On Power in Architecture: A Materialist Perspective

ON POWER IN ARCHITECTURE | A MATERIALIST PERSPECTIVE
International Symposium
Speakers: Mladen Dolar, Hilde Heynen, Teresa Stoppani, Sven-Olov Wallenstein

Date: 21 September 2017, 10:00– 16:00

Venue: Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO), Pot na Fužine 2, Ljubljana
The symposium will be held in English. Entry is free of charge.

AIM
Architecture has served throughout history as one of the most prominent tools of power, functioning as both its representation and its manifestation, embedded as it is within the public and the private realm.

The aim of the symposium On Power in Architecture is to facilitate a critical discussion on the topic while bringing thinkers and practicioners together to propose concepts to reflect on the intertwined relation between power and architecture.

The lectures will focus mainly on philosophers and theoreticians from a materialist backgroundand will start from a selected architectural case study.

SCHEDULE
10:00–10:15     Opening remarks On Power in Architecture, Mateja Kurir
10:15–11:15     Hilde Heynen: Architecture, Power, Embodiment
11:15–12:15     Teresa Stoppani: Manfredo Tafuri: Progetto storico (the historical project) as Political Project
12:15–12:45     Discussion with Hilde Heynen and Teresa Stoppani
12:45–13:30     Break
13:30–14:30     Mladen Dolar: Power and the Architectural Unconscious
14:30–15:30     Sven-Olov Wallenstein: Foucault and the Spatialization of Power
15:30–16:00     Discussion with Mladen Dolar and Sven-Olov Wallenstein