In 2017 the lecture series SPACES OF MANY DIMENSIONS will bring together a diversity of theoretical positions and artistic perspectives. Its title refers to the book ‚Flatland‘ by Edwin A. Abbott, describing the life of a square in two dimensions, extending the imagination towards the existence of a third and fourth dimension and beyond. His satire reveals the boundaries of an absolute knowledge and opens up a new perspective on the 'relativity of reality’ (Paul Watzlawick).
The lecture series intends to initiate a dialogue on the topic of those manifold spatial dimensions: How can we generate spatial concepts that lie beyond the understanding of our existing design tools and methodologies, in order to design intricate social and atmospheric spaces? What is and what will be the role of the human in contemporary and future spatial design processes? What are possible experimental and utopian perspectives that embrace the existence of different realities, dissimilarities, enabling inclusiveness as well as social and ecological dimensions of space?
A lecture and workshop by Prof. Beatriz Colomina and Prof. Mark Wigley, curators of the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennal will mark the beginning of the lecture series in January 2017.
11.01.2017 Lecture, 18.00h
12.01.2017 Workshop, 10.00h
Beatriz Colomina
Princeton University
Mark Wigley
Columbia University, New York
ARE WE HUMAN?
NOTES ON AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF DESIGN
Other invited guests are:
Johan Bettum
Städelschule Frankfurt am Main
THE GRAMMARE OF THE INEFFABLE.
INITIAL NOTES FOR A SPATIAL CHOREOGRAPHIC PARADIGM
Sir Peter Cook
Crab Studio, London / Archigram
DREAMS AND REALITY
Eric Ellingsen
Illinois Institute of Technology /
Institut für Raumexperimente /
Species of Space
SPACE OUT
Tomás Saraceno
Studio Tomás Saraceno, Berlin
AEROCENE
A lecture series presented by the Faculty of Design, Peter Behrens School of Arts. Supported by Jour Fixe and funded by QVM / Qualitätsverbesserungsmittel.
Werkstatt-Atelier H0.38.2
Hochschule Düsseldorf
Entrance Josef-Gockeln-Str. 9
40474 Düsseldorf
Graphic Design & Web: Ruven Wiegert
Spaces of Many Dimensions
HSD Peter Behrens School of Arts