by Jacob Barton Originally a composer only of music, I have in the last decade become interested in composing not only music, but also social contexts for music, so that music be an input to society (not only an output). …
by Danielle Chynoweth Thanksgiving, November 26, 2009 We are exploring a pedagogy of desire for four days in a smoggy corner of Milan. Upon arrival at the location where we will sleep, eat, and teach, we enter a portal emblazoned…
City Imagining: an idea, implemented/able on the scale of a city which: offers interesting solutions to common problems increases the freedom of city residents, decreases power differences, and/or helps residents participate in the decisions which affect their lives. This booklet was compiled…
text by Melanie Meltzer and Jacob Barton film by Rob Scott How can activism and music composition be resistence AND a contribution? When do either make a difference to society? When is activism new? When is music new? Composition of…
by Danielle Chynoweth Genoa rises up from the sea, a chaotic surface of bricks and stone and tangled streets holding several thousand years of memory in the arc of its harbor. Our first stop is AutAut – a squatted space…
The Health Care Design Intensive is ongoing at the American Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore and Mark and Danielle have posted some descriptions on a blog here.
The School for Designing a Society Fall Semester 2008 culminated in a night of performances and shared projects at the La Casa house where several participants have been residing.The theme/title was “Choose your own…” borrowing from the stucture of “choose…
Our Italian comrades Ginevra Sanguigno, Patrizia Mainardi, and Cristina Finotti organized a one week course entitled “Re(x)sistance” — making a play on words where one could read “resistance” or “re-exisistance”. Amongst the snow-capped mountains of Pruno di Stazzema, in the…
apply no particular educational background is required; the prerequisite is the desire to participate in designing a society.
upcoming read about our upcoming programs and workshops for the year.
touring read about our touring and performance schedules for the year.
courses listed both alphabetically and by topic & a number of interdisciplinary programs cross boundaries between disciplines.
what happens? designing a society is a project that intersects the formats of classroom, commune, performance ensemble, activist group.