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This Bicycle is a Sculpture: A School Struggles to go Green

This Bicycle is a Sculpture: A School Struggles to go Green

This year marks the 150th anniversary of New York’s Cooper Union, a free, highly competitive college with schools of Art, Architecture, and Engineering. The most conspicuous commemoration has been... 

Reciprocal Representation

Reciprocal Representation

2009, Cooper Union’s 150th anniversary, has been a particularly high-profile year for the school. After three years of construction, the massive New Academic Building has finally taken shape on... 

Lane Relyea: Bricoluer as Entreprenuer.

Lane Relyea: Bricoluer as Entreprenuer.

A consideration of the New Museum’s show “Unmonumental” and the model of the “21st century object” it proposes, a well-networked piece of sculpture too internally diverse... 

Cooper Union Interdisciplinary Seminar Archives Released

Cooper Union Interdisciplinary Seminar Archives Released

We are happy to announce that SMAC is starting a collaboration with the Cooper Union Interdisciplinary Seminar. The series organizers Doug Ashford and Walid Raad have chosen the best talks from their... 

Teddy Cruz: 60 Linear Miles of Trans-Border Conflict

Teddy Cruz: 60 Linear Miles of Trans-Border Conflict

The international border between the US and Mexico at the San Diego / Tijuana checkpoint is the most trafficked in the world. Approximately sixty million people cross annually, moving untold amounts of...