Teddy Cruz Interview: Geo-political Borders

Teddy Cruz talking about his practice and Think Space. He is the juror on a competition Think Space is doing which asks entrants to examine and transform geo-political borders.

via Thinkspace

This competition calls for critical observations of border regions as laboratories from which to imagine new paradigms of urbanization and democratization. These critical thresholds amplify the politics of migration and citizenship, labor and surveillance, the tensions between sprawl and density, formal and informal urbanisms, wealth and poverty and the collisions between natural systems and political jurisdiction, exposing conflict as operational tool to re-think artistic practices.

via New York Times

Teddy Cruz’s housing proposal for Hudson, N.Y. The development would feature playgrounds, an outdoor amphitheater and spaces that could be used for arts or job-training programs.