Department of Public Imagination
Project Sites: Mary Hannon Park in Upham's Corner, Carson Beach, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Department of Public Imagination - a public art project - designs and prototypes new infrastructure to hold open space for imagination work in Boston. DPI has held dream activations in spaces including Mary Hannon Park in Upham's Corner, Carson Beach, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. These dream activations invite folks to add to a living archive by dialing in and leaving a message to shape the future in the Dream Portal Phone Booth. During the dream activations, Dzidzor and other musicians create a live soundscape to encourage rest, reflection, and envisioning. Additionally, Dzidzor and crystal have held workshops in Boston on imagination and archiving as a tool for future envisioning. Often our communities are reshaped by top-down design. By contrast, we want to encourage horizontal, community-led imagination work for us to design and imagine what we need based on deep local knowledge. 2023-Present
DPI @ Carson Beach
2nd annual Rest and Dream Activation at Carson Beach in honor of the 49th anniversary of when 700 Black protestors organized a picnic at Carson Beach to assert their right to rest and relax in this space. Featured a live soundscape performance and multiple interactive installations. Visitors were given zines with a Rest and Dream Manifesto created by Dzidzor Azaglo and crystal bi.
Aug 2024
DPI @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Rest and Dream Activation at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
June 2024