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Making Architecture Politically Spring Lecture Series 2013

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Making Architecture Politically  Spring Lecture Series 2013

AGENDA & LECTURERS

The focus of the public lectures during the spring term 2013 is Making Architecture Politically  (< click link for introduction). The public lectures are open for all audiences, free of charge. The lectures are held in English, and are, after being live-streamed, available on the website (click on the lecture title for more information on the lecturer and the video recording of the lecture).

 

 

 

 

“Eviction City” and architectural education

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http://masteremergencyarchitecture.com/2012/workshop-begins-on-ciutat-meridiana/

Tomorrow students will be making their first site visit to Ciutat Meridiana, a peripheral neighborhood of Barcelona and the subject of their first workshop in the masters course. The focus will be on “recycling” the existing urban and architectural barriers, as well as addressing the social challenges emerging in a neighborhood with the highest eviction rate in all of Spain.

Memories Can’t Wait

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Memories Can’t Wait asks: How, in the face of the challenges Levi-Strauss mentions, can image-making sustain critical consciousness? How can personal memory and imagination in the absence of verifiable narratives create new meaning? Is there urgency in weaving personal accounts into political and historic narratives, if so how does it manifest? How can artists build an archive that honors the time-sensitive and ephemeral nature of their work? How can these methods inform the ways that history gets recorded?

disobedience archive

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What matters in Disobedience is not so much an “alliance” between activist demands and artistic practices in order to achieve common goals, it is more that of a common space or a common base that is emerging. This space is not clearly defined, thus making it impossible to draw a precise line between forces and signs, between language and labor, between intellectual production and political action.