6 × 9.25 inches, 368 pages, softcover

ISBN 978-1-941753-92-7

Design by IN-FO.CO 

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Roundtables, Rallies, Raves: 50 MoMA R&D Salons examines the many forms of productive gatherings, from formal conferences and roundtables, to impromptu rallies and raves, celebrating what is gained when we come together in physical space and walk away with unintended outcomes, insights, and wisdom. Launched in 2012, MoMA Research & Development explores the potential and responsibility of museums as public actors and as a testing ground for ideas. The R&D Salons, which have brought together over 400 contributors to date, generate a lively discussion that not only informs the museum and its program, but also a wider conversation in the outside world, acting as both crucibles and catalysts for new ways of thinking and doing in cultural institutions. This volume combines new essays with highlights from the extensive MoMA R&D Salon archive, looking both backwards and forwards to tackle topics as diverse as Revolution, Hair, Anger, Dogs, Gastrodiplomacy, and Death. The result offers the museum as a unique place for conversation, and artists and designers as singular interpreters of complex realities.

Featuring contributions by Carly Busta, Gustavo Caboco, Joshua Citarella, Es Devlin, Brunno Douat, Bobbito Garcia, Theaster Gates, Kimberly Jannarone, Jamal Joseph, Ailton Krenak, Sylvia Lavin, Shannon Mattern, Yancey Strickler, Sumayya Vally, Mckenzie Wark, Harvey Whitehouse, Dong-Ping Wong, in addition to Antonelli and Moushoul.