Press Release
Redux Contemporary Art Center is excited to present No Place to Play, an exhibition designed and constructed by a group of Clemson University students led by Dr. Lyndsey Deaton. The exhibition is based on a larger study conducted by Dr. Deaton, a Professor of Architecture in the Architecture + Health program at Clemson University. Following the exhibition at Redux, No Place to Play will travel to the Center for Architecture in Columbia, SC and end the year at Robert Muldrow Cooper Library in Clemson, SC.
No Place to Play highlights 50 teens from seven communities in India and the Philippines. Walking through this exhibition, visitors will hear recorded conversations with teens and see maps and photographs they created to better understand how displacement affects teen socialization. The project links economic development policies to social inequality in gentrifying communities in South and East Asia by highlighting how spatial changes affect teenagers' mobility and access to public space. Dr. Deaton and her team of Clemson students create an exhibition that asks the audience to consider the similarities between the teens' experiences in this study and the urban public spaces around South Carolina.
The exhibition was designed and constructed by a group of Clemson University students from a variety of majors including architecture, psychology, women's leadership, and sociology led by Dr. Deaton. It is an artistic demonstration of the influence gender has on teenagers' access to public space in post-displacement communities.
July 28-September 9, 2023
Opening reception: Friday July 28, 5:00 – 8:00PM
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION DESIGNER: Lyndsey Deaton, PhD, RA, AICP, PMP, LEED GA is a licensed architect and certified planner with projects across the United States, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at Clemson University where she teaches and conducts research in the Architecture + Health Graduate Program. Her work investigates and challenges concepts of health across a wide range of venues from the design of healthcare facilities to the role of equitable planning participation in community health. In the past 15 years, she has worked on 20+ architecture projects and 70+ master/urban planning projects. Her sustainable designs have been featured in Architect Magazine (2011) and received 23 awards including the Lafarge Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction (2012), the American Planning Association's Outstanding Collaborative Planning Project (2016), the Mayor's Choice Award, City of Eugene (2017). She currently practices as a Senior Architect and Planner with The Urban Collaborative. Dr. Deaton is focused on urban design impact to community health, especially for vulnerable groups
