The desire to discover secret messages itself reveals a secret about us. 

Welcome to Projective City! Population: 6.7 Billion

Dans une cité par projets (projective city), l’équivalent général, ce à quoi se mesure la grandeur des personnes et des choses, est l’activité. … La vie est conçue comme une succession de projets, d’autant plus valables qu’ils sont plus différents les uns des autres. … Ce qui importe, c’est de développer de l’activité, c’est-à-dire de n’être jamais à cours de projet, à cours d’idée, d’avoir toujours quelque chose en vue, en préparation, avec d’autres personnes que la volonté de faire quelque chose conduit à rencontrer.

In the Projective City the general standard with respect to which all persons’ and things’ greatness is evaluated is ACTIVITY. … Life is conceived as a series of projects, all the more valuable when different from one another. … What is relevant is to be always pursuing some sort of activity, never to be without a project, without ideas, to be always looking forward to, and preparing for, something along with other persons whose encounter is the result of a being always driven by the impulse of activity.

-Luc Boltanski et Eve Chiapello, « Le nouvel esprit du capitalisme », Ed. Gallimard, 1999 – P. 165 – 166

Recent Projects

Paris-Scope #1

James Reeder: The Mountain

Projective City, in collaboration with Mixed Greens, is pleased to present an installation by Brooklyn based artist James Reeder at its newest gallery space.

Residents of New York are invited to attend the opening:

Mixed Greens, 531 West 26th Street
March 29th, 6-8pm

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World’s Largest Known Prime Number

Somehow we have not yet completed reading out loud every digit of the world’s largest known prime number. Get involved now!

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