We The Publics...from Bounded Rationality to Unbounded Possibilities

5749 South Perry Avenue,Chicago IL 60621

10 November, 2021

Description

We invite you to experience this catalytic assemblage of art, artifacts, and history exploring the publics and public trust. Sweet Water Foundation is excited to launch We The Publics...from Bounded Rationality to Unbounded Possibilities, a catalytic assemblage of art, artifacts, and history exploring the many facets and dimensions of the publics and public trust. For over a decade our work has been in the service of cultivating neighborhoods as we live our motto, “There GROWS the Neighborhood.” This exhibit shares the collective works and perspective of the Sweet Water Foundation community to provoke a reframing and reclaiming of the ‘Publics’ for all. In the nascent weeks of 2017, following the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, We The Publics…, A Manifesto to Restore Democracy and Truth in the Republic was drafted and exhibited at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Four years later, this proposal for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America remains more vital than ever. We are living amidst an international crisis of Public Trust; a pervasive unravelling of faith in leadership, a void of common truths, and an absence of a shared humanity at a time when collective action is a precondition for our continued survival. We The Publics... lifts the veil on the untold histories and shows us the solutions that lie outside the bounds of economic rationality. space for workshops, field lessons, and events at The Commonwealth. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED to receive a tour of the installations and Sweet Water Foundation's dynamic Regenerative Neighborhood Development campus, known as The Commonwealth.