Agency of Unrealised Projects
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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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d'un projet dédié aux victimes de la Shoah. - Christian Boltanski

Projet pour la Place Saint Léger à Chambery  - Erik Dietman

Ruderaltisch, 1994/95 Kunst am Bau - Projekt - Lois Weinberger

Monumento all'agricoltura 1969-70 - Alighiero Boetti

The bridge according to Jeong-a's dream - Koo Jeong

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

Chen H.V.O + G.T. - Bertrand Lavier

Isometric Projection - Sol Lewitt

Placid Earth: A Project for the Meeting of Millennia - Cai Guo Quiang

Art and Ourselves: A Proposal for the city of Nordhorn - Allen Rupperssberg

Agency of Unrealised Projects
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W10263
18.06.2014
Blue Spiral - Miklos Legrady
WWW
An urban transformation painting the smokestacks of downtown Toronto. ...
An urban transformation painting the smokestacks of downtown Toronto. ...
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W4253
24.05.2011
Minute of Power  - Arcady Kotler
WWW
Arcady Kotler Minute of Power The project Minute of Power is an interactive installation inviting viewers to stand on top of a watchtower to observe their surroundings through the scope a rifle. In this work I investigate how the experience of hand ...
Arcady Kotler Minute of Power The project Minute of Power is an interactive installation inviting viewers to stand on top of a watchtower to observe their surroundings through the scope a rifle. In this work I investigate how the experience of hand ...
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W4491
25.05.2011
An unrealized high relief sculpture project from Istanbul. - Dilara Akay
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An unrealized high relief sculpture project from Istanbul. In October 2010 I was asked to propose a work for a building of a leading Turkish retail operation brand's headquarters in Istanbul. I made the presentation at the beginning of February 2011. And ...
An unrealized high relief sculpture project from Istanbul. In October 2010 I was asked to propose a work for a building of a leading Turkish retail operation brand's headquarters in Istanbul. I made the presentation at the beginning of February 2011. And ...
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W3787
18.05.2011
diSTRUKTURA
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We would like to propose a situation in which we would place a landscape of a proposed city surrounding area under video surveillance. We are MA’s of Departments of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade. We live in Belgrade, S ...
We would like to propose a situation in which we would place a landscape of a proposed city surrounding area under video surveillance. We are MA’s of Departments of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade. We live in Belgrade, S ...
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W4555
25.05.2011
UNTITED (WOVEN PORTICO) - Nicolas Feldmeyer
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UNTITED (WOVEN PORTICO) Project for a site-specific installation, UCL Wilkins Building, London White fabric sheets, interwoven with the existing columns, give the portico of UCL’s Wilkins Building a temporary new monumentality. The space contained w ...
UNTITED (WOVEN PORTICO) Project for a site-specific installation, UCL Wilkins Building, London White fabric sheets, interwoven with the existing columns, give the portico of UCL’s Wilkins Building a temporary new monumentality. The space contained w ...
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W5178
27.09.2012
The Blue Night - Monika Goetz
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Titel: The Blue Night Geplanter Standort: Westpark, München Jahr: 2011 Die Blaue Stunde ist ein poetischer Begriff für die Zeit der Dämmerung zwischen Sonnenuntergang und nächtlicher Dunkelheit, sowie für die Zeit kurz vor dem Sonnenaufgang. Rei ...
Titel: The Blue Night Geplanter Standort: Westpark, München Jahr: 2011 Die Blaue Stunde ist ein poetischer Begriff für die Zeit der Dämmerung zwischen Sonnenuntergang und nächtlicher Dunkelheit, sowie für die Zeit kurz vor dem Sonnenaufgang. Rei ...
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W4697
26.05.2011
The Bastard Academy - Jon Rubin
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The Bastard Academy public project for Stanford University and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (unrealized) A think tank about a think tank. The Bastard Academy is a site and situation for research about Stanford University's right-wing think ...
The Bastard Academy public project for Stanford University and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (unrealized) A think tank about a think tank. The Bastard Academy is a site and situation for research about Stanford University's right-wing think ...
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W4616
25.05.2011
Unrealized project no. 09: Further Development or To Be in an Endless State of Flux - Ruben Aubrecht
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Unrealized project no. 09: Further Development or To Be in an Endless State of Flux The work takes up the incessant developments in social, political and scientific matters and transfers this idea of a never-ending process allegorically onto buildings ...
Unrealized project no. 09: Further Development or To Be in an Endless State of Flux The work takes up the incessant developments in social, political and scientific matters and transfers this idea of a never-ending process allegorically onto buildings ...
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W5101
13.09.2012
Copa & Sordes
WWW
and an another proposal for an ornament in art context ...
and an another proposal for an ornament in art context ...
W4451
25.05.2011
God Only Knows - Declan Rooney
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God Only Knows Concept: Inside a sand pit and framed from behind by a blue wooden wall, I will dig my hands and feet into Dublin sand, collecting mounds of the material. Then I will elevate both hands and feet above the ground, attempting to hold this a ...
God Only Knows Concept: Inside a sand pit and framed from behind by a blue wooden wall, I will dig my hands and feet into Dublin sand, collecting mounds of the material. Then I will elevate both hands and feet above the ground, attempting to hold this a ...
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W4735
26.05.2011
Swans - Wiebke Maria Wachmann
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U9747
01.01.1968
A House of Dust - Alison Knowles
Unbuilt Roads
The House of Dust was first a computer poem using fortran language. The quatrains are all different, each line randomly connected. The form shifting categories for the house are: the material of manufature, the locations the light source and the inhabitan ...
The House of Dust was first a computer poem using fortran language. The quatrains are all different, each line randomly connected. The form shifting categories for the house are: the material of manufature, the locations the light source and the inhabitan ...
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W5456
20.10.2012
“short hi.stories” series - Plamen Yordanov
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waste not art “short hi.stories” series 1995 – ongoing unrealized/unrealizable project intended for installation at the Serpentine Gallery, London (or any other museum that wishes to exhibit the project) by Plamen Yordanov descriptio ...
waste not art “short hi.stories” series 1995 – ongoing unrealized/unrealizable project intended for installation at the Serpentine Gallery, London (or any other museum that wishes to exhibit the project) by Plamen Yordanov descriptio ...
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W4988
28.08.2012
mamila pOOl - c a l c (omi - Thomas Scheiderbauer)
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mamila pOOl* we call a project which we wanted to realize downtown Jerusalem. During a visit in Israel 2003 our friend Tal Adler showed us this amazing huge and empty space/pool - and we started do a research and to imagine.. For the Mamilla Pool we e ...
mamila pOOl* we call a project which we wanted to realize downtown Jerusalem. During a visit in Israel 2003 our friend Tal Adler showed us this amazing huge and empty space/pool - and we started do a research and to imagine.. For the Mamilla Pool we e ...
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W5375
19.10.2012
Trail Blazing Awesomeness: A submission to create an interactive hiking experience - K. Alex Johnson
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A submission to create an interactive hiking experience ...
A submission to create an interactive hiking experience ...
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W4474
25.05.2011
Ground Control - Diccon Spain
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1 Introduction 1.1 Underpasses as attractive, minimalist and functional links in a holistic, uplifting, and sociable network. Polished near-white concrete walls with no art to disrupt the flow. On the ground scintillating white tarmac containing recycled ...
1 Introduction 1.1 Underpasses as attractive, minimalist and functional links in a holistic, uplifting, and sociable network. Polished near-white concrete walls with no art to disrupt the flow. On the ground scintillating white tarmac containing recycled ...
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U9968
25.03.1997
Passage - Richard Wentworth
Unbuilt Roads
In August 1996 I was invited to propose a pedestrian bridge across the river Thames to connect St Pauls Cathedral to the new Tate Gallery of Modern Art. Realising that bridges are conventionally controlled by the economics of wheeled traffic, and invariab ...
In August 1996 I was invited to propose a pedestrian bridge across the river Thames to connect St Pauls Cathedral to the new Tate Gallery of Modern Art. Realising that bridges are conventionally controlled by the economics of wheeled traffic, and invariab ...
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W3622
14.05.2011
SIGHT UNSEEN - Marcy B. Freedman
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“Message to curators: Whatever you’re doing right now, do something else next.” Roberta Smith (New York Times, February 14, 2010) THE CONCEPT: SIGHT UNSEEN is intended to challenge traditional notions of curatorial practice. The project establis ...
“Message to curators: Whatever you’re doing right now, do something else next.” Roberta Smith (New York Times, February 14, 2010) THE CONCEPT: SIGHT UNSEEN is intended to challenge traditional notions of curatorial practice. The project establis ...
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W3794
18.05.2011
The Local Tourist Project - Tempestt Hazel
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The Local Tourist Project Proposed for the Apex Art Franchise Call for 400-word Curatorial Proposals Tempestt Hazel | Chicago, 2010 Traveling from a place of familiarity to explore new territory has driven technology, expansion and economy on a globa ...
The Local Tourist Project Proposed for the Apex Art Franchise Call for 400-word Curatorial Proposals Tempestt Hazel | Chicago, 2010 Traveling from a place of familiarity to explore new territory has driven technology, expansion and economy on a globa ...
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W5120
18.09.2012
Future Perfect - Deirdre M. Donoghue
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Future Perfect Future Perfect is an archive, a library and an exchange centre consisting of memories contributed by people of all ages and backgrounds. Contributions include memories inscribed in various ways; short texts, objects and images with short ...
Future Perfect Future Perfect is an archive, a library and an exchange centre consisting of memories contributed by people of all ages and backgrounds. Contributions include memories inscribed in various ways; short texts, objects and images with short ...
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U9665
01.01.1967
Unrealized Turtles 1967 - Joseph Grigely
Unbuilt Roads
Basically, a short history about why I never became an illustrator of turtles - of wild animals - or of anything else At Birchland Park School, Mrs. Donahue taught art and Mrs. Corliss taught music. The art classes were okay because I drew turtles all ...
Basically, a short history about why I never became an illustrator of turtles - of wild animals - or of anything else At Birchland Park School, Mrs. Donahue taught art and Mrs. Corliss taught music. The art classes were okay because I drew turtles all ...
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W5242
09.10.2012
Taking over the sea - Slobodan Stosic
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Slobodan stosic “Taking over the sea” Proposal for land art project This sketch for geopolitical land art project is also a proposal which offers solution for balkan mentality (mostly concerning ex- Yugoslavian countries) which is riven by et ...
Slobodan stosic “Taking over the sea” Proposal for land art project This sketch for geopolitical land art project is also a proposal which offers solution for balkan mentality (mostly concerning ex- Yugoslavian countries) which is riven by et ...
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W4846
08.08.2012
Heterotopiaq = Shone-Makom - Chen Serfaty
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Project Name: "Heterotopiaq = Shone-Makom" Heterotopia is a concept in human geography elaborated by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe places and spaces that function in non- hegemonic conditions. This project is about a space that has been int ...
Project Name: "Heterotopiaq = Shone-Makom" Heterotopia is a concept in human geography elaborated by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe places and spaces that function in non- hegemonic conditions. This project is about a space that has been int ...
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W3985
21.05.2011
Pisco Ruivo
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Pisco Ruivo is a group of creative researchers founded by Eduardo Leitão & Joana Pinho Neves. We embrace book as the primarily subject of our work. We use it has support for the creation and recreation of covers and we search in its words new narratives. ...
Pisco Ruivo is a group of creative researchers founded by Eduardo Leitão & Joana Pinho Neves. We embrace book as the primarily subject of our work. We use it has support for the creation and recreation of covers and we search in its words new narratives. ...
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W3641
15.05.2011
Go Down Moses- Synopsis - Ahmad Hosni
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Synopsis Go Down, Moses is book project that was conceived from the outset as a sequence of photographs existing in a relation to a parallel body of text.  The project is about a place in the process of becoming a tourist enclave and what has prec ...
Synopsis Go Down, Moses is book project that was conceived from the outset as a sequence of photographs existing in a relation to a parallel body of text.  The project is about a place in the process of becoming a tourist enclave and what has prec ...
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W4586
25.05.2011
UEBERSCHRIEBEN (Transferred/ Overwritten) - Rudolf Herz / Reinhard Matz
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UEBERSCHRIEBEN (Transferred/ Overwritten) Memorial for the murdered European Jews Outline 1997 Preliminary remarks Our proposal UEBERSCHRIEBEN draws its impetus from the failure of the traditional art of memorials and the manifold problems deriving f ...
UEBERSCHRIEBEN (Transferred/ Overwritten) Memorial for the murdered European Jews Outline 1997 Preliminary remarks Our proposal UEBERSCHRIEBEN draws its impetus from the failure of the traditional art of memorials and the manifold problems deriving f ...
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