Talk 1: Julia Gatley in Conversation with Mark Wigley, Professor of Architecture and Dean Emeritus at Columbia University, New York

The School of Architecture and Planning is delighted to open Fast Forward Spring, Alumni Abroad, with a conversation with one of our most acclaimed alumni, Professor Mark Wigley (UoA BArch, 1979, and PhD, 1986).

Mark has had a stellar academic career in the United States, at Princeton and Columbia Universities, and is currently Professor and Dean Emeritus at Columbia in New York. Mark is a historian, theorist and critic who explores the intersection of architecture, art, philosophy, culture and technology. His books include Konrad Wachsmann’s Television: Post-Architectural Transmissions (Sternberg Press, 2020); Passing Through Architecture: The 10 Years of Gordon Matta-Clark (Power Station of Art: 2019); Cutting Matta-Clark: The Anarchitecture Investigation (Lars Müller, 2018); Are We Human? Notes on an Archaeology of Design (written with Beatriz Colomina; Lars Müller, 2016); Buckminster Fuller Inc.: Architecture in the Age of Radio (Lars Müller, 2015); Constant’s New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire (010 Publishers, 1998); White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture (MIT Press, 1995); and Derrida’s Haunt: The Architecture of Deconstruction (MIT Press, 1993). Mark has curated exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Drawing Center, Columbia University, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Het Nieuwe Instituut, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Most recently he curated “Passing Through Architecture: The 10 Years of Gordon Matta-Clark” at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2019-20).

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Time: 6.30pm – 7:30pm

Date: Tuesday 03 August, 2021

Location: Online

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Fast Forward is made possible through the generous support of GIB®.

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