re-pri-zen-tā-shən, -zən

: one that represents: as : a usually formal protest
: the act or action of representing : the state of being represented: as
: the action or fact of one person standing for another so as to have the rights and obligations of the person represented : the substitution of an individual or class in place of a person
: the action of representing or the fact of being represented especially in a legislative body
: the body of persons representing a constituency

Project Grow will spend four days of fieldwork at Portland’s City Hall culminating in a transdisciplinary discussion and exhibit. The fieldwork – surveying, exploring, interviewing, and researching City Hall, the space, the people within it, and those who visit it – will be represented by PG artists.

The fieldwork will proceed the opening day of Open Engagement (OE). By interpreting and defining the experiences at City Hall, and by naming the interactions through representation, i.e., research methods, documentation, and artifacts, PG artists will exhibit findings on May 13th, the first day of OE, as well as facilitate a discussion hosted at City Hall about ‘representation.’

This discussion will be moderated by Kevin Kecskes of PSU, Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, and Director for Community-University Partnerships.
His work on collaborative leadership, overseas training and involvement with the Middle East, will offer a transdisciplinary voice along with those from City Hall who have a more formal definition of representation and house elected public representatives, and PG artists who have been represented by others, as well as OE conference goers interested in representation from a theoretical perspective, and those in the community who care.