APRA forced to vacate Archive space several months before renovation of APRA's permanent home is scheduled to be completed, and to place all contents of Archive in temporary storage. Archive closed to visitors until after relocation into permanent home. Takes the year off from public engagements. Okwui Enwezor dies of cancer. Views Rezo's video, Die Zerstörung der CDU many times and regains hope for the future of the human race (briefly). Spends three weeks being treated for exhaustion at an Ayurvedic clinic in northern Bavaria. Embarks on cover-to-cover study of Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Selectively resumes giving interviews, in email form only. Turns down four philosophy lecture invitations in a row and draws the obvious conclusion. Coins and defines the term, racial essentialism. Conceptualizes Wahlkampagne. Learns Yoga Sutras IV.15-IV.34 by heart. Finds mantra in IV.25-26. Writes up "Philosophy En Route to Reality: A Bumpy Ride" by invitation from The Journal of World Philosophies. Formally submits construction application to city authorities for the renovation of APRA's permanent home. Publishes letter to the editor, "Re.: 'Special Report: Women's Place in the Art World'," in Artnet News. Jörg Heiser review of Escape to Berlin appears in E-Flux Journal. First meeting of APRA team with APRA's future Board of Trustees.