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# A Timely Conversation on Four Philadelphia Art Projects and Their Social Histories
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/a-timely-conversation-on-four-philadelphia-art-projects-and-their-social-histories/
- Published: 2018-03-06T16:51:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:10:47.000Z
- Description: 'Assembling a Monumental Speech/Orchestra' reflects on four contemporary art events that shaped Philadelphia in the Fall of 2017.
- Author: Tiernan Morgan
- Tags: Announcement, Event Announcement, Moore College of Art & Design, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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(photo by Karl Seifert)

‘[Assembling a Monumental Speech/Orchestra](http://bit.ly/2CmmZfJ?ref=hyperallergic.com),’ presented by Graduate Studies at Moore and co-sponsored by the Museum Council of Greater Philadelphia, will explore four projects that challenged and engaged viewers throughout Philadelphia in the fall of 2017: Monument Lab, Philadelphia Assembled, Speech/Acts, and Symphony for a Broken Orchestra.

The [conversation](http://bit.ly/2CmmZfJ?ref=hyperallergic.com) will begin with an overview of each project and will continue by exploring points of connection between the work, such as the concept of “the event” as a way to mark and record social history alongside the growing influence of the event production industry on cultural production today. The audience will be invited to engage the speakers in a dialogue about their projects during a question and answer session.

**Presenters:**Paul Farber,*University of Pennsylvania on Monument Lab*  
Damon Reaves,*Philadelphia Museum of Art on Philadelphia Assembled*  
Meg Onli,*Institute of Contemporary Art on Speech/Acts*  
Rob Blackson,*Temple Contemporary on Symphony for a Broken Orchestra*

[**Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 6:30pm**](http://bit.ly/2CmmZfJ?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Graham Auditorium  
Moore College of Art & Design  
20th Street and The Parkway  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103  
[**moore.edu/studioconversations**](http://bit.ly/2CmmZfJ?ref=hyperallergic.com)

Graduate Studies Socially Engaged Art Programs equally emphasize meaningful assessment in the school context with professional practice skills for life after school. Moore College of Art & Design’s strong emphasis on skills from making powerful images to research skills and writing will equip you to be an effective artist in the studio and in the community.

**For more information, e-mail** [**gradstudies@moore.edu**](mailto:gradstudies@moore.edu)**.**