Just Space(s) builds upon the recent publication of a special volume of Critical Planning (UCLA Journal of Urban Planning, volume 14, summer 2007) on the theme of spatial justice by presenting some of the most innovative contemporary artistic and activist work engaging social and spatial analyses.

Just Space(s) asks a crucial question: How do we move from injustice to justice exactly where we stand - in our neighborhoods and our institutions, at the level of the body, the home, the street corner, the city, the region, the network, the supranational trade agreement and every space within, between, and beyond?

SYMPOSIA ///

The three symposia sessions each consist of a series of public presentations and discussions. The topics of the sessions reflect primary themes of the exhibition and each session will feature a range of perspectives, including at least one activist, one artist, and one scholar who all work on the same issue. The goal of the symposia is to draw together disparate methodologies from multiple disciplines and to explore the specific role of each perspective in making injustice visible, creating just spaces, and moving from injustice to justice. We consider the symposia to be an essential component of the larger project – one that is particularly well suited to engage important questions about process. All events are at LACE unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, October 7 / Session#1 / (Im)mobility - Prisons and the Prison Industrial Complex / 1:30-5:30pm

Participants: Ashley Hunt, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Kim McGill (Youth Justice Coalition), Melissa Burch (A New Way of Life), Roy San Filippo (Critical Resistance)

Sunday, October 28 / Session#2 / Environmental Justice and Public Health / 1:30-5:30pm

Participants: Amy Balkin, Marie Cieri, Jenna Loyd, Lize Mogel, Kim Stringfellow, Laura Barraclough, Rosemary Gibbons

Saturday, November 10 / Session#3 / Economic Justice and the Right to the City / 1:30-5:30pm

Participants: John Malpede, Mark Purcell, Ben Beach, Gilda Haas, Madeline Janis, Edward Soja

November 13-20 / Tránsito(ry) Público - The Political Equator

Los Angeles, San Diego and Tijuana / Organized by Grant Kester, Teddy Cruz, and Jennifer Flores Sternad

 

/// OTHER EVENTS ///

Wednesday, September 26 / Opening Reception at LACE / 7:00–9:00pm

Saturday, October 6 / Presentation: Returning Power to Neighborhoods / 1:30–5:30pm

Mark Lakeman of Portland's City Repair Project

Saturday, November 3 / Tour: Malibu Public Beaches Safari / 11:00am–2:30pm (Meets in Malibu)

Organized by the Los Angeles Urban Rangers

Friday, November 9 / Tour: Parking Public: Parking Lots and Utopias (Hollywood) / 12:00-1:30pm

Organized by the Temporary Travel Office

Sunday, November 11 / Performance: LATWIDNO / 2:00–5:00pm

Sarah Lewison and Erin McGonigle perform "Land Access to Which Is Denied No One"