{"id":3937,"date":"2015-10-30T16:37:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T20:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2015-10-30T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T20:58:52","slug":"phillyart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/phillyart\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Policy Initiative research displayed outside of Philadelphia City Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/images\/durant\/context640.jpg\" alt=\"image of Sam Durant's Labyrinth installation\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" class=\"\"  \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/images\/durant\/prison_growth_250.jpg\" alt=\"Prison Policy Initiative reseach used in Sam Durant's Labyrinth installation\" width=\"250\" height=\"218\" class=\"right thumb250\"  \/>For the month of October, some of our research is hanging in a public art installation about mass incarceration just outside of Philadelphia City Hall. The central element of artist Sam Durant&#8217;s installation &#8220;Labyrinth&#8221;, designed in collaboration with men incarcerated at Graterford State prison, is a large maze made of chain-link fencing. <\/p>\n<p>Within and around the maze are some facts about mass incarceration and the public is invited to leave their comments. <\/p>\n<p>While we often <a href=\"\/art.html\">collaborate with artists<\/a>, that our research was used in this show was a pleasant surprise. We intend our work to be used in new and exciting ways to advance the movement against mass incarceration, and we are thrilled that Sam Durant found a way to do so. <\/p>\n<p>For more on this exhibition, see these two great articles with more pictures of the entire exhibition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnews.com\/2015\/10\/02\/it-is-a-revolutionary-idea-that-beauty-should-be-available-to-all-sam-durant-on-labyrinth-his-new-public-artwork-in-philadelphia-about-mass-incarceration\/\">&#8216;It is a revolutionary idea that beauty should be available to all&#8217;: Sam Durant on &#8216;Labyrinth,&#8217; his new public artwork in philadelphia about mass incarceration<\/a>, by Robin Scher in <i>ArtNews<\/i>  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/prisonphotography.org\/2015\/10\/19\/as-the-public-reflect-upon-mass-incarceration-this-maze-becomes-more-opaque-more-difficult\/\">As the Public Reflect Upon Mass Incarceration, this Maze Becomes More Opaque, More Difficult<\/a>, by Pete Brook on <i>Prison Photography<\/i>  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And thanks to Patrick Griffin and Angus Love for sending us these photos of our work in action!<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/images\/durant\/cards.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Durant's Labyrinth installation\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" style=\"float:left\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.prisonpolicy.org\/images\/durant\/race.jpg\" alt=\"Prison Policy Initiative research used in Sam Durant's Labyrinth installation\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" style=\"float:right\"  \/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Durant&#8217;s installation &#8220;Labyrinth&#8221; in Philadelphia uses our research <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[11],"class_list":["post-3937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shorts","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3937"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}