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I don't want to exaggerate or anything, but everyone I know is getting married. No, seriously. Bear with me. I have scrolled through maybe 15 or 20 engagement announcements on Facebook in the past month. People I went to elementary school with, high school, college. They've all somehow found themselves in a position where they (and their significant partners, which they have at this age, which is totally cool), are ready and able to commit themselves for life. They all have engagement photos up, they're all adorable, and they all fill me with existential fear. Oh, and sometimes they also have babies. It's not that getting married this young is bad or unusual. It's neither of those things. I actually think there's something pretty spectacular about knowing who you want to spend the rest of your life with at
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this age. I think what's throwing me off is the finality of it. Marriage is a major milestone—it marks that you're ready to take a huge, (hopefully) permanent life step. I've spent a lot of time this year feeling like I'm in limbo. I feel so much older than freshmen, with their little Penn lanyards and giant backpacks and that youthful glint in their eyes that just says, "I'm barely out of high school. How does alcohol affect my body? Who really knows!" When I was a freshmen, I was blown away by how mature the upperclassmen were. And even now, I see the class that graduated above me as genuine, bona fide adults. They have jobs. Maybe even briefcases, too. I feel too old to be in college, but too young to graduate. I feel too young to be making these gigantic life decisions, but at the same
time, I know they're long overdue. There's this looming finality to the decisions I make now: What will I do? What will my job look like? What state am I even going to live in? But then again, there's something reassuring about the unknown. So what if some people I happen to know are in a completely different phase of their lives? That's cool too. I can keep figuring out what the hell I'm doing with my life, and others can be just as happy already knowing. And to be fair, I do really, really like going through engagement photos.
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HIGHBROW'S EARLY FALL STYLE GUIDE Let the pumpkin spice begin. Although the leaves on Locust have not yet turned from green to amber, winter’s chill is starting to rear its head on campus. While we're all lamenting the now–distant summer, there's now a great pain in our chests every morning when we ask ourselves: what do I wear? 75–degree days with 50–degree nights can be a fashion disaster when deciding between those great summer outfits and the more characteristic flannels and layers of fall. Here are the ins and outs for dealing with this confusing weather.
jacket in early October? Maybe. But these cold, rainy nights are so much more delightful with a semi–gross, five–year– old jacket that still wears the stains from Saint Patrick’s Day last year. So find your favorite light–to–medium weight jacket and bust it out.
THROW OUT (RECYCLE?) YOUR OLD WHITE VANS:
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Jeans. Jean Jackets. Overalls. Denim is the all–American fabric your fall dreams are made of. Warm, but not boiling, and sure to flatter.
WEAR DEODORANT:
If you don’t already, please consider adding deodorant to your morning routine. Although intuitively summer is the season to necessitate deodorant, the temperature in Philly this time of year fluctuates so rapidly that you never want to be caught off guard. Always be prepared.
Street’s inner environmentalist says to donate these, but after the things they have seen, your nasty–ass white canvas shoes probably don't have much wear left in them. Plus, they aren’t warm or waterDUST OFF THAT proof, so the archaic drainage SWEATERS: FRACKET: systems on Locust will ensure An easy way to layer up for It’s chilly, duh. Is it extra to your feet are cold and wet next class, sweaters are comfy as show up to the function in a rainstorm. hell and can be stylish at the
same time. Whether it be a nice wool sweater or an old crewneck, style it up with some nice chinos or dress it down with ripped jeans.
WATCH WHAT THE DIVAS ARE WEARING:
We all have our icons. Highbrow, for example, follows what the eighth president wears very closely. If you spot the elusive AG on campus, take notes. Her infrequent appearances are perhaps due to the care she puts into her pre–fall outfit choices. Or due to the fact that she actually lives in New York. But who are we to say? DANIEL BULPITT
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EBITDaddy: “My childhood teddy bear is from a boutique investment firm.” Jewish frat boy at Hillel: "And then I asked her to touch my mezuzah." Freshman who's never been west of 40th: "Heard there was a party at 315 yesterday. That's a really specific time." Country club mom on the phone in FroGro: "No, God, I WISH I was at Whole Foods. I'm at the Fresh Grocer. I still brave it sometimes." Extraordinarily confused freshman: "I didn't know until this summer that pickles were just cucumbers." True patriot: "I gave my first handjob on the Washington Monument."
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hen you have a broken wrist, everyone immediately notes the stark white cast. It’s understood that you can’t write while you’re healing. And when the kid next to you in lecture asks what happened, you laugh and tell him how you fell off your bike when you almost ran over the cutest puppy ever. When you have a mental illness, you bear no cast. And you don’t exactly go yelling your condition from rooftops, or lightheartedly tell the classmate the way you “totally slept for like, 18 hours straight this weekend!” My depression isn’t sexy. It’s not one overwhelming moment of calamity. It’s tedious. It’s tired. My depression is wearing sunglasses on the way home from class so nobody can see the red in my eyes or the purple underneath. It’s the imprint of my body on the twin–XL mattress pad my mom bought on Amazon. My depression is a couple layers of dry shampoo deep. It sits in the dry heat of the windowless office of my therapist, dull and throbbing. I started going to therapy when I was in tenth grade. Four years later, it has become an integral part of my being. Therapy is my space to reflect, to relieve, and to grow. From these weekly sessions I have learned how to think honestly and critically, how to actively recover and work towards self–improvement. Mostly, nothing is happening in my life, but my therapist and I work through that nothing together. You don’t wait for your first heart attack to real4
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ize you need to take care of your cardiovascular health; I think about therapy the same way for my mental health. One of the best compliments I ever received was from my roommate. She told me, over late–night
My depression isn't sexy: it's hard work and constant effort.
talk about a lot in broad strokes and catastrophic terms? A topic which, for me, is so historied, so personal? I’m not ashamed of my mental illness. I don’t judge myself for it, and I know that I am strong and capable and smart. But I know how mental illness is perceived; I know the shame one’s supposed to bear. And while I’ve always felt comfortable sharing with my friends and family, the person sitting next to me in class is likely never to know of my depression. So I’m writing this as a cast of sorts: a way to publicly heal, to be openly vulnerable and honest about my health. Of course, I recognize how lucky I am to have parents who have emotionally and financially supported me throughout the past several years. Without them I don’t know if I would’ve had the strength to seek help when I needed it, and I recognize the privilege of being able to afford consistent therapy and treatment. I’m also forever grateful to all the friends who have always been there to simply listen when I needed it. Know that even if you don’t have the reIllustration Courtesy of Gloria Yuen sources to go to therapy (which can notoriously popcorn and piles of hours–neglected home- be prohibitively expensive), there are other opwork, “Jamie, what I think I most appreciate tions available both on and off campus. about you is how vulnerable you are. It means My depression is constant effort. It’s setting a lot to hear about the worst parts of your day, aside an hour every week to go to counseling. It’s about your mental health. It makes me feel like turning my papers in on time and having a conI’m not alone and it makes me feel like I can sistent sleep schedule. It’s going to the gym four open up, too.” times a week and cooking for myself. It’s knowI struggled to write this at first—how do I go ing how to ask for help. And it’s manageable beabout discussing such a loaded topic, one we cause I put up a goddamn fight to manage it.
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HIP–HOP'S MOST UNIQUE (AND UNDER–APPRECIATED) PRODUCER
So good he doesn't need a producer tag
Stop me if you’ve heard this producer tag before: if young Metro don’t trust you, I gon’ shoot you. Of course you have, because producer Metro Boomin’s tag has achieved meme–like fame with Boomin’s chart–topping hits like “Jumpman” by Drake and Future, and “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” by Kanye West. Current hip– hop producers in the new wave of rap like Metro Boomin, MikeWillMadeIt, DJ Mustard, Just Blaze, and others love their production tags, so much so that some producers—such as Metro Boomin—have curated more than one
tag to let you know you’re listening to their beat. However, Kaytranada would rather you recognize his beats by the sound itself, not through his tags. I’m not here to convince you that Kaytranada is the best hip– hop producer of all time—he’s got a long way to go before catching up to the likes of DJ Premier, Kanye West, and Dr. Dre. But he is undoubtedly the most unique and consistent producer of the past decade of hip–hop, and many people don’t even know what a “Kaytranada beat” sounds like, despite the fact that his sound is
one of the most recognizable in the genre today once you know what to look for. The Canadian DJ has mastered the sound of glittery, frenetic, bass–bumping beats in his seven–year career as a producer. One of his most notable song productions, "All Night" by Chance the Rapper, encapsulates his production style well: an upbeat and rapid pace, feverish drums, and swinging trumpets at the end of the song. While I believe Chance’s lyrical performance on the song is underwhelming, Kaytranada's musical performance shines as a hectic dance anthem. While the beat of "All Night" itself is a great starting point to exemplify his musical style, Kaytranada’s production on the song
is hardly a standout in his own discography. Many of his productions are extraordinary, and while Chance is great, other artists are much better at rapping over his dazzling beats. For instance, Kaytranada has teamed up with artists like Anderson .Paak, GoldLink, Vic Mensa, and The Internet, all with better results than "All Night." Kaytranada's production on GoldLink’s "Sober Thoughts" and The Internet’s "Girl" are both examples of Kaytranada’s ability to make slow, hauntingly beautiful electronic beats, while his production on Vic Mensa’s "Wimme Nah" shows that he can excel at making glittery bangers, too. As great as Kaytranada’s production is for other artists, he truly outdoes himself with his 2016 debut album, 99.9%. On the al-
bum, Kaytranada teams up with aforementioned artists like GoldLink, Anderson .Paak, and Vic Mensa, in addition to artists like BadBadNotGood, AlunaGeorge, and Little Dragon. Front–to– back, 99.9% is a masterpiece of dizzying club hits and swervy basslines. "Glowed Up" featuring Anderson .Paak is one of the especially strong tracks on the album. The song combines a thundering bass line with a peculiar background sample, a beat that almost sounds like it could be the theme music to a sci–fi alien movie. Kaytranada’s production provides a breath of fresh, soulful air at a time when a lot of producers seem to be mechanically manufacturing chart–topping hits. PAUL LITWIN
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Though only the roughly 220 club treasurers on Penn’s campus get to interact with Ed Jing at monthly Student Activities Council (SAC) meetings, you probably recognize this senior’s name from your email inbox. As the chair of one of Penn’s most important branches of student government, Ed is in charge of creating and managing the budgets for nearly every functioning club at Penn—a feat he tackles while juggling majors in two different schools. Street sat down with the easy–going
future BCG (Boston Consulting Group) consultant to chat about what it’s like to control so much of Penn’s money and how he thinks SAC still has room to improve. 34th Street: Most of us know you through the emails you send, but I’m guessing you do a lot more as SAC chair. What does the job entail, and how much time does it take? Ed Jing: People don’t really know what SAC does unless
they’re the treasurer of a group and they’ve had to deal actively with us. Our job can be very tedious at times. We do a lot of administrative work with the budgets every year. We review a lot of numbers and a lot of requests. The biggest time chunk out of our year is designing the annual budgets, which takes about 30 hours in the spring. The next thing would be new group recognition for clubs that aren’t currently SAC recognized, but want to be so they can get funding. We do that at the start of each year. Basically, the Undergraduate Assembly (UA) allocates a budget to us each year, which we then use to fund all of the SAC– affiliated student groups. The cool thing about SAC exec is we’ve kind of fostered this great community among us where
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we get along really well, we’re very friendly with each other, so it never feels like all business. And I think that’s something to be said for every club, because when it comes down to it, we’re still all just 20–ish year olds involved in stuff on a college campus. Clubs should be a positive part of our lives, instead of just draining. Street: How did you get involved with SAC in the first place? EJ: I think that a lot of the people who are really involved in student government here at Penn get into it because they did it in high school. I actually wasn’t involved in student government in high school, which I think makes me kind of different. I got involved with Penn for Youth Debate my freshman year, and there just so happened to be a lot of overlap between that and the SAC board. I talked to those kids a lot about what they enjoyed about it, why they got involved in student government, and eventually decided to join as a general exec member. I did that for a year and talked to Jeremy Cohen, the previous chair, a lot, and thought that it would be a cool leadership opportunity for me. So I decided to go for it and I’ve really enjoyed it since then. Street: I’m sure there are some downsides. What are SAC’s relationships with other branches of student government and the administration like? EJ: The Office of Student Affairs is our immediate body of oversight, but I would say we operate pretty independently beyond them. As far as other groups go, one of the things I don’t like about student government in general is that it tends
HALEY WEISS to be very political. There are a lot of disagreements and occasionally some hostility among groups, but I think that’s all unnecessary, because we’re all moving towards the same goal of improving the student experience at Penn. That’s something I’ve definitely tried to work on as chair. Street: What specific changes are you working on? EJ: I’ve been working on having more transparency within the club. We published our guidelines very clearly, and we’ve worked in the two years that I’ve been on board to make them clearer for people. We have a limited budget. We get a similar budget to SPEC, which is fine, and I definitely agree with. But, at the same time, I think that student groups definitely foster much more of a community—this isn’t a bureaucracy thing with SPEC, we just wish we could give out every request that people want funding for. We have to work to be as impartial as possible for similar types of groups. If I had it my way, SAC would have all the money available on campus to fund every event that every student group requested. We don’t like saying no to people. I think people look at the exec board and think that we’re playing God with all this money. But we just have to work with what we have. Right now, club recruitment is a big one we’re also working on with the UA. We’ve found out that some clubs have pretty atrocious club recruitment policies, or ask really sexist questions and stuff like that. Street: What’s your opinion on that? Do you think it’s OK for clubs to have extensive recruitment processes?
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EJ: I think a lot of groups think that SAC guidelines are going to be something like, “You have to accept everybody.” And that’s not the case. We know there are usually only so many spots or so many people who you can take. We want people to come to the same results, but make it less stressful for freshmen. One of the things we’re implementing is having clubs send out a personalized rejection email— so, rather than someone having to find out through their friend that they didn’t get accepted by a club, they’ll find out through the club itself. Another thing—and this doesn’t apply to as many groups, but it’s still an issue— is that we’ve found that some clubs will ask very uncomfortable questions during interviews. Like, “Of the two interviewers here, who would you sleep with?” We’ve actually had groups ask that question, and that’s just the kind of thing that I think has no place at Penn, and certainly has no place in the recruitment process. And that’s something that, in SAC, we have the ability to change.
club recruitment processes? EJ: What we’re planning on doing is sending a survey out to all freshmen in the next 1–2 weeks. Now that the recruitment process is done for most groups, we want to ask them what their experience was with it and how we can improve, and then kind of use that to help formulate our guidelines. Because we have tentative ones in place, but we want to refine them.
Street: On the brighter side, is there anything you feel like you’ve had the unique chance to learn about the student body at Penn from from having such a broad overview of student life? EJ: I can definitely say that Penn is a lot bigger than what you interact with day to day. I feel like SAC has really opened my mind to all of the incredible different things that are going on at Penn. There are so many groups out there, and so many applying this year that applied last year, that I know will become an official part of the student groups on campus—and my goal is just to support that as much as possible. I’m not that active in things like sports Street: Is there anywhere people or music, but just to see how can go to report uncomfortable passionate people are about
their groups is awesome. From my experience with student government specifically, I think that the more you know about the university, the more you see things that can be improved upon, and the more you want to go out there and do those things.
great community building too, I see the same people there every week. I did a lot of Flywheel and Soulcycle this summer, and I’m trying to train for my first half marathon this year. My goal is just to finish it.
Street: What’s something I forgot to ask you? EJ: You forgot to ask me what I do outside of clubs! I love exercise classes. I do a ton of spinning, and I do BodyPump at Pottruck. I have no shame about it at this point. I’ve been doing it for a year now. I think everyone should do it—it’s
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LIGHTNING ROUND THE WEIRDEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN AT A SAC MEETING IS...Last year, during the GBM, someone dressed up as Ken Bone and asked, verbatim, his question about energy consumption. It had nothing to do with SAC, and it was hilarious.
WHEN I GO TO WAWA, I’M GETTING... Chicken noodle soup and saltines. THE LAST TAB I CLOSED ON MY COMPUTER WAS...I don't remember the order, but the last two were Reddit and a SAC page. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE AT PENN...Those who are subscribed to the SAC listserv and those who aren’t. THE THREE SAC CLUBS I WOULD JOIN IF I HAD MORE TIME ARE...Outdoors Club, The Collectve, and Men's Basketball.
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Imagine your stereotypical stoner: old hoodie, grease–stained sweatpants, and red, burnt–out eyes. This isn't what Marc* (C '18) looks like, especially not in his sleek, suited–up profile picture. But Marc's a daily marijuana smoker—or at least he was, before he decided to OCR. Marc spent the previous summers interning at a startup and conducting research at the university. Now a senior, he has decided
to recruit for a post–grad career in consulting. Unlike his previous jobs that did not conduct drug tests, he expects his full–time job to require him to be clean before signing. “The moment I decided, 'tomorrow I am going to an information session and starting this job search,' I completely stopped. I had one last smoke sesh the night before.” Marc said. After hearing horror stories of drug testing gone
wrong, Marc would rather play it safe than sorry. “One of my really good friends got a job in engineering at an oil company. He wasn’t expecting to get the job, but then he did. So the night before, he did a ton of blow,” Marc recalled. “They were going to hair test him, so it wasn’t going to out of his system in three days. He went to a place downtown and got waxed head to toe, completely hairless.”
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Marc has not smoked for the last month, ensuring clean results if tested. With second–round interviews at top consulting firms coming up, he intends to start smoking again once he gets an offer. “The moment I find out they don’t drug test and I sign, I know for a fact I will be rolling a joint.” While there's an increasing number of states legalizing marijuana, companies still have the right to drug test and deny employment to those who fail. In some states that have legalized medical uses, like Pennsylvania, those who are prescribed weed still aren't protected from workforce drug tests. However, some employers in legal states have rethought their drug–testing policy in light of changes in legislation and social norms. “I know a lot of small start–ups in California actually encourage it," Marc says. "I also have a friend working at a different consulting firm, and he said he gets high before his cases.” Marc plans to continue smoking once he's in the work force. “I am very productive when I smoke," he says. "I do most of my work high." He also smokes to just relax. “It lowers anxiety, and that’s why I smoke. Being at Penn is kind of stressful. Instead of blacking out five days a week, I might just want to smoke.” For other students at Penn, smoking constitutes a part of social life. In the past, Lucy* (E’ 18) filled her lazy summer days lighting up with her brother in
her backyard. This summer, she spent her busy work days interning at an energy company. When the internship required a drug test, she gave up smoking until she could prove she was clean. “I didn’t think about it too much," she says. "It was not hard for me to say no to drugs.” While she enjoys the substance, Lucy describes herself as only a social smoker. She does not buy for herself, and she views smoking as a common activity for hanging out with friends. “My brother thought I was extra lame and so did my guy friends, but I made the conscious decision that I am not going to do this,” Lucy said. Like Lucy, Marc also sees pot as a social equivalent to alcohol. “At this point, [smoking] is like going out and getting a drink or going to a bar. So instead of drinking, you hang out and smoke weed." With one in eight Americans currently smoking marijuana, many like Marc hope for a more relaxed attitude in the future towards the drug. In the meantime, Marc won't be turning down any jobs on the basis of drug policy. "I hope wherever I am working has a relaxed environment with smoking. I am not going to say it’s a reason why I would apply or choose a location; that would be really dumb of me. But I think it is an added perk." *Name has been changed MOLLY HESSEL
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1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | LGBT CENTER SAVA Training During this interactive training, learn from campus experts about the dynamics of interpersonal violence and how to respond to friends who have experienced it.
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REMINISCING WITH JOHN CLEESE AT A MONTY PYTHON SCREENING The man, the myth, the Holy Grail Far beyond Penn’s campus, nestled behind Cobbs Creek, stands the Tower Theater, a historic gem of a music venue that is the hallmark (if not the only) attraction that the
West Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby boasts. The theater, grand and elegant, will be hosting acts from Harry Styles to Tracy Morgan in the coming months.
This weekend, I did not go to the Tower Theater to see one of those exciting and relevant performers; rather, my friends and I went to see a screening of Monty Python and the Holy
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Grail followed by a talk given by John Cleese himself. Maybe we, as college students on the bridge between two phases of our lives, were looking to reminisce a childhood in which Cleese appeared as Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter series and the King in Shrek 2. Or maybe we were just looking for something new to do with our Friday night. Either way, we walked into the Tower Theater with Philadelphia’s most fabulously nerdy residents and watched our show.
state, each of us has the same collective pop culture memory. The childhood experience of watching Terry Gilliam clink coconut shells together in the movie was fittingly transported into our new lives in Philly, as the Philadelphian Monty Python geeks around us clinked their own coconut shells they had brought to the screening. Though it was a nostalgic experience, John Cleese’s speech—in which he mentioned his double hip replacement, knee replacements, hearing aid, and enlarged
"Make America Great Britain Again" The film was so prominent in my childhood, and it felt surreal to watch it beside a group of people I've met in college. Though not a single one of us is from the same
prostate—reminded us why we were there: we are all much older than we were the first time we watched the Holy Grail. Cleese responded to the
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theater's palpable focus on passage of time. Cleese spoke of his mother’s century–long lifetime: he noted how “she lived through the First World War, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and the Second World War, the atomic bomb, the rise of technology, and 9/11, yet she didn’t seem to notice any of it.” He encouraged the audience to observe and appreciate the world events happening around us as we live, so as not to miss the rich period of history we are so lucky to be living in. Cleese continued to delight the large crowd with wit as well as existential advice, talking about everything from politics to trauma. He maintained that the only way America will ever be out of its current political bind is to “Make America
Great Britain Again,” but he also recalled how comedy can heal even the most divisive and traumatic excesses of the political sphere. After an hour and a half of Cleese’s biting, take–no–prisoners humor, my group left the Tower Theater pleased that we had revisited a childhood memory in the context of our lives in Philadelphia and at Penn. Moreover, I was thrilled to have discovered the beautiful Tower Theater. Whether or not you think you may want to see Harry Styles in the coming months, I highly recommend trying to get off campus—especially westward— and see a show. You have no idea what unique experience you might stumble upon.
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hen you think of the word "monument," what pops into your head? The Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, permanence, government... "Monument" seems to have been conventionally associated with authority and dominant history. However, is there an alternative model to building monuments that represent the diverse histories and stories of ordinary people? Monument Lab, a citywide public art and history project co–produced by
for monuments that represent Philadelphia. These proposals from the public will be scanned on–site and displayed at the exhibition hub at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts through December 10. Jane Golden, Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia, pointed out the significance of Monument Lab at the opening, "[This work] was about representing people who felt historically unrepresented…What it does is that it asks
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us to engage and connect. And what about monuments? Who do you want to honor? What values do we hold dear as a city? What are the untold stories? Who and what do we want to elevate?...And who makes culture?” The artists featured in Monument Lab, who come from different backgrounds and artistic focuses, address issues such as immigration, race, gender, and environment in their works.
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Tania Bruguera, Klip Collective, Michelle Angela Ortiz, and Shira Walinsky use sculpture, projection, and kiosk to tell the narratives of immigration through the perspectives of children, families of Philadelphia, and refugees from Southeast Asia. Two Penn professors, David Hartt and Sharon Hayes, also participated in the project. Hartt’s film for everyone a garden VIII, created in collaboration with youth from the Norris Square Neighborhood Project (NSNP), explores the West African diaspora as an aspect of Puerto Rican ancestry. Hayes's cement sculpture If They Should Ask highlights the absence of monuments to women in Philadelphia. Mod-
eled after the bases of various existing area sculptures commemorating men, the sculpture is encircled with names of women in Philadelphia history. The curatorial team at Monument Lab took a collective approach that is conscious of current social issues and values diversity and public engagement. Because of its temporary and experimental nature, the project was not meant to result in one monument that represents the city of Philadelphia and its people. Rather, Monument Lab challenges the ways monuments are traditionally designed and produced.
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