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Research and Development

Expert investigators, these artists mine the realms of history, mathematics, science, and more in their practices. Their critical engagements with the world around us bring to light underexamined stories, open new pathways for thought, and model how we might see the world more clearly.

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Tishan Hsu: Digital Flesh

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  1. Tishan Hsu: Digital Flesh11:52
  2. Josh Kline in “Human Nature”14:08
  3. Camille Henrot: In Movement9:25
  4. Tomás Saraceno in “Realms of the Real”13:00
  5. Craft1:02
  6. A Book of Mine1:19
  7. Time1:56
  8. Ground Station1:56
  9. Lucy Raven: Pressure & Release12:38
  10. Things Don't Have to Be Like This11:15

    Morehshin Allahyari, American Artist, and Mimi Ọnụọha

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  11. Salah Elmur: Fixing Time11:55
  12. Xin Liu's Inward Expeditions9:27
  13. Hannah Levy's Adaptive Structures8:33
  14. Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Politics of Listening15:03
  15. Paul Pfeiffer: Interrupting the Broadcast7:29
  16. Guerrilla Girls in “Bodies of Knowledge”16:41
  17. Tauba Auerbach in “Bodies of Knowledge”13:55
  18. Hank Willis Thomas in “Bodies of Knowledge”14:08
  19. Anicka Yi in “Bodies of Knowledge”11:38
  20. Alex Da Corte in “Everyday Icons”13:42
  21. Diane Severin Nguyen’s Transfigurations8:34
  22. Rose Salane's Lost & Found9:25
  23. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: "A Crack in the Hourglass"6:39
  24. Michael Rakowitz: Haunting the West12:01
  25. Postcommodity in "Borderlands"14:14
  26. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer in "Borderlands"17:21
  27. Guan Xiao in "Beijing"12:57
  28. Christian Marclay in "London"13:51
  29. John Akomfrah in "London"16:05
  30. Alex Da Corte: 57 Varieties12:05
  31. Lynn Hershman Leeson in "San Francisco Bay Area"14:40
  32. Stephanie Syjuco in "San Francisco Bay Area"14:48
  33. Susan Philipsz in "Berlin"12:23
  34. Olafur Eliasson in "Berlin"13:28
  35. Abigail DeVille Listens to History8:11
  36. Caroline Woolard's Floating Possibility7:13
  37. Aki Sasamoto is Feeling Stretched7:02
  38. Stan Douglas: Channeling Miles Davis4:23
  39. Minerva Cuevas: Bridging Borders5:04
  40. Stan Douglas in "Vancouver"13:26
  41. Minerva Cuevas in "Mexico City"13:14
  42. Collaboration on Campus—Nanotechnology & Contemporary Art15:56
  43. Thomas Hirschhorn: "Gramsci Monument"7:16
  44. Omer Fast in "Fiction"15:41
  45. Trevor Paglen in "Secrets"17:14
  46. Abigail DeVille's Harlem Stories7:34
  47. Kara Walker: “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby”9:37
  48. Glenn Ligon: Layers of Meaning2:53
  49. Mary Mattingly's Waterfront Development8:05
  50. Mary Mattingly Owns Up9:22
  51. Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back7:03
  52. David Brooks Is In His Element6:43
  53. Liz Magic Laser Talks to the Hand8:13
  54. David Brooks Tears the Roof Off7:33
  55. Liz Magic Laser Feeeeeeeeeeeeels Your Pain8:40
  56. Martha Colburn Brings the War Home6:30
  57. Mary Reid Kelley in "History"15:07
  58. Glenn Ligon in "History"21:02
  59. Mika Tajima Versus the Cubicle5:29
  60. LaToya Ruby Frazier Takes on Levi's6:31
  61. Allan McCollum: "Lost Objects" & "Natural Copies"4:10
  62. Allan McCollum in "Systems"13:59
  63. Yinka Shonibare CBE RA in "Transformation"15:27
  64. Carrie Mae Weems in "Compassion"15:48
  65. Matthew Ritchie: Architect Benjamin Aranda2:04
  66. Matthew Ritchie: "The Morning Line"2:08
  67. Matthew Ritchie: Apocalypse2:12
  68. Mark Dion: "Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)"1:53
  69. Mark Dion: "Neukom Vivarium"1:49
  70. Allora & Calzadilla in "Paradox"14:02
  71. Mark Dion in "Ecology"14:49
  72. Nancy Spero in "Protest"13:43
  73. Alfredo Jaar in "Protest"13:59
  74. Matthew Ritchie in "Structures"13:59
  75. Krzysztof Wodiczko in "Power"14:40
  76. Paul Pfeiffer in "Time"12:49
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