Presenting the Urban Lab

At the Living Arts City: Full-day Colloquium in Three Acts. Urban Lab Blog. Presentation PDF

Photo by Ada Khun.

Living Arts City Colloquium – Art and Urbanism in Phnom Phen and New York

As part of the Season of Cambodia and Parsons the New School for Design Living Arts City initiative I have the opportunity to present some of the work from the Our City Festival. See below:

LIVING ARTS CITY ART AND URBANISM IN PHNOM PENH AND NEW YORK As part of Season of Cambodia, a multi-disciplinary arts festival taking place this spring in New York City, the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design presents a two-day colloquiumexploring the interconnectedness of creativity, urban ecology and community. The event provides a window into an ongoing exchange between designers, curators, architects, planners, and social researchers from Phnom Penh and New York.

April 6 6:30 PM-9:00 PM Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion Free registration here Welcome: Joel Towers, Executive Dean, Parsons The New School for Design Introduction to Cambodian Living Arts: Arn Chorn-Pond, Founder, Cambodian Living Arts John Burt, Founding Board Chair Emeritus, Cambodian Living Arts, and Chairman, Season of CambodiaIntroduction to Season of Cambodia: Phloeun Prim, CEO, Season of Cambodia, Executive Director of Cambodian Living Arts Elena Park, Season of Cambodia, Senior Festival Advisor Keynote Address: Refuge, Diaspora and Return: Cosmopolitan Phnom Penh William Greaves, Director of Vann Molyvann Project Panel Discussion: Arts and Urban Development in New York and Phnom Penh William Morrish, Professor of Urban Ecology, Parsons The New School for Design Brian McGrath, Research Chair in Urban Design, Parsons The New School for Design Fred Frumberg, Cambodia Line Producer, Executive Director, Amrita Performing Arts Erin Gleeson, Season of Cambodia Visual Art Program Co-Curator, and Artistic Director, SaSa Bassac Full event info here:  Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center – Parsons The New School for Design, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York April 7 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Full-day Colloquium in Three Acts Free registration hereScholars, researchers, students, arts organizers, artists, policymakers, urbanists and designers from both New York and Cambodia will participate in a series of workshops and dialogues focused on how creativity fuels cities and how development and commodification dampens art production. This will include conversations on the role of public art, festivals, cultural district formation, and the distribution of arts and of artists in cities and towns; and will address such issues such as design, media, ecology, and youth development. 10:00 AM – Act 1: Geo-body of the Living Arts City  Icebreaking Workshop Moderated by WIlliam Morrish and Irene Leung 1:00 PM – Act  2: The Production of Space in the Living Arts City  Panel Discussion Moderated by Radhika Subramaniam Rescue Archeology: Documents of Performance Art from Phnom Penh Film screening Leeza Ahmady and Erin Gleeson Our City Festival: Cultivating Communities Presentation Shelby Doyle3:00 PM – Act 3: Re-envisioning the City through Art and Urban Community Living Arts District Workshop Speakers: Khvay Samnang, Lim Sokchanlina, andVuth Lyno Moderated by Brian McGrathFull event info here:  Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall – The New School, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor, New York

Photo credit: Sareth Svay, Mon Boulet, 2011, Performance, Courtesy the artist

City of Water Coastal Sustainability Studio Lecture

I recently lectured at LSU’s Coastal Sustainability Studio you can watch a video of the presentation slides with audio here.

 

City of Water Heads to Louisiana

March 11 at LSU.

City of Water – Parsons

City of Water also made an appearance at Parsons and I got a chance to sit on the final review of Brian McGrath’s Theory of Urban Forum – which this semester looked analytically at Phnom Penh and New York.  The students shared some of their early work with the Urban Lab.

City of Water – Hawaii

City of Water at the University of Hawaii – Manoa School of Architecture. Urban Lab team’s photo on the back wall. I also had the chance to sit on the final studio reviews. Thanks for the invite LCW.

Design with Reused Materials at Nerd Night

My students from Making in Cambodia presented their work at Nerd Night Phnom Penh. No video available, which is too bad – they did a great job – nevertheless, here are the slides. More photos here.

Making In Cambodia

Source: Making In Cambodia

Making in Cambodia is a fabrication seminar exploring available contemporary fabrication technologies and the potential integration of these technologies with traditional and modern Cambodian craft, artistry and building ornament. The title recalls the common clothing label: ‘Made In Cambodia’ and challenges existing notions associated with the phrase. Making in Cambodia aims to rethink the social and economic realities of creating and designing work in Cambodia.

This is a Fall 2012 course in the Faculty of the Built Environment at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Reused Wood Furniture Assignment The illegal harvesting of hardwood forests and their use in construction and furniture production is an ongoing issue of both environmental and social justice in Cambodia. Can design  promote alternative modes of production?

Call for Proposals SMART CITY: The Next Generation Focus South-East Asia

Download the PDF (English).
Download the PDF (Khmer).

School of Missing Studies

I think SE Asia needs this…

 

LOST HIGHWAY EXPEDITION engaging artistic and architectural network through the nine Western Balkan capitals www.europelostandfound.net

The knowledge that slips through singular disciplines seems to flow freely in an unbound space and networks. It takes a collaborative and experimental practice to scout for it, rather than wait for it. SMS is a network for experimental study of cities marked by or currently undergoing abrupt transition.

SMS are: Liesbeth Bik [BikVanderPol], Katherine Carl, Ana Dzokic [Stealth], Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss [NAO], Ivan Kucina, Marc Neelen [Stealth], Milica Topalovic, Jos Van Der Pol [BikVanderPol], Sabine von Fischer and Stevan Vukovic.

Support: Trust for Mutual Understanding [New York], Kulturstiftung des Bundes [Berlin], Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Culture, US Embassy, Belgrade, Pro Helvetia Zurich. Collaboration and additional help by: Belgrade Circle, CEC ArtsLink, Kunstverein Munich, Platforma 9.81 (Zagreb), Rex – B92, SKC Belgrade and Van Alen Institute New York.