The Project of Independence Exhibition

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The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985 is a MoMA exhibition on building and decolonization in South Asia. Risako Arcari AR'21, Taesha Aurora AR'21, Jesse Bassett AR'21, Javier Blancas AR'21, Bo Cai AR'21, Claudia D’Auria AR'21, Isaac Islas-Cox AR'21, Mudong Jung AR'21, Maks Mamak AR'21, Maren Speyer AR'21, Tracy Tan AR'21, Brandy Vazquez AR'21 and Wei Hong Xie AR'20 contributed wood models of buildings to the exhibition. For more information, click here and here.

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