Get yourself lost already.

Platform2 invites you to...

GET LOST

We invite members of the public to get lost and come to discuss their experience with us at the Harvard Map Library.

Thursday, Mar 10th 3-5PM
Harvard Map Library
Harvard University, Cambridge MA

In today's hyper-geo-located world it can be hard to de-locate oneself. Yet experiences of decontextualization and confusion are essential to forming new attitudes, boundaries, and relationships to the world around us. We invite you to reflect on getting lost with us.

Here's how it works:

1. RSVP to info@platform2.info
2. We will send you an inspirational reading ("Getting Lost" by Franco Le Cecla) and instructions for documenting your journey
3. Get Lost
4. Email us your documentation (10 images & text)
5. Show up to the conversation on 3/10 and share your experience with us

One note: You may choose the site and the method to get lost but note that we mean "get lost" very literally - to dislocate and disorient your body in physical space, to not know where you are, to be confused about where to go next. Please do not interpret it metaphorically as it is much harder these days to lose oneself literally. And please don't lose yourself on the Internet or in a video game, screen, movie, book or device. It is far too easy to lose yourself by not being present to the world around you.

This is the mailing list for the below groups & projects:

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things conducts creative, participatory research that aims to temporarily transform public spaces dominated by corporate and political agendas. Using performance and conversation, we investigate social and political "tiny things". These have included corporate ads, street names, and post-9/11 security terminology. The Institute markets dissent through its research reports in the form of maps, books and videos. This interdisciplinary group has a varied and open membership.

iKatun is an artist-run organization whose mission is to foster public engagement in the politics of information. iKatun runs experimental curatorial platforms, supports art projects and publishes critical writing. iKatun was founded in 2000 as a 501(c)3 organization based in Boston, MA.

Platform2: Art and Social Engagement is an experimental event series about creative practices at the intersection of social issues. Platform2 is organized by Catherine D'Ignazio, Jane D. Marsching, Savic Rasovic and Andi Sutton.

kanarinka is an artist & educator based in Boston, MA.