About the Institute
About the InstituteAugust 31, 2004
About the Institute
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things is a research organization whose mission is to invent and distribute new practices of political engagement in everyday life. While the macropolitical realm of issues, parties and policy is important, it begins with asking social and political questions about tiny things, such as, “What can you do for free in Harvard Square?” and, “What happens when you do what an advertisement tells you?” The Institute’s methodology is to complexify small things rather than simplifying large ones.
The Institute creates software tools, kits and archives (online & offline), leads public expeditions (interventions), and publishes “books” and articles for free distribution. The Institute’s membership is fluid and interdisciplinary, often involving artists, anthropologists, software engineers, filmmakers, historians and architects. Current research interests include: performing corporate language in public space, creating definitions of “cartography,” destabilizing consumer architectures, hacking maps and lying to people about art.
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