As Summer turns to Fall, we’re continuing to partner with the
School of Radical Attention to bring SIDEWALK STUDIES to DC. Part walking meditation, part humanities seminar, SIDEWALK STUDY will help us cultivate the poetic, the spirited, the irreducible forms of shared presence beyond commodity, beyond policy.
We’re after sacred attention: that portal to the infinite, that vital precursor to anything meaningful we do, be it love or labor. The process is simple: we’ll meet up at Point A, read an excerpt, wander to Point B, practice together in a bespoke attentional exercise, and then discuss.
Attentively,
Kanika, Josh & Aaron
Our theme for September is FASHION! We'll be hosting the following Studies:
There are some texts that you read once and never forget. Maybe you even come back to it again and again, finding something new each time in its prose.
Nearly a hundred years after its publication, we’ll sink our teeth into the famous dinner party scene in To the Lighthouse to consider what lasts, for how long, and whether it matters in the end. Just like the dinner guests, our practice will have us face each other in search of the multi-layered and immutable aspects of being human.
Text: Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse
Date: Wednesday, September 16th @ 6:30pm
Location: The Wharf
In her collection of essays, Trick Mirror, Tolentino interrogates the economies of beauty and how a culture of relentless self-optimization engenders homogeneity. She argues that in modern society, the upkeep of beauty gets whitewashed simply as “lifestyle” practices, rather than pressures that stem from commercial industry.
In this practice, we’ll examine the influences behind contemporary fashion. How does online culture inform style? When does compliance to a standard deny personal individuality and idiosyncrasy? Surrounded by the luxury shops of CityCenter, let’s discuss...
Text: Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror
Date: Sunday, September 27th @ 4pm
Location: CityCenter
