Fall 2023 Warnock Lecture: Mapping the Ephemeral
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Mapping the Ephemeral: Decolonizing Durational Imagination
Fall 2023 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History
This lecture is an invitation to reimagine the norms of durational imagination in architecture and urbanism. In our comfort with the long arc of architecture and urban history, we have ignored the potential of small duration as a tool for decolonizing history. Based on a study of seasonally built temporary structures, this presentation demonstrates the connection between duration, architecture, and urban space and as vital elements to reimagine community life.
Join us afterwards for a reception from 6:30-7:30pm.
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About the Speaker
Swati Chattopadhyay is Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, California, Santa Barbara. An architect and architectural historian, she is the author of Representing Calcutta: Modernity, Nationalism, and the Colonial Uncanny (2005), Unlearning the City: Infrastructure in a New Optical Field (2012), Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of Empire (2023). She is a founding coeditor of PLATFORM, and Visiting Professor of Architectural History at the Manchester School of Architecture.
Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu
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