Abstract
lauren woods -- Intermedia Nomadic Monument
22/2019 is the first full iteration of American Monument, launched at the Beall Center for Art and Technology at UCI on October 4, 2019 and installed until the pandemic closed it in March 2020. Artist lauren woods and her collaborator Kimberli Meyer have been Black Box researchers in residence at the Beall, and partnered with leading thinkers across disciplines at UCI. Collaborations with the School of Law and the departments of African American Studies, Social Ecology, Art History, and Art produced think thanks during Fall 2019 quarter and for the Think Tank Marathon in 2020. Participants led active thinking sessions on topics such as sound and the law, the fourth amendment, linguistics in relation to racial bias in law enforcement, and community activist response strategies.
22/2019 embodies the engagement of the Beall Center with American Monument. That commitment continues, with the Beall’s hosting of this website and research platform.