A plan is the opposite of improvisation, it is a moving target towards the unreal.
Planning Committee: Jacqueline Jean Barrios, Marko Icev, Paul Kurek, Josh Nelson, Gus Wendel
Exhibition Design: Josh Nelson
Catalog Design: Kenny Wong
Special thanks to: Nallely Almaguer-Rodriguez, Martha Kriley, Michael Lee, Phil Soderland, Hans Wendel & Dana Cuff
For us, plans can be disciplinary, normative and managerial, yet they could also generate unruly, critical and disruptive results. We are surrounded by plans in our daily lives, we feel their impetus compelling us ever forward. A way to resist the usual drive of the plan is to arrest it as a shared point of investigation. How can an urban object misread, elaborate or revise plans? How are urban plans communicated? How do plans enable action in the city? What potential does the plan hold to make the city more just? Finally, what’s your plan? SALON 02 is organized and curated by a group of alumni from the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative. Its aim is to foster continued engagement with urban humanities theory, pedagogies, and community both within and outside the academy. Part symposium, part exhibition, part celebration, SALON 02 showcases the making of urban humanities in Los Angeles, presenting projects blurring the edges of our respective disciplines in the humanities, urban research, and design.A event spanning three days, SALON 02 collectively represents the ongoing work of urban humanists engaged in remaking and reimagining the city.