About

Material Acts is a research initiative and cultural platform exploring materials as cultural technique through an experimental material library. The project attends to the logistical, economic, and technological actions that transform matter into the material substrate for our lives. Through a hands-on material library and experimental programming, Material Acts investigates the intersections of architecture, craft, and science, using materials as a lens through which to explore processes of making and repairing.

Founded in 2022 as part of  Getty PST ART, the project has taken the form of a major exhibition at Craft Contemporary,  an editorial project between e-flux Architecture and Craft Contemporary, and a publication of ideas, conversations, and material inquiries.

As a cultural platform, Material Acts brings together theoretical and practical engagements with materials as a cultural technique, connecting scholarship with cultural organizing and material experimentation.