Symposium
Datum : Freitag, 16. Dezember 2011 bis Samstag, 17. Dezember 2011
Place: Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zürich (Entrance at Münstergasse 26)
Organized by: Martino Stierli & Mechtild Widrich
Chair for the History of Art and Architecture Philip Ursprung, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich
Friday, December 16, 2011
14.30 Martino Stierli and Mechtild Widrich, ETH Zurich
Welcome and Introduction
Moderation: Nina Zschocke, ETH Zurich
15.00 Felicity Scott, Columbia University, New York: Alice in Dataland. Revisting the Architecture Machine Group's Aspen Movie Map
15.45 Andreas Rumpfhuber, Architect, Independent Theorist, Vienna: Participating Performatively: The Bürolandschaft, or, Towards a Society of Self-Organization
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Sean Keller, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago: The Politics of Form Finding: Frei Otto and the Mannheim Multihalle
17.45 Hélène Lipstadt DOCOMOMO US, New York: Whose Theory of Participation? Bourdieusian Analyses of Agency in Architectural Competitions
18.30 Discussion
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Moderation: Martino Stierli, ETH Zurich
10.00 Introduction
10.15 Werner Hanak-Lettner, Jewish Museum Vienna: The Visitor as Actor. The Exhibition as a Swimming Pool
11.00 Lutz Robbers, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: 1912 – Hellerau as Spielraum
11.45 Coffee break
12.15 Sandra Löschke, University of Technology, Sydney: Participatory Aesthetics: Alexander Dorner’s Reorganization of the Provinzialmuseum Hannover
13.00 Discussion
13.30 Lunch break
Moderation: Mechtild Widrich, ETH Zurich
14.30 Introduction
14.45 Gavin Grindon, Kingston University, London: Disobedient Objects: Agency and Determinism in Activist Art
15.30 Ana María León, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA: Sites of Occupation: From Tlatelolco to Parasol Metropol 1968–2011
16.15 Coffee break
16.45 Kenny Cupers, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York: The House of Participation: Modern Cultural Centers in Western Europe
17.30 Asja Mandić, University of Sarajevo: Exhibitions in Damaged and Destroyed Architectural Objects in Besieged Sarajevo: Spaces of Gathering and Socialization
18.15 Discussion
Sponsors:
Swiss National Science Foundation
Chair for the History of Art and Architecture Philip Ursprung, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich
Datum : Freitag, 16. Dezember 2011 bis Samstag, 17. Dezember 2011
Place: Cabaret Voltaire, Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zürich (Entrance at Münstergasse 26)
Organized by: Martino Stierli & Mechtild Widrich
Chair for the History of Art and Architecture Philip Ursprung, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich
Friday, December 16, 2011
14.30 Martino Stierli and Mechtild Widrich, ETH Zurich
Welcome and Introduction
Section 1: CONTROL
Moderation: Nina Zschocke, ETH Zurich
15.00 Felicity Scott, Columbia University, New York: Alice in Dataland. Revisting the Architecture Machine Group's Aspen Movie Map
15.45 Andreas Rumpfhuber, Architect, Independent Theorist, Vienna: Participating Performatively: The Bürolandschaft, or, Towards a Society of Self-Organization
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Sean Keller, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago: The Politics of Form Finding: Frei Otto and the Mannheim Multihalle
17.45 Hélène Lipstadt DOCOMOMO US, New York: Whose Theory of Participation? Bourdieusian Analyses of Agency in Architectural Competitions
18.30 Discussion
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Section 2: DISPLAY
Moderation: Martino Stierli, ETH Zurich
10.00 Introduction
10.15 Werner Hanak-Lettner, Jewish Museum Vienna: The Visitor as Actor. The Exhibition as a Swimming Pool
11.00 Lutz Robbers, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: 1912 – Hellerau as Spielraum
11.45 Coffee break
12.15 Sandra Löschke, University of Technology, Sydney: Participatory Aesthetics: Alexander Dorner’s Reorganization of the Provinzialmuseum Hannover
13.00 Discussion
13.30 Lunch break
Section 3: AGENCY
Moderation: Mechtild Widrich, ETH Zurich
14.30 Introduction
14.45 Gavin Grindon, Kingston University, London: Disobedient Objects: Agency and Determinism in Activist Art
15.30 Ana María León, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA: Sites of Occupation: From Tlatelolco to Parasol Metropol 1968–2011
16.15 Coffee break
16.45 Kenny Cupers, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York: The House of Participation: Modern Cultural Centers in Western Europe
17.30 Asja Mandić, University of Sarajevo: Exhibitions in Damaged and Destroyed Architectural Objects in Besieged Sarajevo: Spaces of Gathering and Socialization
18.15 Discussion
Sponsors:
Swiss National Science Foundation
Chair for the History of Art and Architecture Philip Ursprung, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta), ETH Zurich


