Compton Gallery

Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures
Architectures of Finance from the Great Depression to the Subprime Meltdown

An exhibition by Damon Rich and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, commissioned by the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies

September 9 - December 21, 2008

Opening reception September 9, 5:30 pm, Bush Room, 10-105, 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA [map]

October 6, 5:30 p.m. tour with artist Damon Rich in the Compton Gallery; 7:00 p.m. Panel Discussion, MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. MIT 360 program arena, first floor

"Red Lines" Conversation. Panel discussion by MIT faculty who discuss the mortgage crisis and share their recent research on the topic. Moderated by Damon Rich.

An exhibition by designer Damon Rich and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) exploring possible relationships between finance and buildings through an installation of models, videos, photographs, and drawings. Red Lines aims to support a broader, richer conversation about how society finances its living environments and how the financial decisions of individuals has impacted families, communities and businesses.

This exhibition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation, the LEF Foundation, and the New York State Council for the Arts. Special thanks to the Loeb Fellowship of the Harvard Graduate School of Design.