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Unlike unrealized architectural projects, which are frequently exhibited and circulated, unrealized artworks tend to remain unnoticed or little known. But perhaps there is another form of artistic agency in the partial expression, the incomplete idea, the projection of a mere intention? Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP) seeks to document and display these works. Whether censored, forgotten, postponed, impossible, or rejected, unrealized projects form a unique testament to the speculative power of non-action.

AUP follows the publication entitled “Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealized Projects,” collated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa after several years of international research conducted in the late 1990s. Twenty years later, the Agency of Unrealized Projects was formed in collaboration with Julieta Aranda and Anton Vidokle, and an open call for unrealized projects was issued for its first public exhibition at ArtBasel in 2011. The open call will continue until all unrealized art projects are compiled.

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den anonymen Tod ausstellen - Gregor Schneider

d'un projet dédié aux victimes de la Shoah. - Christian Boltanski

Nicht realisierte Projekte - Stefan Demary

Milan House (AC/DC & Joy Division) - Liam Gillick

Brücke Wein-Kanal Arch. Hermann Czech, Wein - Franz West

Theater der Leere - Werner Ruhnau and Yves Klein

MAK - Wien  - Rosemarie Trockel

Broadway Musicals - Christian Marclay

Notebook Page: Home in the Form of a Banana with Garage,  - Claes Oldenburg

Museum - Katharina Fritsch

Agency of Unrealised Projects
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W4388
25.05.2011
THIS ISA NICE NEIGHBORHOOD - MARTINEZ PETROPOULOS WHITE
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THIS ISA NICE NEIGHBORHOOD Moscone Center/Howard Street Project, San Francisco, CA 1991 Located two blocks south of Market Street, the site is the space between two Convention Centers – six lanes of traffic, with two sets of three lane bus and taxi ...
THIS ISA NICE NEIGHBORHOOD Moscone Center/Howard Street Project, San Francisco, CA 1991 Located two blocks south of Market Street, the site is the space between two Convention Centers – six lanes of traffic, with two sets of three lane bus and taxi ...
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W4772
29.05.2011
Unrealized Artist Identity - Katharina Galla
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Unrealized Artist Identity This project is a life. Embodied by a person, who is frequently reckoned to be an artists. "So, you are an artist…", they say. Sometimes, I embrace my unrealized identity. It feels like a factoid, not a li ...
Unrealized Artist Identity This project is a life. Embodied by a person, who is frequently reckoned to be an artists. "So, you are an artist…", they say. Sometimes, I embrace my unrealized identity. It feels like a factoid, not a li ...
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W5420
20.10.2012
“These things I do, and shall do, if I can, are no longer, or are not yet, or never were, or never will be, or if they were, if they are, if they will be, were not here, are not here, will not be here, but elsewhere”. - Alessandro Laita
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TITLE “These things I do, and shall do, if I can, are no longer, or are not yet, or never were, or never will be, or if they were, if they are, if they will be, were not here, are not here, will not be here, but elsewhere”. DESCRIPTION The who ...
TITLE “These things I do, and shall do, if I can, are no longer, or are not yet, or never were, or never will be, or if they were, if they are, if they will be, were not here, are not here, will not be here, but elsewhere”. DESCRIPTION The who ...
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W5292
16.10.2012
Along horizontality - Joanna Geldard
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Along horizontality Joanna Geldard My studies into the nature of horizontality extend to integrate an approach to space and site in non-spaces/in-between spaces. It aims to negotiate and contribute to the interpretations of non-spaces on the ed ...
Along horizontality Joanna Geldard My studies into the nature of horizontality extend to integrate an approach to space and site in non-spaces/in-between spaces. It aims to negotiate and contribute to the interpretations of non-spaces on the ed ...
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W4346
24.05.2011
Sane Jung
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Through my art, I can go fishing, I can eat burgers, I can play with balls, I can go to the sea and go to mountain. I can meet people and talk to people, I can see the sky and I can see the moon. How gorgeous it is and what a wonderful, exciting privilege ...
Through my art, I can go fishing, I can eat burgers, I can play with balls, I can go to the sea and go to mountain. I can meet people and talk to people, I can see the sky and I can see the moon. How gorgeous it is and what a wonderful, exciting privilege ...
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W4430
25.05.2011
Fountains - Giuseppe Gabellone
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Fountains Project for the wood of sculptures of Vassivière island, France February 2010 ...
Fountains Project for the wood of sculptures of Vassivière island, France February 2010 ...
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W4803
07.08.2012
Rice Island - joaquin gasgonia palencia
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Rice Island is an exploration of artistic and proactive artistic+technological interventions to one of the world's problems - that of global food supply. TITLE: RICE ISLAND CONCEPT: The concept is to create a floating rice paddy off the pier of an is ...
Rice Island is an exploration of artistic and proactive artistic+technological interventions to one of the world's problems - that of global food supply. TITLE: RICE ISLAND CONCEPT: The concept is to create a floating rice paddy off the pier of an is ...
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W3544
12.05.2011
CITY IS DEAD / BACK TO INDOOR - CITY IS DEAD / BACK TO INDOOR
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CITY IS DEAD / BACK TO INDOOR Art of recent decades experienced deeply the idea of „Escape from institutions to the streets”. It gave the birth to countless artistic projects in public spaces, interventions and site-specific installations. B ...
CITY IS DEAD / BACK TO INDOOR Art of recent decades experienced deeply the idea of „Escape from institutions to the streets”. It gave the birth to countless artistic projects in public spaces, interventions and site-specific installations. B ...
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W4743
26.05.2011
Kristin Tollefson
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Designed for the White Center YWCA Resource Center, White Center, WA, this wall was intended to reference the growing and diverse community who are patrons of the center. Botanical forms are universally recognized in cultures around the world.... ...
Designed for the White Center YWCA Resource Center, White Center, WA, this wall was intended to reference the growing and diverse community who are patrons of the center. Botanical forms are universally recognized in cultures around the world.... ...
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W4636
25.05.2011
C.Q - Ioanna Pantazopoulou
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C.Q., 2010 honey jars, cosmetic containers, lipsticks, glue, mirror C.Q. is a maquette study for a fantastical monument, a ‘Disney Palace on acid’, a tribute to Beauty. It is an arrangement of cosmetics that are used as pigments to add tones to ...
C.Q., 2010 honey jars, cosmetic containers, lipsticks, glue, mirror C.Q. is a maquette study for a fantastical monument, a ‘Disney Palace on acid’, a tribute to Beauty. It is an arrangement of cosmetics that are used as pigments to add tones to ...
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W4913
14.08.2012
Spacial Installation - Sara Palomeque
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SPATIAL INSTALLATION: Wall made out of strings. Measures: 3m high x 4m breed The wall will be built based on a structure (wood or any other stable material) with two equal sides, supporting two transport bands with motor, which are holding the ropes and r ...
SPATIAL INSTALLATION: Wall made out of strings. Measures: 3m high x 4m breed The wall will be built based on a structure (wood or any other stable material) with two equal sides, supporting two transport bands with motor, which are holding the ropes and r ...
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W3892
20.05.2011
Garden REtreat - Kitty Gordon
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Garden REtreat is an unrealized proposal for a temporary public art installation that addresses the issue of unused urban land. Its intention is to transform a vacant lot into a vibrant garden filled with organic forms made from recycled materials. ...
Garden REtreat is an unrealized proposal for a temporary public art installation that addresses the issue of unused urban land. Its intention is to transform a vacant lot into a vibrant garden filled with organic forms made from recycled materials. ...
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W4965
21.08.2012
Unrealized/able photography - Ana-Maria Huluban
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Unrealized/able photography Ana-Maria Huluban anamariahuluban.com Photograph - possible to be taken directly: A glass cube with 2m sides, full of clear water. Inside the cube there are mirrors which reflect the surroundings and each other. ...
Unrealized/able photography Ana-Maria Huluban anamariahuluban.com Photograph - possible to be taken directly: A glass cube with 2m sides, full of clear water. Inside the cube there are mirrors which reflect the surroundings and each other. ...
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W3872
19.05.2011
I TO EYE - Jacek Smolicki
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"I to eye" project is an unfinished photo- documentation of author's face to face confrontation with 400 CCTV cameras of Old Town of Jerusalem (2010) Confronting the unrealized city... Jacek Smolicki 2010 Jerusalem is a specific place. The parad ...
"I to eye" project is an unfinished photo- documentation of author's face to face confrontation with 400 CCTV cameras of Old Town of Jerusalem (2010) Confronting the unrealized city... Jacek Smolicki 2010 Jerusalem is a specific place. The parad ...
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W4764
28.05.2011
Juliana BIttencourt
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I would like to ask if I still can submit my project. It was part of an exhibition en Brazil of unrealized projects. http://projetosnatemporada.org/en/ The curators told me about this site but I´m afraid is to late. Thanks a lot, Juliana Bittencourt ...
I would like to ask if I still can submit my project. It was part of an exhibition en Brazil of unrealized projects. http://projetosnatemporada.org/en/ The curators told me about this site but I´m afraid is to late. Thanks a lot, Juliana Bittencourt ...
U9591
01.01.1987
The World Record - General Idea
Unbuilt Roads
A commission for the SkyDome sports stadium in Toronto, Canada. "General Idea's World Record takes the form of an Illuminated sign suspended overhead and running for the complete circumference of the SkyDome's circular interior street. It will display ...
A commission for the SkyDome sports stadium in Toronto, Canada. "General Idea's World Record takes the form of an Illuminated sign suspended overhead and running for the complete circumference of the SkyDome's circular interior street. It will display ...
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D10808
01.01.2003
The House of Language - Bethan Huws
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To print this phrase on a relatively large number of (bird) nest boxes – the German concrete cylinder type which are not analogous to human houses, unlike their French and British counterparts – and then to install these in an area of a forest that do ...
To print this phrase on a relatively large number of (bird) nest boxes – the German concrete cylinder type which are not analogous to human houses, unlike their French and British counterparts – and then to install these in an area of a forest that do ...
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U9779
01.01.1988
Relatum (Iron Plate and Stone) - Lee Ufan
Unbuilt Roads
Four natural stones are evenly places around an iron plate, facing each other. As the iron plate is buried one meter below the ground, only the four stones are visible to the viewer. The absence of the iron plate is indicated by a title sign which ind ...
Four natural stones are evenly places around an iron plate, facing each other. As the iron plate is buried one meter below the ground, only the four stones are visible to the viewer. The absence of the iron plate is indicated by a title sign which ind ...
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W4561
25.05.2011
FONTAINE DU BASSIN D'APOLLON- PALAIS DU VERSAILLES- PARIS. - Eduardo Villanueva
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FONTAINE DU BASSIN D'APOLLON- PALAIS DU VERSAILLES- PARIS. An artwork by Eduardo Villanueva. This artwork or mischief consist in re-create a simulacrum of a terrorist act without causing serious consequences. The main act consist in throwing a bronze c ...
FONTAINE DU BASSIN D'APOLLON- PALAIS DU VERSAILLES- PARIS. An artwork by Eduardo Villanueva. This artwork or mischief consist in re-create a simulacrum of a terrorist act without causing serious consequences. The main act consist in throwing a bronze c ...
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W4021
22.05.2011
MAKE YOUR MOVE - Marjan Verhaeghe
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Marjan Verhaeghe For: Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP) In my proposal for a residence in Dublin, 2008, I formulated an interactive idea for a cooperation with other artists. I was selected to come over, but in that period I couldn’t go (be ...
Marjan Verhaeghe For: Agency of Unrealized Projects (AUP) In my proposal for a residence in Dublin, 2008, I formulated an interactive idea for a cooperation with other artists. I was selected to come over, but in that period I couldn’t go (be ...
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W5188
30.09.2012
‘Waiting for the Sunrise’ (To follow the light) - Betty Nigianni
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‘Waiting for the Sunrise’ (To follow the light) - - Performance, digital photography, digital video, sculpture, varied dimensions (2011) Undertaken as a means for research, walking journeys in the city allowed for emerging themes, such as pilgrim ...
‘Waiting for the Sunrise’ (To follow the light) - - Performance, digital photography, digital video, sculpture, varied dimensions (2011) Undertaken as a means for research, walking journeys in the city allowed for emerging themes, such as pilgrim ...
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W3907
20.05.2011
Alan Yates
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As Contemporary art exhibitions develop towards a multiplicity of practises and genres, many are being used for urban regeneration and environmental projects. In this new landscape I wish to lead on initiatives to re-shape the urban landscape to incorpora ...
As Contemporary art exhibitions develop towards a multiplicity of practises and genres, many are being used for urban regeneration and environmental projects. In this new landscape I wish to lead on initiatives to re-shape the urban landscape to incorpora ...
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W4340
24.05.2011
Violin making; the neck or ‘chiver’ of the saxophone made of porcelain; will ceramic sound different? - Cristina Cambiganu
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Violin making; the neck or ‘chiver’ of the saxophone made of porcelain; will ceramic sound different? The idea, which has been in my drawer of dreams for over 10 years, intend to insert a graft on the saxophone. Precisely, the project intended to r ...
Violin making; the neck or ‘chiver’ of the saxophone made of porcelain; will ceramic sound different? The idea, which has been in my drawer of dreams for over 10 years, intend to insert a graft on the saxophone. Precisely, the project intended to r ...
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W4037
22.05.2011
Lynn Carlson
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An Installation, on site, composed of baskets and crates on waist high tables offering musical instruments while supermarket music wafts through the space. An art project is full of possibilities. For the artist, it may mean expanding on a theme. F ...
An Installation, on site, composed of baskets and crates on waist high tables offering musical instruments while supermarket music wafts through the space. An art project is full of possibilities. For the artist, it may mean expanding on a theme. F ...
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W5208
04.10.2012
Lure - Noa Nahari
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Noa Nahari Name: Lure Year: 2013/4 Neo Marxism claims the media are a tool to handle capitalistic power that wishes to exploit the working class to earn more money. For example, communication channels will produce programs that specifically attract a ...
Noa Nahari Name: Lure Year: 2013/4 Neo Marxism claims the media are a tool to handle capitalistic power that wishes to exploit the working class to earn more money. For example, communication channels will produce programs that specifically attract a ...
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W4369
25.05.2011
Importance of some Note - Qi.ng
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Importance of some Note 12x8" Digital capture of graphite on 3x3" scrap paper I once had a mentor who would grouse on about the term 'art projects', as though these were something that had a distinct end and finish. The debate would always return to ...
Importance of some Note 12x8" Digital capture of graphite on 3x3" scrap paper I once had a mentor who would grouse on about the term 'art projects', as though these were something that had a distinct end and finish. The debate would always return to ...
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