Projects that take place in public and semi-public spaces.
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The Border Crossed Us
The Border Crossed Us is a temporary public art installation by the Institute for Infinitely Small Things that transplants the US-Mexico border fence in southern Arizona to the UMass Amherst campus.
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No One Has Yet Determined What The Body Can Do
On Sunday, October 1 2011 the Institute joined with Occupy Boston in the 6th HONK! Parade to carry signs with two messages: “NO ONE HAS YET DETERMINED WHAT THE BODY CAN DO” and “#OCCUPYBOSTON”.
At 7AM Thursday, October…
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The World’s Largest Potluck Ever
The World’s Largest Potluck Ever would stage a mile-long potluck dinner on the Cambridge Street Corridor in Cambridge, MA, in an attempt to break the Guinness record, showcase the diversity of the businesses and residents, build community, publish a recipe…
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It takes 154,000 breaths to evacuate Boston
kanarinka ran the entire evacuation route system in Boston and attempted to measure the distance in human breath. The project also involves a podcast and a sculptural installation of the archive of tens of thousands of breaths .
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Iraq Lullaby Service
Iraq Lullaby Service is a singing syndication service provided by kanarinka for Iraqi blogs during 2009, the year in which the US is to begin ending its occupation of Iraq. I sing one blog post every week (or two…
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The City Formerly Known As Cambridge
What would the city look like if we could rename all of our public spaces, right now? The Institute invited members of the public to RENAME places in Cambridge, MA, for the 2008 publication of a map of “The City…
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Unmarked Package
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things toted hundreds of “Unmarked Packages” around Chicago to poll residents about terrorism and fear in public space. The results were published as a video research report.
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How do you take your coffee? / Kakvu Piješ Kafu?
A proposal to do five public performances and a video documentary to research the “development” and “modernization” accompanying the rise of the tourism economy in Podgorica, Montenegro, a country on track to be part of the EU.
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Nipples for Homeland Security
A pair of buttons created for the Miller Block Gallery’s Campaign Buttons effort.
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The Impeach Bush Jogging Circus
A mobile circus whose heyday was the NYC Marathon, 2006.
Impeach Bush outfits (unused ones) are still on sale for $10 per item while supplies last.
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Corporate Commands
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things performs corporate commands where they occur in the urban landscape. We try to perform each command as literally as possible. There have been more than 15 performances of corporate commands in the U.S. and…
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57 Things to Do for Free in Harvard Square
The Institute was commissioned to do a work for a public video screen in Harvard Square, an outdoor mall in Cambridge, MA. The resulting work is a video guidebook for tourists in Harvard Square which instructs them in 57 things…
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Sifting the Inner Belt
A year-long social performance and research art project bridging the Boston Center for the Arts and Berkeley Street Community Garden in the South End of Boston, MA. The project consisted of performances, potluck dinners, conversations and installations.
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100(11) Instruction Works
A series of 11 experimental urban walks and 11 collaborative performances over 11 days in Toronto’s public spaces. The performances were based on instructions uploaded to the website by people from around the world.
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Funerals for a Moment
People from around the world uploaded passed moments to www.funeralsforamoment.net. In May 2004, we staged funerals for the moments that had passed at the location where they originally occurred in New York City. Part of Conflux 2004.
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public alley 818
Via a website, people from around the world submitted instructions for projects that I could do in the alley behind my house in Boston.
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Household Creatures
An installation involving dozens of household appliances on top of women’s shoes. The work was installed in the lobby of the building in a storefront window. A video camera captured reactions from the street audience and projected them inside of…