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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Untitled, modeled after the Leipzig Völkerschlachtdenkmal...  - Jenny Holzer

PROJEKT - Ulrich Rückreim

Post Photographic apparatus - Steven Pippin

Social Resource Project For the Munich Olympics - Stephen Willats

City Hall Tower Night Ilumination - Krysztof Wodiczko

Prima del 73 - Fabio Mauri

Aus: Katalog 'Kunst bleibt Kunst' - Hans Peter Feldman

Merci, Thank you, Danke: Les 2 sujets  - Thomas Hirschorn

Projets non réalisés: - Daniel Buren

Aguapracasa - Gabriel Orozco

Agency of Unrealised Projects
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W4545
25.05.2011
Missing/Vermisst/Scomparso  - Matteo Peterlini
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Missing/Vermisst/Scomparso Abstract This work is intended as an analysis and a representation of the psychosocial aspects raised by the phenomenon of missing people in contemporary cities. The question guiding my project entails the nature of the miss ...
Missing/Vermisst/Scomparso Abstract This work is intended as an analysis and a representation of the psychosocial aspects raised by the phenomenon of missing people in contemporary cities. The question guiding my project entails the nature of the miss ...
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W4306
24.05.2011
LOVE IS IN THE AIR - Zilvinas Kempinas + Architect Bettina Zerza
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LOVE IS IN THE AIR Im Jahr 1960 beschrieb Neil Armstrong, der erste Mensch auf dem Mond, aus dem Fenster seines Raumschiffs die Erde als „eine große blaue Murmel“. Ort Die Fluggastbrücke ist ein O ...
LOVE IS IN THE AIR Im Jahr 1960 beschrieb Neil Armstrong, der erste Mensch auf dem Mond, aus dem Fenster seines Raumschiffs die Erde als „eine große blaue Murmel“. Ort Die Fluggastbrücke ist ein O ...
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W4592
25.05.2011
Gap Ecology - David Brooks
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Gap Ecology (5 Still Lives with Cherry Pickers and Palms) Conceptual Context: The current recession has halted dozens of construction projects around New York City at an alarming rate. The Building Trades Employersʼ Association is reporting nearly $5 b ...
Gap Ecology (5 Still Lives with Cherry Pickers and Palms) Conceptual Context: The current recession has halted dozens of construction projects around New York City at an alarming rate. The Building Trades Employersʼ Association is reporting nearly $5 b ...
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W4500
25.05.2011
'SYNCYTIUM / COSMOPOLIS' - Baiju Parthan
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'SYNCYTIUM / COSMOPOLIS' An unrealized project from 2008 Conceived in March 2008, this is a partly realized project, which I was not able to realize in its full potential due to various practical constraints. From lack of funding, to not having t ...
'SYNCYTIUM / COSMOPOLIS' An unrealized project from 2008 Conceived in March 2008, this is a partly realized project, which I was not able to realize in its full potential due to various practical constraints. From lack of funding, to not having t ...
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W3631
14.05.2011
Joseph Wheelwright
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When New Hampshire's "Old Man in the Mountain" collapsed in 2003, I carved this stone model for a new old man from an entire mountain. Unfortunately funding has not yet materialized. ...
When New Hampshire's "Old Man in the Mountain" collapsed in 2003, I carved this stone model for a new old man from an entire mountain. Unfortunately funding has not yet materialized. ...
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W4565
25.05.2011
FICTITIOUS ISLANDS  - Eduardo Villanueva
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FICTITIOUS ISLANDS A proyect by : Eduardo Villanueva & the sightless people of Murcia; for the new life residency Manifesta 8, Murcia Spain. 2010 Experimenting with the consciousness and interacting with blind people is the main argument here to presen ...
FICTITIOUS ISLANDS A proyect by : Eduardo Villanueva & the sightless people of Murcia; for the new life residency Manifesta 8, Murcia Spain. 2010 Experimenting with the consciousness and interacting with blind people is the main argument here to presen ...
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W5076
05.09.2012
Sometimes I'm wrong - Teodoro Lupo
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I was a male adolescent with a psychotherapist as a father. That lead to some conflicts. One of my favourite arguments that I can remember was: if you help a wicked person achieve a qualitative leap, does he become more or less bad? Which is the ladder yo ...
I was a male adolescent with a psychotherapist as a father. That lead to some conflicts. One of my favourite arguments that I can remember was: if you help a wicked person achieve a qualitative leap, does he become more or less bad? Which is the ladder yo ...
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W5391
20.10.2012
PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEECH ON THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN STRETCHED TO THE DURATION OF 3520 DAYS  - Moritz Fingerhut
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Title: PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEECH ON THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN STRETCHED TO THE DURATION OF 3520 DAYS (audio work) Description: The speech from President Obama, given on May 1st 2011 (see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNYmK19‐d0U ) is 9:28 min ...
Title: PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEECH ON THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN STRETCHED TO THE DURATION OF 3520 DAYS (audio work) Description: The speech from President Obama, given on May 1st 2011 (see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNYmK19‐d0U ) is 9:28 min ...
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W4996
30.08.2012
Chinese American Flag - Maarten Daudeij
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(Working) Title: Chinese American Flag Artist: Maarten Daudeij (The Netherlands, Australia) Year of origination of idea: 2011 Concept: To wave a large size flag of which the design is a collage of the Chinese and the American Flag on top of the Museum ...
(Working) Title: Chinese American Flag Artist: Maarten Daudeij (The Netherlands, Australia) Year of origination of idea: 2011 Concept: To wave a large size flag of which the design is a collage of the Chinese and the American Flag on top of the Museum ...
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W4826
07.08.2012
Fake It ‘Til You Make It - Sean Montgomery and Eric Simon
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Sean Montgomery and Eric Simon - Fake It ‘Til You Make It Artist Biographies Omark van Pechstein Though van Pechstein has a genius-level intellect, an excellent memory and a profound gift for sculpture, for most of his life he worked as a janitor a ...
Sean Montgomery and Eric Simon - Fake It ‘Til You Make It Artist Biographies Omark van Pechstein Though van Pechstein has a genius-level intellect, an excellent memory and a profound gift for sculpture, for most of his life he worked as a janitor a ...
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W3536
11.05.2011
Present through the Rearview Mirror - Ali Miharbi
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Present through the Rearview Mirror Ali Miharbi (Nov. 2, 2010) Summary: “Present through the Rearview Mirror” will be a live animation depicting a crowd flowing through a specific public space, based on previously gathered data such as crowd move ...
Present through the Rearview Mirror Ali Miharbi (Nov. 2, 2010) Summary: “Present through the Rearview Mirror” will be a live animation depicting a crowd flowing through a specific public space, based on previously gathered data such as crowd move ...
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W4245
24.05.2011
Frau Fiber
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My lifeʼs work is dedicated to instigating new ways for participants to consider their engagement in the world, their purchasing power, or non-purchasing power. Transforming spaces of relaxation into spaces of physical production. Encouraging Participant ...
My lifeʼs work is dedicated to instigating new ways for participants to consider their engagement in the world, their purchasing power, or non-purchasing power. Transforming spaces of relaxation into spaces of physical production. Encouraging Participant ...
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W3610
13.05.2011
Click An inverted press conference.  - Tina Willgren
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From the opposing sides of a conference room, two groups of press photographers, videographers and sound technicians (20-40 persons in all) enter. Their aim is to document the movements, poses, sounds and facial expressions of the other group, as well as ...
From the opposing sides of a conference room, two groups of press photographers, videographers and sound technicians (20-40 persons in all) enter. Their aim is to document the movements, poses, sounds and facial expressions of the other group, as well as ...
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W5013
30.08.2012
Children of the Enemy - Edward Walsh
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Children of the Enemy is a sculpture dedicated to the children on either side of any conflict down through history. Stand before them and become the attacker. Stand behind them and become the attacked. "Children of the Enemy", model for bronze, 55" h ...
Children of the Enemy is a sculpture dedicated to the children on either side of any conflict down through history. Stand before them and become the attacker. Stand behind them and become the attacked. "Children of the Enemy", model for bronze, 55" h ...
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W4777
02.06.2011
No Success like Failure - Daniel Permanetter
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NO SUCCESS LIKE FAILURE “She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all.” (Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/ No Limit” 1965) The work consists of two parts. One is a scaffolding construction holding approximately ...
NO SUCCESS LIKE FAILURE “She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all.” (Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/ No Limit” 1965) The work consists of two parts. One is a scaffolding construction holding approximately ...
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W3613
13.05.2011
DINEDROMOSCOPE - Francesco Spampinato
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Dinedromoscope (from Greek: δινη, “vortex”, δρομοs, “run” e σkοπη, “to examine”) PLAN A Dinedromoscope is a project destined to the involvement of the visitors of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, who are invited to throw thems ...
Dinedromoscope (from Greek: δινη, “vortex”, δρομοs, “run” e σkοπη, “to examine”) PLAN A Dinedromoscope is a project destined to the involvement of the visitors of the Guggenheim Museum, New York, who are invited to throw thems ...
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W3953
20.05.2011
Fucked by the Torque of the Turning Earth - Unknown
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A Foucault pendulum is hung from the ceiling of the NYC Guggenheim. The pendulum is connected to a small set of gears that are attached to a fake penis built into a chair. As the earth turns on its axis, the Foucault pendulum turns. As the earth turns, ...
A Foucault pendulum is hung from the ceiling of the NYC Guggenheim. The pendulum is connected to a small set of gears that are attached to a fake penis built into a chair. As the earth turns on its axis, the Foucault pendulum turns. As the earth turns, ...
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W4393
25.05.2011
Ground Control - Sylvia Schwenk
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SYLVIA SCHWENK PROJECT CONCEPT STATEMENT Ground Control is a work of participatory performance art that will be presented in two stages. The first stage will be a live performance that will take place at night-time by everyday-people-cum-performers ...
SYLVIA SCHWENK PROJECT CONCEPT STATEMENT Ground Control is a work of participatory performance art that will be presented in two stages. The first stage will be a live performance that will take place at night-time by everyday-people-cum-performers ...
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W4271
24.05.2011
Kristin Jones / Andrew Ginzel
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Oregon Convention Center Proposal Portland, Oregon 1988 ...
Oregon Convention Center Proposal Portland, Oregon 1988 ...
W4405
25.05.2011
John Gayer
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The Church of Aesthetic Psychology. The is merely the title of an idea that came up in the mid-1980s when tele-evangelists such as Jim Bakker, Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart were active. The idea was to better people's lives through art and design. ...
The Church of Aesthetic Psychology. The is merely the title of an idea that came up in the mid-1980s when tele-evangelists such as Jim Bakker, Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart were active. The idea was to better people's lives through art and design. ...
W4305
24.05.2011
BENEATH SAND AND SEA - Holger C. Lönze
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BENEATH SAND AND SEA INTRODUCTION The proposed project is set within the physical and social context of Portobello Beach and intends to bring an aspect of the area’s hidden history back out into the light. It focuses on the historic Portobello Harbo ...
BENEATH SAND AND SEA INTRODUCTION The proposed project is set within the physical and social context of Portobello Beach and intends to bring an aspect of the area’s hidden history back out into the light. It focuses on the historic Portobello Harbo ...
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W4612
25.05.2011
Review of Unrealized projects by Cornford & Cross Dave Beech - Cornford & Cross
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Review of Unrealized projects by Cornford & Cross Dave Beech Art Monthly Dec 2002 — Jan 2003 ...
Review of Unrealized projects by Cornford & Cross Dave Beech Art Monthly Dec 2002 — Jan 2003 ...
W4324
24.05.2011
Whisper – Murmur – Howl  - Mitya Nesterov
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Whisper – Murmur – Howl Installation Project Framework It all started a few years ago when I came across several sculptured heads lying down all messy in a back yard of an art college my ex-wife attended, just like scraps of junk. I photograp ...
Whisper – Murmur – Howl Installation Project Framework It all started a few years ago when I came across several sculptured heads lying down all messy in a back yard of an art college my ex-wife attended, just like scraps of junk. I photograp ...
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D10830
01.01.2008
Beautiful Neons: Gazda - Paulina Olowska
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In 2008 I had established an unofficial society called " Beautiful Neons" we have about 10 unofficial friends and members. Our aim is to collect material on the art of neons and the remains of it. When we think there is a chance of renovation a particular ...
In 2008 I had established an unofficial society called " Beautiful Neons" we have about 10 unofficial friends and members. Our aim is to collect material on the art of neons and the remains of it. When we think there is a chance of renovation a particular ...
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W3846
19.05.2011
We Prowl - Jodi Patterson
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"We Prowl" series. Drew idealistic male forms on plastic as inspired by online personal profiles. Titles came from the tag lines used to lure a mate (submitting "Black Cat Hunting 4 Goddess" and "Wealth and Power"). Wealthy and Strong * 32- ...
"We Prowl" series. Drew idealistic male forms on plastic as inspired by online personal profiles. Titles came from the tag lines used to lure a mate (submitting "Black Cat Hunting 4 Goddess" and "Wealth and Power"). Wealthy and Strong * 32- ...
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W5339
18.10.2012
Form Follows Life - Heidi Schatzl
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Form follows life intervention in public : STANDBILD – STILLSTAND? Reiterstandbilder sind eine weltweite Darstellungsform im öffentlichen Raum. Das meist Heerführern und Herrschern vorbehaltene Reiterstandbild - ein Rückgriff auf die Antik ...
Form follows life intervention in public : STANDBILD – STILLSTAND? Reiterstandbilder sind eine weltweite Darstellungsform im öffentlichen Raum. Das meist Heerführern und Herrschern vorbehaltene Reiterstandbild - ein Rückgriff auf die Antik ...
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