ABOUT OPOV
Big ideas die quietly every day.
Not because they lack vision, but because they enter competitive, chaotic fields where agendas clash and momentum breaks down.
We’ve seen promising climate plans shelved, cultural initiatives stalled and bold inventions that never saw the light of day.
Our job at OPOV is to give change-making ideas the edge they need to break through and become undeniable.
We do this through initiative building and cultural strategy.
ABOUT MAE
Mae Emerick is the founder of OPOV.
Mae works as a Cultural Strategist at the intersection of urbanism, arts & letters and human behavior.
She has an international background building initiatives, with a focus on delivering strategic blueprints, compelling narratives and immersive media experiences that translate vision into clear structure and process. She received her Masters of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies at Parsons NYC.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
“Capping the Antwerp Ring”, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (2022)
“Artificial Terra”, Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2022)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Can the Urban Poor Afford Sustainable Construction? (Cities Alliance/UNOPS, 2023)
Transforming the Cross-Bronx Expressway (CSU Global, 2022)