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Events
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Monday 17th April 2023
SESSION 1 - CONCEPTUALIZING
Session 1 introduces the notion of waste as matter in constant transformation. Through archeology and anthropology, the session questions the value systems attached to waste accumulation. The session also looks into the souls of materials.
Speakers:
TIM INGOLD
ANNA ANGUISSOLA
HANS ULRICH OBRIST
EDUARDO KOHN
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SESSION 2 - CONTEXTUALIZING
Session 2 displays an overview of the current systems and infrastructures that govern global material flows. The session looks into the relationships between ‘superabundance’, landfills and repurposing practices.
Speakers:
JUSTIN McGUIRK
PATRICK O’HARE
JOSH LEPAWSKY
ELIZABETH POVINELLI
ELVIRA DYANGANI OSE
WATCH THE SESSION
Session 1 introduces the notion of waste as matter in constant transformation. Through archeology and anthropology, the session questions the value systems attached to waste accumulation. The session also looks into the souls of materials.
Speakers:
TIM INGOLD
ANNA ANGUISSOLA
HANS ULRICH OBRIST
EDUARDO KOHN
WATCH THE SESSION
SESSION 2 - CONTEXTUALIZING
Session 2 displays an overview of the current systems and infrastructures that govern global material flows. The session looks into the relationships between ‘superabundance’, landfills and repurposing practices.
Speakers:
JUSTIN McGUIRK
PATRICK O’HARE
JOSH LEPAWSKY
ELIZABETH POVINELLI
ELVIRA DYANGANI OSE
WATCH THE SESSION
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TIM INGOLD
Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
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ANNA ANGUISSOLA
Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Pisa
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HANS ULRICH OBRIST
Curator, Critic and Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries
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EDUARDO KOHN
Professor of Anthropology, McGill University
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JUSTIN MCGUIRK
Writer, Chief Curator, Design Museum and Director of Future Observatory
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PATRICK O'HARE
Senior Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews
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JOSH LEPAWSKY
Professor of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
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ELIZABETH POVINELLI
Artist, Filmmaker and Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
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ELVIRA DYANGANI OSE
Director of The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Tuesday 18th April 2023
SESSION 3 - DESIGNING
Session 3 presents the works of architects, entrepreneurs, curators and design students that embrace an expansive attitude toward design and actively redefine the relationship between matter and ecosystems.
Speakers:
FIONA RABY and ANTHONY DUNNE
MICHAEL THOMPSON
LARA GILMORE
PAOLA ANTONELLI and ALICE RAWSTHORN
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SESSION 4 - VALUATING
Session 4 explores material cycles that expand from space debris into digestive systems, highlighting the potentialities of rubbish, dirt, turd and scrap. The session will also delve into the complexities of responsible material extraction and application.
Speakers:
LYDIA KALLIPOLITI
RORY HOLMES
EMMIE MASSIAS, CAROLIN SCHELKLE, ROCIO CROSETTO BRIZZIO and ANA PAOLA HERNANDEZ DERBEZ
SUMAYYA VALLY with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
WATCH THE SESSION
Session 3 presents the works of architects, entrepreneurs, curators and design students that embrace an expansive attitude toward design and actively redefine the relationship between matter and ecosystems.
Speakers:
FIONA RABY and ANTHONY DUNNE
MICHAEL THOMPSON
LARA GILMORE
PAOLA ANTONELLI and ALICE RAWSTHORN
WATCH THE SESSION
SESSION 4 - VALUATING
Session 4 explores material cycles that expand from space debris into digestive systems, highlighting the potentialities of rubbish, dirt, turd and scrap. The session will also delve into the complexities of responsible material extraction and application.
Speakers:
LYDIA KALLIPOLITI
RORY HOLMES
EMMIE MASSIAS, CAROLIN SCHELKLE, ROCIO CROSETTO BRIZZIO and ANA PAOLA HERNANDEZ DERBEZ
SUMAYYA VALLY with NATALIA GRABOWSKA
WATCH THE SESSION
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FIONA RABY and ANTHONY DUNNE
Principals of Dunne & Raby and University Professor, The New School
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STUDENT GEODESIGN / EMMIE MASSIAS
Visual Researcher, Geo-Design, DAE Student
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STUDENT ECAL / CAROLIN SCHELKLE
Product Designer, ECAL Student
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STUDENT GSAPP / ROCIO CROSETTO BRIZZIO
Architect, Co-founder of Balsa Crosetto Piazzi, GSAPP Student
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ANA PAOLA HERNANDEZ DERBEZ
Architect, GSAPP Student
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LARA GILMORE
Co-Founder of Food for Soul and Refettorio Project
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PAOLA ANTONELLI
Senior Curator and Director of R&D, MoMA, and co-founder of Design Emergency
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ALICE RAWSTHORN
Author of Design as an Attitude, co-founder of Design Emergency
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RORY HOLMES
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LYDIA KALLIPOLITI
Architect, Associate Professor, The Cooper Union and Head Co-Curator of the 2022 Tallinn Architecture Biennale
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SUMAYYA VALLY
Principal of Counterspace studio and Honorary Professor, Bartlett School of Architecture
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NATALIA GRABOWSKA
Curator at Large of Architecture and Site-specific Projects, Serpentine Galleries
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MICHAEL THOMPSON
Emeritus Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Wednesday 19th April 2023
SESSION 5 - GOVERNING
Session 5 introduces e-waste geographies emphasizing local models of production and care. The session delves into the spatial, social and environmental dimensions of e-waste management and recirculation.
Speakers:
BLANCA CALLÉN
GRACE AKESE
BAS VAN ABEL
VEENA SAHAJWALLA with ALICE RAWSTHORN
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SESSION 6 - RE-INHABITING
Session 6 expands into the notion of the ‘unwanted’ as a lens to look into wastelands, interspecies alliances and by-products of material cultures.
Speakers:
BEATRIZ COLOMINA and MARK WIGLEY
B+ (ARNO BRANDLHUBER and OLAF GRAWERT)
SANDRA POULSON and NATALIA GRABOWSKA
SOPHIE CHAO
WATCH THE SESSION
Session 5 introduces e-waste geographies emphasizing local models of production and care. The session delves into the spatial, social and environmental dimensions of e-waste management and recirculation.
Speakers:
BLANCA CALLÉN
GRACE AKESE
BAS VAN ABEL
VEENA SAHAJWALLA with ALICE RAWSTHORN
WATCH THE SESSION
SESSION 6 - RE-INHABITING
Session 6 expands into the notion of the ‘unwanted’ as a lens to look into wastelands, interspecies alliances and by-products of material cultures.
Speakers:
BEATRIZ COLOMINA and MARK WIGLEY
B+ (ARNO BRANDLHUBER and OLAF GRAWERT)
SANDRA POULSON and NATALIA GRABOWSKA
SOPHIE CHAO
WATCH THE SESSION
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BLANCA CALLÉN
Lecturer and Researcher, University of Vic and Co-founder of Restarters BCN
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GRACE AKESE
Geographer, Research Fellow, African Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth
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BAS VAN ABEL
Entrepreneur, Designer, Founder of Fairphone and De Clique
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VEENA SAHAJWALLA
Materials Scientist, Director of UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology Centre
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BEATRIZ COLOMINA
Professor of History of Architecture, Director Media and Modernity Program, Princeton University
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MARK WIGLEY
Professor of Architecture, Dean Emeritus of GSAPP, Columbia University
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B+ (ARNO BRANDLHUBER and OLAF GRAWERT)
Architects, Principals at B+
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NATALIA GRABOWSKA
Curator at Large of Architecture and Site-specific Projects, Serpentine Galleries
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SANDRA POULSON
Artist, Participant in the British Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia 2023
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SOPHIE CHAO
Researcher and Lecturer at Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney
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