Yona Friedman, Merzstrukturen (work in progress), 2006, courtesy of Museo di Rovereto.
Interdisciplinary DDE Praxismodul 2018 – Climate Change in Switzerland
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The module takes place over 4 weeks, from 26.03.18 to 20.04.18, from Tuesday to Friday, 9.3000-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted individually or in a team (up to four students).
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The Latin word "habére" highlights and addresses multiple powerful meanings that refer today , to the relationship with our environment.
It means , in fact, to "have", to "hold", to "own", or to "possess". It is the etymological root of many words of today's languages. The word "abito" in Italian for instance, stands for the noun “clothes" dress" but also for the verb "abitare," - to "dwell“dwell" or to "inhabit," in English. In Italian, it . It also stands for "abitudine," or "habit," in the sense of "having good or bad habits" exactly like in the English sense. But most importantimportantly, it is also the etymological root of the word "habitat", defining in a more holistic way, our environment and the specific set of conditions in which a species lives.
All these multiple meanings reflect an attitude that humans have towards the environment. On one hand, they They stand for something that we "have" or "hold", "own" or "possess", like in the sense of a habit, of a dressclothes, or a home , items with a very strong symbolic but also functional meaning. On the other hand- both symbolic and functional items. As well, they stand for something in which we are held within, like a habitat. In other words, it describes an attitude that we keep in reaction to an external condition, but at the same time, it is the outer condition in itself.
Based on these etymological considerations of the word "habitat", students will be encouraged to reflect upon the fragility of the human existence under the constant threat of change (political, economic, technological, sociological, environmental, etc.). Based on With the narrative of climate, students will be specifically asked to imagine and to build a 1:1 interior of a habitat and highlights specific details of that domestic landscape.
The material for this habitat is corrugated cardboard, as a symbolic material that stands for precarity, temporary, fragility, of human existence on the planet. In particular, the constraint of the uncertainty of what tomorrow is made of (anything can happen) should be emphasised in the overall creative process.
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The course will be established in a temporary "cardboard lab", a room where the construction and realisation of that habitat will be guided and reflected upon.
Constraints:
Narrative
- taking the notion of climate change and its threats as a narrative
- students work on different scales (abito ~ human approach; habit ~ social approach; agitare ~ ecological approach;)
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- Photos, Recordings
- Instagram Account (*can they use their own web platform?)Account
- Booklet to lay out for final day
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Availability of Lecturers in brackets []
week
| Week 1 |
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| : Preparation Week (KW13) | |||
| Monday, 26.03.2018 |
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| Symposium | [C] [J] | Kunstraum | |
| Tuesday, 27.03.2018 |
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| 9.00 Intro - Ideation Structure of the weeks 13.00 Making-Workshop at Aktionsraum |
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| with J. Popper | [C] |
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| Aktionsraum | |
| Wednesday, 28.03.2018 |
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*lecture to present where we discuss topics at hand?
Thursday, 29.03.2018 Easter Holiday
Friday, 30.03.2018 Easter Holiday
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| 9.00-13.00 Reflection and conversation on the notions of the brief Task develop story plot | [C] | Aktionsraum | |
| Thursday, 29.03.2018 | Organise Material - Independent study | Aktionsraum | |
| Easter Break | |||
Week 2: Concept and Narrative Development (KW14) | |||
| Tuesday, 03.04.2018 |
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| 9.00-11.00 Presentations of first plots workshop with characters and keywords | [C] [A] [J] |
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| Aktionsraum |
| Wednesday, 04.04.2018 |
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| 9.00-11.00 walk around & project work |
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| [A] | Aktionsraum | |
| Thursday, 05.04.2018 |
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| 13.00-15.00 walk around & project work |
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| Aktionsraum | |
| Friday, 06.04.2018 |
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| 14.00-16.00 walk around & project work |
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| Aktionsraum | |||
Week 3: Execution (KW15) | |||
| Tuesday, 10.04.2018 |
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| 11.00-13.00 walk around & project work |
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| [A] | Aktionsraum | |
| Wednesday, 11.04.2018 |
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| 9.00-11 |
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| .00 walk around & final filming |
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| Aktionsraum | |
| Thursday, 12.04.2018 |
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| 9.00-11 |
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| .00 Pre-presentations at Aktionsraum |
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| 12.30-14.00 photographs with us art directing |
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| 15.00-18.00 dismantle | [C] [A] [J] |
Get the brief for final documentation
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| Aktionsraum | ||
| Friday. 13.04.2018 | 09.00-11.00 Discuss deliverables & remind to students | [C] [A] |
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| Ateliers | |||
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| Tuesday, 17.04.2018 | Independent study | Ateliers | |
| Wednesday, 18.04.2018 |
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| 9.00 - 11.00 Postproduction (Print for public presentations) |
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| [A] | Ateliers | |
| Thursday, |
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| 12.04.2018 |
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| Preparing presentations | Ateliers/ Kunstraum | ||
| Friday, 20.04.2018 |
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| 14.00-17.00 Final public exhibitions at Kunstraum | [C] [A] [J] |
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| Kunstraum | |||
Materials to organize:
- [C] How much cardboard shall we order and where?
400m2 400m2
http://brieger.ch/de/verpackungszubehor/wellkarton-in-rollen-und-bogen/wellkarton-in-bogen.html (next day order)
- [C] Buy (hot) glue, wood glue and tape?
I am not sure. I am wondering if we can get that in Jumbo as they might have more variety.
In the cardboard lab we would need:
Fast white glue (wood type)
Normal white glue (wood type)
Hot glue + gun.
Stiches + gun.
- Wooden PlanksWooden Plank
BBQ or even better cheap chop sticks for horizontal connections panel 2 panel.
- [C] Space question – Preferably a permanent space: Aktionsraum
Yes, this is important. We need a room that we can book. We need that ASAP. Ideally an Atelier space.
- [C] Which media equipment do we need?
White board, flip chart, beamer projector we take from the seminar room and the lab
- Anything else ???
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First notes
joëlle:
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