[ARENA] Writing Beyond Building @ La Biennale di Venezia
Pedro Gadanho
pedrogadanho gmail.com
Domingo, 7 de Setembro de 2008 - 23:05:48 WEST
Beyond
Short stories on the post-contemporary…
On the occasion of 11th International Architecture Exhibition "Out
There: Architecture Beyond Building" directed by Aaron Betsky,
La Biennale di Venezia, SUN architecture publishers and Pedro Gadanho
invite you for the launch event of
Beyond. Short Stories on the post-contemporary…
In a moment in which visual culture is clearly dominant, architecture
is calling for the return of writing and critical thought. But this
return is confronted with the need to compete for attention as
against the seduction of the image. In this context, SUN architecture
and Pedro Gadanho are working on a book series in which every new
thematic volume will be composed by a collection of specially
commissioned essays and short stories by emergent architectural
writers and thinkers in Europe. The series intends to stimulate both
writers and readers towards the experimental possibilities, to the
high efficiency and to the strong appeal of a concise, creative
literary formats that explicitly addresses the pleasure of reading...
WRITING BEYOND BUILDING
On Scenarios & Speculations
September 11, at 10am at the Teatro Piccolo, Arsenale
Curated & Introduced by:
Pedro Gadanho, editor in chief of Beyond.
A round-table talk with:
YEHUDA SAFRAN teaches architecture and theory at Columbia and Cornell
Universities. He was a trustee of the 9H Gallery, a Founding member
of the Architecture Foundation in London and he is a member of the
College International de Philosophie, Paris. He has written
extensively on the theory and practice of art, architecture and film.
REED KROLOFF is the Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art
Museum and a principal at jones|kroloff. He was Editor-in-Chief of
the leading and awarded Architecture magazine and became a
referential commentator in the world of architecture and urban design
in theUSA.
SAM JACOB is a director of FAT, Fashion Architecture Taste, in
London. He's an architecture editor of Contemporary, and editor at
large for Archis. He also writes for Icon and Modern Painters as well
as contributing to various academic journals and books.
MAP OFFICE is an Hong Kong based interdisciplinary design and
research platform conceived by Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie
Portefaix. They work across visual art, writing and design and are
the authors of publications such as City of Production: a Fabulous
Opportunity to Experiment with Positive Capitalism and Unreal Estates
of China.
SHUMON BASAR is an editor at fashion/culture quarterly Tank and co-
founder of sexymachinery. Since 2006, is director of Curatorial
Practices and Cultural Projects at the Architectural Association,
London. He has written for ArtReview, Blueprint, Sunday Telegraph
and Domus.
GIANLUIGI RICUPERATI is the author of Fucked Up. He was the artistic
co-director of Festarch 08 and directed the editorial project
Cluster. Journalist and writer, Ricuperati wrote for D-La Repubblica,
Il Manifesto, La Stampa and Domus on topics of urban studies and
architecture.
Admisson free. See also the official programme of La Biennale di Venezia
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