history

HABEAS LOUNGE, evolved from “My Daily Constitution,” an ongoing, occasional project that used editioned copies of the U.S. Constitution to encourage discussion about constitutional democracy in various urban spaces in the U.S. The project was started in 2002, and has been held in Los Angeles (April ‘02), NYC (February ‘03), Cincinnati (June ‘03), Seattle (November ‘03), New York City (August ‘04), Los Angles (November ‘05), and Indianapolis (September ‘06).

The HABEAS LOUNGE was originally designed for the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, California as an environment within which to experience and respond to works developed for the exhibition PATRIOT ACTS (January ‘08). The LOUNGE next traveled to downtown Los Angeles, where it served as the stage for a series of civic dialogues at Brookfield Properties Art Space at 7&FIG @ Ernst & Young Plaza, in the summer of 2008. In November 2008 HABEAS LOUNGE was installed at the CUNY Graduate Center Gallery in Midtown Manhattan. In January 2009 it moved to the concourse of 1 NY Plaza in Lower Manhattan, at the invitation of arts>Brookfield Properties. There it hosted a series about the economy, with a special focus on economic cycles and booms and busts.