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

2 Architecture Towers - Robert Irwin

Visual Poem: Cap I Cua - Joan Brossa

Projets non réalisés: - Daniel Buren

Monument to Democracy - Kounellis

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

Attitudine Diplomatica - Hermann Pitz

Nicht realisierte Projekte - Stefan Demary

Unbetitelt, Gänse-Projekt + Noch unbetitelt , " Durch den Mund sehen " + Kartoffeln  - Carsten Holler

Eight Days a Week - Joe Scanlan

Agency of Unrealised Projects
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W3642
15.05.2011
cara judea alhadeff
WWW
Since the early 90s, my photographs have been publicly defended by freedom of speech organizations such as artsave/People for the American Way, the Electronic Freedom Foundation, and the ACLU. By witnessing first hand people's reactionary tendencies and ...
Since the early 90s, my photographs have been publicly defended by freedom of speech organizations such as artsave/People for the American Way, the Electronic Freedom Foundation, and the ACLU. By witnessing first hand people's reactionary tendencies and ...
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W3550
12.05.2011
Diary Project 2011 - Anna-Marya Tompa
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I have been working with a series of images in which I merge drawings with photographs. In some instants the drawing has a direct relationship, a one-to-one interpretation of the same image, one through my "drawing" eye, the other through the photographi ...
I have been working with a series of images in which I merge drawings with photographs. In some instants the drawing has a direct relationship, a one-to-one interpretation of the same image, one through my "drawing" eye, the other through the photographi ...
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W4589
25.05.2011
Joseph Moore
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I hear words, half spoken words, and weeping both melodious and in staccato. Hands clap to the rhythm of music. A young man runs laps around the perimeter of the church’s large nave. There is the sound of voices that approach language albeit an incompl ...
I hear words, half spoken words, and weeping both melodious and in staccato. Hands clap to the rhythm of music. A young man runs laps around the perimeter of the church’s large nave. There is the sound of voices that approach language albeit an incompl ...
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D10796
09.09.2012
"Clouds" of mist/steam - Abraham Cruzvillegas
DAAD
The idea is to hang a sprinkling system from the already existing structure on the facade of Kule building. The goal is to make intermittently "Clouds" of mist/steam. ...
The idea is to hang a sprinkling system from the already existing structure on the facade of Kule building. The goal is to make intermittently "Clouds" of mist/steam. ...
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U9887
01.01.1995
MODELL OF AN OFFICE FOR A COUPLE OF TWINS, BOTH 1,38 TALL" - Tobias Rehrenberg
Unbuilt Roads
WOOD, PLASTIC, 2 CHAIRS ca 180 x 150 x 170 cm PIECE OF THE SHOW "CANCELLED PROJECTS" IN MUSEUM FRIEDERICIANUM KASSEL SUMMER 95 Previous Publications (?) NO Existing Documents (photos, drawings, models): ENCLOSED ...
WOOD, PLASTIC, 2 CHAIRS ca 180 x 150 x 170 cm PIECE OF THE SHOW "CANCELLED PROJECTS" IN MUSEUM FRIEDERICIANUM KASSEL SUMMER 95 Previous Publications (?) NO Existing Documents (photos, drawings, models): ENCLOSED ...
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W5128
18.09.2012
Berliner Bahnhöfer - Saana Inari
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About the project called 'Berliner Bahnhöfer', in Berlin, 18.09.2012 Saana Inari info@saana-inari.net Moving to Berlin, it is almost impossible to ignore the history of the city. As I am interested on how cities are structured and how people move ...
About the project called 'Berliner Bahnhöfer', in Berlin, 18.09.2012 Saana Inari info@saana-inari.net Moving to Berlin, it is almost impossible to ignore the history of the city. As I am interested on how cities are structured and how people move ...
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W5281
15.10.2012
The Sky Reaching Hammock - Adam Kalinowsk
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2000, Poznan, Poland. Project for kinetic outdoor sculpture. Proposed total dimensions: 2200 x 7000 x 7000 cm. Steel, aircraft cable, wind turbines with reduction gears. Model in 1:8 scale. Propellers are pointed to various directions in relation to ...
2000, Poznan, Poland. Project for kinetic outdoor sculpture. Proposed total dimensions: 2200 x 7000 x 7000 cm. Steel, aircraft cable, wind turbines with reduction gears. Model in 1:8 scale. Propellers are pointed to various directions in relation to ...
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W4828
07.08.2012
Anne Among the Living - Line Kallmayer
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I intended to make a film, Anne Among The Living. I worked on it for a year and a half. We were very advanced in preproduction with many people involved, but the money could not be raised. The funders found it too experimental, too ambitious and risky. ...
I intended to make a film, Anne Among The Living. I worked on it for a year and a half. We were very advanced in preproduction with many people involved, but the money could not be raised. The funders found it too experimental, too ambitious and risky. ...
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W5360
19.10.2012
Magnet, Sculpture... - levan manjavidze
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Magnet, Sculpture... Regarding the traffic situation on neumann platz in berlin and its deranging influence on the area, which creates atmosphere of things being unconnected – houses going one way, cars another, people around and in the park looking ...
Magnet, Sculpture... Regarding the traffic situation on neumann platz in berlin and its deranging influence on the area, which creates atmosphere of things being unconnected – houses going one way, cars another, people around and in the park looking ...
W4127
23.05.2011
Proposed Future - Ann Marie Webb
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Architecture is the most visible sign of a society's faith and trust in the future. The ability to move forward and construct a future is greatly effected by how our views are framed. This work explores the built landscape and its affects ...
Architecture is the most visible sign of a society's faith and trust in the future. The ability to move forward and construct a future is greatly effected by how our views are framed. This work explores the built landscape and its affects ...
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W4278
24.05.2011
Hector Prats
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This unrealized project was based on the idea of filling a private space (an standard 70 square meters apartment) with a scale model representing an alpine mountain landscape. Some people have on their homes rooms wich have been adapted to house scale mod ...
This unrealized project was based on the idea of filling a private space (an standard 70 square meters apartment) with a scale model representing an alpine mountain landscape. Some people have on their homes rooms wich have been adapted to house scale mod ...
W4476
25.05.2011
MEGAPHONE: The New Wireless - Elizabeth McTernan
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MEGAPHONE: The New Wireless An extension of my ongoing performance project "The Satellites Are Dust, the Phone Lines Are Down, the Postal Service Is Bankrupt" (a post-apocalyptic romance of sorts), I propose erecting a telephone pole crowned with a gre ...
MEGAPHONE: The New Wireless An extension of my ongoing performance project "The Satellites Are Dust, the Phone Lines Are Down, the Postal Service Is Bankrupt" (a post-apocalyptic romance of sorts), I propose erecting a telephone pole crowned with a gre ...
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W3959
20.05.2011
Wall - Jeanne Friscia
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"Wall" is a text-based installation of each of George Bush's State of the Union Addresses alphabetized and shown in consecutive order. The project is unfinished because I have only printed one of the speeches and have not found a venue interested. In ...
"Wall" is a text-based installation of each of George Bush's State of the Union Addresses alphabetized and shown in consecutive order. The project is unfinished because I have only printed one of the speeches and have not found a venue interested. In ...
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W4054
23.05.2011
LIGHT BRIDGE
 - Bradley Pitts
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Unrealized Proposal for LIGHT BRIDGE
 Bradley Pitts, 2003 Light Bridge proposes to bring sunlight from one location on the earth to another, transporting space and time. Mirrors at the source location reflect daylight to a geostationary satellite, ...
Unrealized Proposal for LIGHT BRIDGE
 Bradley Pitts, 2003 Light Bridge proposes to bring sunlight from one location on the earth to another, transporting space and time. Mirrors at the source location reflect daylight to a geostationary satellite, ...
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W5022
31.08.2012
Hotel Libertas - Peter Friedl
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Hotel Libertas, 2003 Peter Friedl Upon invitation from Catherine David, curating an exhibition for the Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik, a series of altogether six lectures and presentations took place in 2002/03. In connection with my stay and lec ...
Hotel Libertas, 2003 Peter Friedl Upon invitation from Catherine David, curating an exhibition for the Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik, a series of altogether six lectures and presentations took place in 2002/03. In connection with my stay and lec ...
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W4313
24.05.2011
Unreal cities  - Emilio Said (Mexico City)
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Emilio Said Unreal cities Informal architecture zone The diverse social dynamics that gather in the public field generate mechanic interactions to shape bonds between the city and who transit in it. By this way, Said´s work is integrated in ...
Emilio Said Unreal cities Informal architecture zone The diverse social dynamics that gather in the public field generate mechanic interactions to shape bonds between the city and who transit in it. By this way, Said´s work is integrated in ...
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W5749
22.04.2013
"Blinded Fish" - Jeane Doucas
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a dance-theatre performance, based in Butoh aesthetics. The theme: the schizophrenia and the blindness we live in our day life. These photos were photographed during a rehearsal, in 2011. ...
a dance-theatre performance, based in Butoh aesthetics. The theme: the schizophrenia and the blindness we live in our day life. These photos were photographed during a rehearsal, in 2011. ...
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W7067
24.11.2013
Ardfert “Miracle Hill”  - Julie Forrester
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THEMES The theme will be Ardfert “Miracle Hill”. Ideas about miracles will be explored playfully by posing questions: What exactly is a miracle? Do you know any miracles? Are miracles real? Do we need them? Who are the people who inhabit miracles? ...
THEMES The theme will be Ardfert “Miracle Hill”. Ideas about miracles will be explored playfully by posing questions: What exactly is a miracle? Do you know any miracles? Are miracles real? Do we need them? Who are the people who inhabit miracles? ...
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W4747
26.05.2011
A Night Class in Utopia - Ross Birrell
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Please find attached Letters relating to the unrealised project by Ross Birrell, A Night Class In Utopia All relevant information is contained in the letters. A Night Class in Utopia An unrealised project proposed to the Scottish Parliament 2000 C ...
Please find attached Letters relating to the unrealised project by Ross Birrell, A Night Class In Utopia All relevant information is contained in the letters. A Night Class in Utopia An unrealised project proposed to the Scottish Parliament 2000 C ...
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W4775
31.05.2011
El fracaso de Xochiquetzal - ana gallardo
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El fracaso de Xochiquetzal Ensayo reflexionar sobre la vejez y su condición ante la cercanía de la muerte en el mundo contemporáneo. En nuestra cultura hay una imagen desfavorable del envejecimiento, esta etapa despierta sentimientos encontrados, ...
El fracaso de Xochiquetzal Ensayo reflexionar sobre la vejez y su condición ante la cercanía de la muerte en el mundo contemporáneo. En nuestra cultura hay una imagen desfavorable del envejecimiento, esta etapa despierta sentimientos encontrados, ...
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W4326
24.05.2011
Becoming a Tree - Malin Stahl
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Malin Ståhl: Becoming a Tree Inside of me there is a wish to Become a Tree, to stand very still and serenely let my my branches wave in the wind. I made my first attempt at Becoming a Tree in 1999 shielding my naked body with the bark of a spruce tree ...
Malin Ståhl: Becoming a Tree Inside of me there is a wish to Become a Tree, to stand very still and serenely let my my branches wave in the wind. I made my first attempt at Becoming a Tree in 1999 shielding my naked body with the bark of a spruce tree ...
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W3479
11.05.2011
Belfast Harbor Public Art Project - Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia
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Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia November 27, 2009 Call for Qualifications Belfast Harbor Public Art Project 500 words The spirit of public art is civic - it arises from the community's socio-historical experiences, from its sense of oneness and solid ...
Joaquin Gasgonia Palencia November 27, 2009 Call for Qualifications Belfast Harbor Public Art Project 500 words The spirit of public art is civic - it arises from the community's socio-historical experiences, from its sense of oneness and solid ...
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D10828
09.09.2012
Stage-Corridor +Secuestro Colectivo + Demolition with chronometred explosive-charges + Meeting Points  - DoloresZinny & Juan Maidagan
DAAD
Stage-Corridor,1992 Theater director Palma asked us to design the stage for a theater piece. In a crossed confluence to meet at the stage four glass corridors corresponding to the 4 actors of the piece to make visible the transformation actor/characte ...
Stage-Corridor,1992 Theater director Palma asked us to design the stage for a theater piece. In a crossed confluence to meet at the stage four glass corridors corresponding to the 4 actors of the piece to make visible the transformation actor/characte ...
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W4766
29.05.2011
Joanna Grasso
WWW
Take all paintings out of octagonal red room in the Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Leave homo-erotic sculptures of men in battle, also keep large gold gilded frames. Replace canvases with flat screen video monitors that display footage recorded from Tuscan tree ...
Take all paintings out of octagonal red room in the Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Leave homo-erotic sculptures of men in battle, also keep large gold gilded frames. Replace canvases with flat screen video monitors that display footage recorded from Tuscan tree ...
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W10172
18.06.2014
Chicago Torture Justice Memorials' Project - Anja Christine Ross
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The title of "Chicago Torture Justice Memorials' Project" is concerned with my suggestion building up a kind of wall with holes. In these holes you might add photographs of this prison-archives. In my mind I found another idea that this wall has a signatu ...
The title of "Chicago Torture Justice Memorials' Project" is concerned with my suggestion building up a kind of wall with holes. In these holes you might add photographs of this prison-archives. In my mind I found another idea that this wall has a signatu ...
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W3675
15.05.2011
OmniPhantasmic* - Neil Craver
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OmniPhantasmic* *Omni-             1. A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent; omnivorous.  *Phantasmic-          1. Something apparently s ...
OmniPhantasmic* *Omni-             1. A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent; omnivorous.  *Phantasmic-          1. Something apparently s ...
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