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Priyadarsini Govind and T. M. Krishna during a rehearsal. Photo by Alaap. Courtesy of Sruti.
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Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society

Team Players for Plausible Artworlds by Basekamp and friends, a series of nine weekly exploratory events for the Plausible Artworlds project, in Locally Localized Gravity at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia in 2007. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Basekamp

Digital composite of Eastern State Penitentiary’s Hidden Lives, Illuminated, 2017. Photo courtesy of Greenhouse Media.
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Eastern State Penitentiary

Barbara Kasten: Stages, 2015, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh. Courtesy of ICA.
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Institute of Contemporary Art

From the Doing Time/Depth of Surface exhibition catalog, published by Philagrafika, 2011.
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Philagrafika

From left: Sherin Guirguis, Mashrabeya, plywood, 2009. Kianja Strobert, Color Line, sculpture, 2010. Photo courtesy of Vox Populi.
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Vox Populi

Visitors enjoying the Delaware River through Independence Seaport Museum’s Paddle Penn’s Landing boat rental program. Photo courtesy of Independence Seaport Museum.
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Independence Seaport Museum

Church of the Holy Apostles and the Mediator in West Philadelphia. Photo by Joe Elliot.
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Partners for Sacred Places

Thomas Jefferson University, established in 1824. Photo courtesy of Thomas Jefferson University Photography Services.
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Thomas Jefferson University

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Miller Rothlein

Christ Church. Photo by JJ Tiziou.
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Christ Church Preservation Trust

Arresting Patterns, African American Museum in Philadelphia. Photo by M.Edlow.
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African American Museum in Philadelphia

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Mary Tuomanen and Aaron Cromie

Available Light at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983. Photo by Tom Vinetz. Performers: Lucinda Childs, Nan Friedman, Meg Harper, Janet Kaufman, Priscilla Newell, Steve Bromer, Michael Ing, Erin Matthiessen, Daniel McCusker, Ande Peck, and Garry Reigenborn.
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FringeArts

Arturo O’Farrill in performance. Photo by David Garten.
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PRISM Quartet

Bill Stewart.
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William Way LGBT Community Center

Yinka Shonibare MBE, Planets in My Head, Philosophy, 2011. Mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, leather and fiberglass, 16 x 16 x 45 inches. Photo by Darryl W. Moran, courtesy of The Barnes Foundation.
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The Barnes Foundation

Melanie Smith, Orange Lush, 1995/2015, installation view of Strange Currencies, The Galleries at Moore. Photo by Kait Privitera.
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Moore College of Art & Design

Johnson House Historic Site. Image courtesy of Hidden City Philadelphia.
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Johnson House Historic Site

David Lang, Symphony for a Broken Orchestra, 2017, presented by Temple Contemporary. Photo by Karl Seifert.
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Temple Contemporary

University of the Arts School of Dance, Nora Chipaumire, "#PUNK" performance shot. Pictured: Nora Chipaumire and Shamar Watt. Photo by Ian Douglas.
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University of the Arts

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Philadelphia Young Playwrights

Philadelphia City Hall courtyard, 2014. Photo courtesy of Paul Farber.
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Penn Institute for Urban Research

Reclaim. Rebuild. Repurpose. workshop, part of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s Chester Made Cultural Exploration Zone. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council