

Charrette, Panel

Dress Code: Panel and Charrette with Shelley Fox, Peter Merlin, and Trevor Paglen

Nov 19, 2008

Lecture

Boris Groys. Art in the Age of Democracy

Nov 17, 2008

Panel

Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context—Framing the Presidency

Nov 12, 2008

AICA-USA Lecture

Linda Nochlin: Art Criticism and Its Enemies

Nov 10, 2008

Charrette, Workshop

Runo Lagomarsino

Nov 6, 2008

Talk

Tom Friedman

Nov 5, 2008

Performance

PETLab, Re:Activism NYC

Nov 4, 2008

Lecture, Performance

Andrea Geyer: Spiral Lands/Chapter 2

Nov 3, 2008

Charrette, Performance, Workshop

Alexis Bhagat

Oct 27, 2008

Charrette, Workshop

Judi Werthein

Oct 27, 2008

Performance

Carey Young: Conflict Management

Oct 26, 2008

Charrette

Ashley Hunt

Oct 23, 2008

Charrette

Sam Durant

Oct 22, 2008

Performance

Yael Bartana: Wild Seeds in America

Oct 19, 2008

Charrette

Miguel Luciano

Oct 16, 2008

Panel

Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context—Photography©®™

Oct 15, 2008

Exhibition

OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding

Oct 15, 2008

Talk

Rob Pruitt

Oct 1, 2008

Lecture

Simon Critchley: Barack Obama and the American Void

Sep 18, 2008

Screening

The Greenroom, Day 2

May 28, 2008

Screening

The Greenroom, Day 1

May 27, 2008

Talk

Paul Chan

Apr 30, 2008

Roundtable

East Coast Europe: Roundtable

Apr 15, 2008

Panel

The Artforum Talks at The New School: Art and Money

Apr 14, 2008

Screening, Talk

Dara Friedman

Apr 9, 2008

Lecture

Subjective Histories of Sculpture II: Robert Morris

Apr 7, 2008

Talk

Liam Gillick

Apr 2, 2008

Roundtable

Agency + Surveillance

Mar 31, 2008

Panel

Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context—The Influence of The New West

Mar 12, 2008

Lecture

Subjective Histories of Sculpture II: Sanford Biggers

Mar 3, 2008

Panel

Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context – Parallel Worlds—Explorations in Second Life

Feb 13, 2008

Lecture

Subjective Histories of Sculpture II: Huma Bhabha

Feb 11, 2008

Conversation

CALL & RESPONSE: The Law is Laughing; Fragments Following the War in Gaza

Exhibition

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