off_Campus Events
Globalizing City Cultures and Urban Imaginaries
Presented by the Center for Comparative Literature and Society
Sawyer Seminar
Directed by Professor Andreas Huyssen
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Time: Thursdays, 4-6 pm
Place: Wood Auditorium (113 Avery Hall)
January 31: Unsettling Johannesburg: The Country in the City
Lecturer: Hilton Judin, Architect, Johannesburg
Discussant: Mahmood Mamdani, Anthropology, Columbia
February 14: Mega Exhibitions and Antinomies of a Transnational Global Form
Lecturer: Okwui Enwezor, Curator and Critic, New York City
February 28: The Lagos Project
Lecturer: Rem Koolhaas, OMA Architects, Amsterdam and London
Discussant: John Rajchman, Professor of Philosophy, currently visiting professor at Columbia
March 14: Crime Noir: The Underworld of Film in Millennial Mumbai
Lecturer: Arjun Appadurai, Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago, and currently working on a major research project in Mumbai.
March 28: Cities, Cinema and the Cinematic
Lecturer: Ackbar Abbas, Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and Culture and chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at Hong Kong University
April 11: The Chinese City
Lecturer: Mario Gandelsonas, Dean of the Princeton School of Architecture
Discussant: Gayatri Spivak, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia
Peter Testa: Rethinking Systems
Thursday, February 28, 6:30 pm
Peter Testa is principle of his own firm and founding director of two design research groups, the Emergent Design Group and the Hyperarchitecture Research Center at MIT, where he is an associate professor of architecture. This lecture is part of the Architectural League of New York's spring lecture series. Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street, New York City. Call 212.753.1722 for information.
Life of the City
On view February 28 through May 21
The Museum of Modern Art invites the public to join a photographic celebration of New York City. Will include works from the museum's collection as well as submissions from New Yorkers and visitors. For information, call 212.708.9400.
Stanley Saitowitz
Thursday, March 7, 6:00 pm
This lecture entitled 'Buildings and Projects' is part of the CUNY School of Architecture, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture's Spring Lecture Series. The Great Hall of Shepard Hall, second floor. Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York City. Call 212.650.7118 for information.
A Conversation with Peter Smithson
Tuesday, March 12, 6:00 pm
Part of the Collins/Kaufmann Forum on Modern Architecture lecture series. 612 Schermerhorn. Reception to follow.
Utopia & Reality: Modernity in Sweden, 1900 - 1960
On view March 14 through June 16
Organized by the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, this exhibit presents a broad survey of Swedish art and culture from the first half of the Twentieth Century. On view at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, 18 West 86th Street, New York City. For information call 212.501.3000.
William Massie
Thursday, April 4, 6:00 pm
This lecture is part of the Parsons School of Design 's "Glass Corner Lectures & Exhibitions" series. 25 East 13th Street, 2nd Floor, New York City.
James Glymph, Gehry Partners: Computing and the Craft of Architecture
Thursday, April 4, 6:30 pm
A principle of Gehry Partners, James Glymph's primary interest is in building technology and how that technology influences design. He encourages a special relationship among architects, engineers, craftsmen, and fabricators, which facilitates close design collaboration at the technical level. This lecture is part of the Architectural League of New York's spring lecture series. Caspary Hall, Rockefeller University, New York City. 66th Street and York Avenue. Call 212.753.1722 for information.
Peter Eisenman: Theory into Practice
Thursday, April 11, 6:30 pm
Winner of the 2001 National Design Award in Architecture, Peter Eisenman will discuss his recent work and its relationship to his theoretical explorations. Co-sponsored by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Auditorium, Graduate Center, CUNY. 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City. For information call 212.849.8380.
Opening of the Austrian Cultural Forum
Thursday, April 18
The first major U.S. building by Austrian-born New York architect Raimund Abraham. 11 East 52nd Street, New York City. For information call 212.873.3284.
Sheila Kennedy & Frano Violich: Material Misuse
Thursday, April 25, 6:30 pm
Sheila Kennedy and Frano Violich will present recent projects and discuss the work of the new materials research unit of Kennedy & Violich Architecture. Their firm explores materials that transform from one condition to another, and put material definitions into question. This lecture is part of the Architectural League of New York's spring lecture series. The Scholastic Auditorium, 557 Broadway, New York City. Call 212.753.1722 for information.
Toshiko Mori: Immaterial / Ultramaterial
Thursday, May 2, 6:30 pm
Principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, and Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Toshiko Mori was the curator of the recent GSD exhibition "Immaterial/Ultramaterial." The exhibition explored the formal possibilities of new building materials. This lecture is part of the Architectural League of New York's spring lecture series. Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street, New York City. Call 212.753.1722 for information.
Preserving the Modern House
Friday, May 3, 6:30 pm
This discussion gives an overview of the issues surrounding modern domestic architecture and two restoration case studies: The Richard Mandel House and the Kaufman House. Panelists include the owners of the two homes and Theo Prudon, President, DoCoMoMo US, Adjunct Associate Professor of Historic Preservation, Columbia University. This discussion is part of the Architectural League of New York's spring lecture series and is co-sponsored by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. 2 East 91st Street, New York City. Call 212.753.1722 for information.
Landscapes of Modernity: New York City in Early 20th Century Photographs
Tuesday, May 7, 6:00 pm
Lecture by Mary Woods of Cornell University. Part of the Collins/Kaufmann Forum on Modern Architecture lecture series. 934 Schermerhorn. Reception to follow.
Diller & Scofidio: Embodiment Performance
Thursday, May 9, 6:30 pm
Elizabeth Diller and Ric Scofidio, 2001 National Design Award Finalists, will discuss their recent work which explores new technological approaches to environmental design. This lecture is part of the Architectural League of New York's spring lecture series. The Parsons School of Design, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, New York City. Call 212.753.1722 for information.
