For the duration of Collective Futures, Icebox Project Space becomes Icebox Mall. We have it all: Late hours (open till 9PM), a movie theatre (Errata Projects), a video rental store (VCR). Get your outfits ready for prom (FJORD) and go to a club revival (PEEP Projects). We may not have a DEB, Claire’s, or Hot Topic, but on Wednesdays, we have a food court (Salad Bar Wednesdays)! Free to enter. Loitering is encouraged. Slip on your keds and walk a few laps.
Inspired by the mall as a third space, a commons of collective experience, where you had your first kiss or hung out with your friends after school, Icebox Mall reimagines the familiar architectures of social life for collaborative cultural exchange.
Similar to the interdependent, yet separate nature of businesses within a mall, Icebox Mall operates as the container to bring together 11 different projects by Batikh Batikh, Fjord, BYO Printmaking Collaborative, Termite TV Collective, Biomaterials Working Group, FORTUNE, Da Vinci Art Alliance, errata projects, PEEP Projects, All Mutable, and Icebox Project Space.
Find us on the map, and know that You Are Here📍
Grand Opening:
Thursday, October 8, 6–9PM
Everything Must Go! Closing Reception
Thursday, November 12, 6–9PM
Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays 6–9PM
Thursdays 6–9PM
Fridays 12–9PM
Saturdays 12–9PM
Sundays 12–6PM
Icebox Mall Special Events:
Low Sensory Open Hours: Thursdays, October 15 and November 5, 6–9PM
Lower lights and audio. Masks required.
Salad Bar Wednesdays: Wednesdays, October 14 - November 11, 6-9PM
PRINT TIME AFTER TIME: Shop Talk: Friday, October 9, 5–8:30PM and Saturday, October 10, 12–6PM
PRINT TIME AFTER TIME: The Fair: Sunday, October 11, 12–6PM
Metamorphosis, by All Mutable: Sunday, November 8, 6–9PM
Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy, Saturday, November 14, 3–7PM
About Collective Futures
Collective Futures is a six-week, citywide project activating Philadelphia’s rich network of artist-run spaces, DIY venues, and community-based art initiatives. This collaboratively organized project bringing together more than 30 independent spaces and organizations, Collective Futures will unfold across the city through exhibitions, performances, workshops, and public programs from Kensington and North Chinatown to West Philadelphia, Fishtown, and Old City, between October 2 and November 15, 2026.
