“Deadly weapons are among the most fascinating and well-designed artefacts of our time, but their beauty can be cherished only by those for whom aesthetic pleasure is divorced from the value of life. A mode of perception the arts are not meant to encourage.” – Arthur Drexler former Director of the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA.

Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA and James Hunt, Director, graduate program in Transdisciplinary Design, at Parsons The New School for Design are inviting experts from fields as diverse as science, philosophy, literature, music, film, journalism, and politics to respond to selected design objects and spark a conversation with all readers to explore the manifestations of violence in contemporary society.

Take a look at author William Gibson’s (Neuromancer) contribution about the symbolism of military insignia here. Watch Yosuke Ushingome’s Commoditised Warfare TV Ad below and see Christoph Niemann’s illustrative response here:

See Paola discuss the project in process at Eyeo back in 2013 in Minneapolis below.

Take a look at the Design & Violence website where there are over 70 chosen objects and responses to explore.

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Local project was founded in 2003 by a group of friends trying to keep the new art going in the emerging Long Island City neighborhood.

Soon LP became a home for artists and people from different backgrounds, in some cases part of the LP community found in the space opportunities to grow as artist, LP doesn’t just offer an art space but a HOME, a place to share, to talk and dialogue.

Local Project holds art shows since 2003, we have exhibit artists from all over the world, all disciplines, fostering interaction between artist and the community.

Our idea also is to create a bridge breaking down the walls between establish Art Institutions and the general public. Local Project made that real working together community based projects with the Queens Museum of Art, Museum del Barrio and recently we establish a program of art lectures in LP with the MOMA Museum.

As artists we understand the need for a space. We understand that a platform is needed for new artists to emerge and show their work, to get in contact and get the necessary feedback from the audience: that is why we created this space.

A forum for artist where the community can find inspiration, direction, friends, guidance, sin limites, LP is never boring, LP is vital for the arts and the people of New York.