Lecture
History of Art and Architecture VI: Empire, Multitude and Common Wealth: Architecture since the 90s
Lecture History of Art and Architecture VI (063-0314-12)
Organizer: Chair of Prof. Ursprung
Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Time: 9.00h - 9.45h
Location: HIL E8
In their book 'Empire' (2000) Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri describe a trend towards an economic and political order that transgresses the limits of time and space and approaches a situation of an eternal present. In their book 'Multitude' (2004) they discuss the possibility of protesting against the hegemony of capitalism. And in 'Common Wealth' (2009) they depict the situation beyond the dualism 'modern' versus 'private'. They ask about the location of the subject in the dynamics of social transformation and they ask how one can, by means of working with images, language, and affects, resist the absorption by either the economy or the State. The course asks how these concepts can be made fruitful for the historiography and criticism of recent architecture. How do economic changes affect the categories of space, the range of individual action, and the use of materiality? Can we deduce criteria from the concepts proposed by Hardt and Negri, which help us decide what architectural quality means, today? Are they useful in defining the role of the architect in society?
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Sabine Sarwa
Organizer: Chair of Prof. Ursprung
Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Time: 9.00h - 9.45h
Location: HIL E8
In their book 'Empire' (2000) Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri describe a trend towards an economic and political order that transgresses the limits of time and space and approaches a situation of an eternal present. In their book 'Multitude' (2004) they discuss the possibility of protesting against the hegemony of capitalism. And in 'Common Wealth' (2009) they depict the situation beyond the dualism 'modern' versus 'private'. They ask about the location of the subject in the dynamics of social transformation and they ask how one can, by means of working with images, language, and affects, resist the absorption by either the economy or the State. The course asks how these concepts can be made fruitful for the historiography and criticism of recent architecture. How do economic changes affect the categories of space, the range of individual action, and the use of materiality? Can we deduce criteria from the concepts proposed by Hardt and Negri, which help us decide what architectural quality means, today? Are they useful in defining the role of the architect in society?
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