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Tony Patrick

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We have a million ways to talk about and to articulate harm, but not enough words or phrases or sentences which can open the portal for restoration, renewal, and healing. Part of what I’m interested in currently is creating space for that.

I know how good it feels to be given agency, to be invited into continuums of imagination and creativity. And as we imagine together, we need to create a shared language for restoration. Where is the verbal bridge for clear, transparent communication that can facilitate healing and repair? Where is the structure for true dialogue and transformation and transcendence?

The (Re) Writers Room (2020-ongoing) is a collective process for reimagination, using a worldbuilding process evolved from seven years of community conversations, collective envisioning, and participatory design. It is a response to the crisis of imagination that affects our platforms and institutions, and offers a systematic roadmap to reimagine cultures, words, and values needed for communities to thrive.


I consider The (Re) Writers Room the core function of my work as a social practice artist. 


The (Re) Writers Room has been implemented with and for the following platforms and institutions:


2020


  • NYU ITP
  • NYU IMA
  • Buckminster Fuller Institute
  • Eyebeam (Rapid Response)
  • Volumetric Performance Toolkit

2021


  • For Freedoms/Wide Awakes
  • Sundance New Frontier
  • Guggenheim Greenhaus
  • Institute for Black Imagination
  • UCLA (People’s Film School)
  • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
  • Common Field
  • Future Imagination Collaboratory
  • Today@Apple Youth Program
  • NYU ITP
  • NYU IMA

2022


  • Guild of Future Architects
  • Restoring the Future
  • ShareLab
  • Lyricist Lounge
  • Grace Lee Boggs School
  • Viewers Like Us
  • NYU ITP
  • NYU IMA