I gave presentation on the theme of City of Memory at the Devices of Design colloquium held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. Run by the CCA in partnership with the Fondation Daniel Langlois the event addressed the implications for architecture and urbanism brought about by the increasing use of digital media in design practices. The other speakers were:
Marco Frascari (G. Truman Ward Professor of Architecture, Virginia Tech);
Mario Carpo (Consulting Head, Study Centre, Canadian Centre for Architecture
Associate Professor in Architectural History, Ecole d'Architecture de Paris – La Villette);
Mark Wigley (Dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York);
Peter Galison (Mallinckrodt Professor of the History of Science and of Physics, Harvard University);
Greg Lynn (Full Professor, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien);
Bernard Cache (Architect, Objectile, Paris)
The event also considered the longer term implications for museums and archives in conserving digital artefacts – both digital artworks and architectural materials. The second day saw a presentation by Alain Depocas on the Variable Media project by the FDL and Guggenheim investigating emulation as a means of preserving works created on and for obsolete technologies into the future.
The event also coincided with a brilliant show at the CCA, the 60s: montréal thinks big, charting the social cultural and architectural shifts that transformed Montreal into a dramatic modernist city.
Posted by Giles Lane at November 20, 2004 10:57 AM