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"Published as a compendium to the two-part exhibition 'Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City', organized by The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in collaboration with Socrates Sculpture Park. [Held] at Noguchi, October 13, 2011-April 22, 2012; [and] at Socrates, May 13-August 5, 2012"--Title page verso.

"Natalie Jeremijenko, Mary Miss, Rirkrit Tiravanija, George Trakas"--Cover.

Four artists were invited to re-envision a certain area of the City, each developing a team whose ideas were then exhibited at the Noguchi Museum, and the corresponding projects then produced and installed at Socrates Sculpture Park.

Foreword / Jenny Dixon and John Hatfield

Introduction / Jenny Dixon

A conversation / Alyson Baker and Claire Weisz

Seeding potentials / Julie V. Iovine

Curator's statement / Amy Smith-Stewart

What do artists have to do with it? / John Hatfiled

Museum activism / Laurie Beckelman

New models for planning / Claire Weisz

Civic action charrette / The Architectural League of New York

Epilogue: City dialogue / Hugh Hardy.

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum > Exhibitions.

Socrates Sculpture Park > Exhibitions.

City planning > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions.

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Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Exhibitions.

New York (State) > New York.

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Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, host institution.

Socrates Sculpture Park, host institution.