Peter Sloterdijk argued, “Democracy depends on the ability to lend a spatial dimension to things said one after the other; it therefore implies constant training in patience.” To become a citizen, one must exercise the necessary patience…
Four short films highlight a selection of projects from the Department of Urban Planning and Design. “Kapemni Cosmology Center” by Chris D’Amico Kapemni Cosmology Center In writings about Dakota’s beliefs about the cosmos, there consistently appears to be…
In the summer of 2020, in anticipation of the virtual semester, nearly forty “Welcome Packages” were designed, created, and shipped across the world to incoming MLA I students entering their first year virtually. The project, led by Emily Wettstein, Design Critic…
A series of six projections highlight recent student work from the Department of Architecture’s Core and Options Studios. From “The Redacted Block” by Kathlyn Kao and Cindy Yiin The Redacted Block The urban block takes form as a measured space enclosed by streets and…
Five films showcase a selection of Fall 2020 thesis projects from the Department of Architecture. From “Pair of Dice, Para-Dice, Paradise: A Counter-Memorial to Victims of Police Brutality” by Calvin Boyd Pair of Dice, Para-Dice, Paradise: A Counter-Memorial to Victims of Police…
Projected on the facade of Gund Hall, GRASSROOTS asks the viewer to consider their own passions, histories, relationships, and voice. The questions focus on conceptions of roots, rootedness, care, support, needs, and change, which are all essential to grassroots action…
Four films highlight student work from Farshid Moussavi‘s Fall 2020 course, Dual-Use: The function of a 21st century urban residential block. From “Mutating Threshold” by Dan Lu Mutating Threshold Home is commonly perceived as the limit between public and private, collective…
The formation of geopolitical borders has become more pronounced and salient in recent months. The pandemic has been used as a justification by nations to advance anti-migrant policies, and the agenda has been pushed to extremes, leaving people stratified, deported, denied visas, or kept…
AUTUMN + SUMMER : The Clark Art Institute As a year-long collaboration with Reed Hilderbrand, this film explores the variable seasonal changes of the Clark Art Institute’s reconfigured 140-acre campus located…
The Bauhaus film experimentalist Hans Richter (1888-1976) raised the flat superposition and kinetic orchestration of simple forms to a strange gestalt art form. We propose an homage of sorts to Hans, adopting Richter’s graphic vocabulary…