About this Event
A discussion that brings together different ideas around structure. Bringing together systems thinkers, architects and artists to talk about how each of them uses structure to find commonality. With each of the speakers in active dialogue with the work and practice of the other, the discussion will centre on the following questions: Where are the overlaps? Where are the differences? What can we learn from each of these different disciplines of creating and shaping commonality?
The aim of this event is to question ideas around structure in all its forms, going further in trying to find commonalities between different concepts and practices of structure. From practical considerations, such as how you can find a common ground between the needs of your client and the context you’re designing for, to more systemic challenges such as finding a common ground between the need for housing and industrial land in London, for example.
The event will also feature a pop-up by SUBTERRANEA (@terranea_talks), a new Afro-diasporic library housing black creativity for collectivity that archives books, archival materials, ephemera and other objects in order to celebrate and preserve cultural expression from black artists, designers and writers.
Speakers:
Saeed Taji Farouky - Filmmaker, educator and journalist
Saeed Taji Farouky is a Palestinian / Egyptian / British filmmaker, film educator, and writer. He has been making work around themes of post-colonialism, conflict, and migration since 2004 and runs a radical, free film school that supports young filmmakers from marginalised communities. His most recent film, A Thousand Fires, was the opening film in Locarno's Critics' Week 2021, and was selected for the main competition at IDFA. His previous documentary Tell Spring Not to Come This Year premiered at Berlinale 2015 where it won the Panorama Audience Award and the Amnesty International Human Rights award.
Takako Hasegawa - Researcher and educator in architecture, choreographer
Originally from Tokyo, Takako Hasegawa engages with movement as an agency for architectural thinking and its creative process, working across architecture, choreography and education. By cross-pollinating contemporary dance with architecture, she founded Dancing Architects as a research platform exploring architecture and its experience as embodied choreographies. She has performed and exhibited internationally, collaborated with dancers on choreographic projects, and directed various performative architectural events and experiences while generating transdisciplinary dialogues. With many years of experience in teaching with the idea of architecture as movement, she has taught at the AA, UAL, UEL and other courses, while organising movement workshops in various cities. Currently pursuing a PhD at the AA, her research focuses on architectural education with a belief that choreographic explorations through the ‘analogue’ body bring transformative shifts in our perceptions leading to more relational understanding of the world around us, while also cultivating trust and togetherness – vital ingredients towards our collective future.
Final speaker TBC
The panel discussion will be closed by a DJ set from Shir.in (@shir.in___)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Reference Point, 2 Arundel Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 8.57
