Interpretations: Exhibition Practice
A daylong symposium at Columbia University that critically unpacks the formative processes of recent architectural exhibitions.
Date: Friday 22 April, 2011, 11:00–19:00
Location: Wood Auditorium, Columbia University; New York, NY.
Free entrance
What is the purpose of architectural exhibitions? How are they produced?
It is widely recognized that exhibitions have been a fundamental platform for the formulation, production, and dissemination of ideas within architecture; and yet, the processes through which they are created often remain opaque.
Interpretations attempts to unpack specific examples of contemporary architectural exhibitions, taking certain "reference exhibitions" as common points of departure for a larger discussion about the complexities of exhibition practice.
The symposium is structured around three exhibition categories, each compromising one session: contextual, survey, and themed—using this format as a tool to maintain a critically flexible, while still defined, space for discussion.
Program:
11:00
Opening remarks
Mark Wigley
Interpretations Curatorial Team
11:15
Keynote Lecture
Beatriz Colomina
12:00
Contextual
Kurt W. Forster
Commentary by: Joseph Grima and Ute Meta Bauer
Reference Exhibition: Ninth International Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Panel and Q&A moderated by Mark Wigley
13:30
Lunch Break
14:30
Survey
Barry Bergdoll
Commentary by: Keller Easterling and Damon Rich
Reference Exhibition: Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.
Panel and Q&A moderated by Felicity D. Scott
16:00
Themed
Mirko Zardini
Commentary by: Sarah Herda and Tobi Maier
Reference Exhibition: Actions: What You Can Do With the City.
Panel and Q&A moderated by Mark Wasiuta
17:30
Closing remarks
Felicity D. Scott
17:45
Reception
Interpretations Curatorial Team:
José Esparza, Carlos Mínguez, Jacob Moore, Fernando Portal