Schwerpunkte 1

Topic:
Entropic Empire – On the City of Man in the Age of Disaster

Academic Guests:
Eyal Weizman
 is an architect and professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures and director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Lieven De Cauter is a philosopher, art historian, writer, and activist. He teaches philosophy of culture in Leuven, Brussels, and Rotterdam.

Organizer:
Samia Henni

Schedule:
Monday, 27 May 2013

Eyal Weizman: Forensic Architecture

12:30-14:30 Eyal Weizman: Forensic Architecture
14:30- 14:45 Break
14:45- 16:10Eyal Weizman: Forensic Architecture
16:10- 16:20 Break

16:20- 16:35
Organization by Andreas Kalpakci
Investigation by Clayton Miller
Connection by Masoud Akbarzadeh
16:35- 16:50 Discussion
16:50- 17:10 Governing by Damjan Kokalevski
Propaganda by Marsela Hanáčková
Translation by Nick Stefan Drofiak
Revolution by Samia Henni
17:10- 17:30 Discussion
18:00- 19:30 Public Lecture/ Eyal Weizman: Forensic Architecture:
Scenes from Fields and Forums

Readings:
http://www.forensic-architecture.org/publications/

Tuesday, 28. May 2013
Lieven de Cauter: Entropic Empire – On the City of Man in the Age of Disaster

09:00- 11:00 Lieven de Cauter: From the Capsular Civilization to Entropic Empire

11:00-11:30
Break

11:30- 13:00
Lieven de Cauter: Entropic Empire, State of Nature, State of Exception,
Heterotopia
Readings: The New World Disorder; From Ground Zero to Tahrir
Square; The Blackout; Notes on Urbanity in the Age of Glocalization
13:00- 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:30 Revolution by Samia Henni
14:30- 15:00 Translation by Nick Stefan Drofiak
15:00- 15:30 Propaganda by Marsela Hanáčková
15:30- 16:00Connection by Masoud Akbarzadeh
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-16:45 Governing by Damjan Kokalevski
16:45-17:15 Investigation by Clayton Miller
17:15- 17:45 Organization by Andreas Kalpakci
17:45- 18:00 Break
18:00- 18:30 Discussion

Readings:
Entropic Empire – On the City of Man in the Age of Disaster (The New World Disorder; From Ground Zero to Tahrir Square; The Blackout)
Notes on Urbanity in the Age of Glocalization

Location:
HIL E 71 / HIL E 3, ETH Zurich