Ghost Agency: Workshop: Building a Local Network

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica

**Ghost Agency: Workshop: Building a Local Network** **Tuesday, October 20 **| **1PM - 4PM** 18th Street Arts Center **1639 18th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90404** **Free + Open to the Public** **Ghost Agency** — Gro Sarauw (DK) and Anni Garza Lau (MX) — invites local and visiting residents, artists, neighbours, and local community members to take part in a three-hour workshop developed specifically for the 18th Street Arts Center community. Through conversation, collaborative exercises, and hands-on experimentation, the workshop opens up questions of privacy, secure communication, digital autonomy, and collective self-determination. Participants will be invited to share their own experiences and perspectives while contributing to the development of [***Smooth Criminal***](https://18thstreet.org/event/ghost-agency-smooth-criminal/)*,* Ghost Agency’s new site-specific public sculpture for the 18th Street Arts Center campus.