Monday 15 June 2009, 19.00–20.30

Teddy Cruz and Pedro Reyes have a history of collaboration that extends back several years, including the 'Conflict Resolution' exhibition for the San Francisco Art Institute in 2008. Their shared investigations into design strategies for social transformation in globalised times propose a new synthesis for art and architecture. 

Their 'micropolicies' examine sites ranging from the borderlands between Mexico and the USA to post-conflict Iraq, treating the latter as a case-study in conflict, mediation and facilitation. Research into 'top down' versus 'bottom up' planning and action, and informal and alternative solutions, sees the two combining the knowledge of their respective disciplines into a search for solutions at an urban level, and proposing a new relationships between art and the public.

Chaired by Sarah Ichioka, Director, The Architecture Foundation.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£9 (£7 concessions), booking required

    

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