Architect, a Puppeteer? - discussion in Gallery VI PER
Galerie VI PER (Vítkova 2, Prague-Karlín) and Theatrum Mundi are hosting a public discussion on Monday, June 10, 2019, at 19:00 titled Architect, a Puppeteer?
Sensitive architects are likely to deny it, but architecture as a practice and academic discipline is fueled by the belief that it can shape people's lives through design and the built environment. Architectural design represents dubious layered fictions, projections, and visions: from design philosophy, where it is expected that the hypothetical end user will behave in a certain way, to visualization techniques where pliable cutouts of people are arranged within renders that resemble theatrical props rather than human beings. While private spaces leave us to deal with architectural determinism through personal relationships, the contradiction between the architect's dream and their ideal user, and how real people interact with architecture, is nowhere more pronounced than in public space.
Guests:
Beth Weinstein, architect and performer, University of Arizona
Jan Bažant, puppeteer, illustrator, graphic designer, scenographer, DAMU - Theatre Faculty of AMU
Justinien Tribillon, urban planner and researcher, Theatrum Mundi, London, and Migrant Journal
Katerina Videnova, architect, MAK / mobile architectural office, Prague
Marta Michalowska, artist and curator, Theatrum Mundi, London, and The Wapping Project
Océane Ragoucy, architect and researcher, TVK Architects, Paris
The discussion Architect, a Puppeteer? is organized by Theatrum Mundi, London, and Galerie VI PER, Prague, during the Prague Quadrennial 2019.
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Sensitive architects are likely to deny it, but architecture as a practice and academic discipline is fueled by the belief that it can shape people's lives through design and the built environment. Architectural design represents dubious layered fictions, projections, and visions: from design philosophy, where it is expected that the hypothetical end user will behave in a certain way, to visualization techniques where pliable cutouts of people are arranged within renders that resemble theatrical props rather than human beings. While private spaces leave us to deal with architectural determinism through personal relationships, the contradiction between the architect's dream and their ideal user, and how real people interact with architecture, is nowhere more pronounced than in public space.
Guests:
Beth Weinstein, architect and performer, University of Arizona
Jan Bažant, puppeteer, illustrator, graphic designer, scenographer, DAMU - Theatre Faculty of AMU
Justinien Tribillon, urban planner and researcher, Theatrum Mundi, London, and Migrant Journal
Katerina Videnova, architect, MAK / mobile architectural office, Prague
Marta Michalowska, artist and curator, Theatrum Mundi, London, and The Wapping Project
Océane Ragoucy, architect and researcher, TVK Architects, Paris
The discussion Architect, a Puppeteer? is organized by Theatrum Mundi, London, and Galerie VI PER, Prague, during the Prague Quadrennial 2019.
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