(Professor Auxiliar, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto):
Some Links between Infinite Scales and Primary Archival Research on Pask and Price
Wednesday 11 March 2009 UCL Gower Lecture Theatre 5 - 6pm All Welcome
Abstract Art, Design, and Architecture have all been affected and influenced by computer science and related fields, and this fact can act as the inspiration for a mutant generative environment. In this lecture, I will argue that the contemporary condition suggests the need for a dialogue between the infinitely large and small. The minute scale of the body-technology-space interface has become a critical question, and, on a larger scale, the dynamics of self-organizing systems has come to dominate our understanding of the meta-environment of the future. I will also provide a brief history of exchanges between architecture and the fields of computation and cybernetics, based on my books and primary archival research on the British mavericks Gordon Pask and Cedric Price. http://paskpricefrazer.blogspot.com
Biography
Gonçalo Furtado is Professor Auxiliar of Architecture at the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto. He has written several books, including “Notes on the Space of Digital Technique” (2002), Type rest of the post here
“Marcos Cruz…Unpredictable Flesh” (2004), “The Construction of the Critical Project” (2005), and “Generator and Beyond: Encounters of Cedric Price and John Frazer” (2008). He has given lectures in the UK, USA, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Colombia, Austria, Mexico, Poland and Germany. His PhD dissertation (UCL) provided a history of exchanges between architecture and the fields of cybernetics, systems research and computation. In particular, it focuses on the encounters of British professionals such as Gordon Pask and Cedric Price, and provides a complete account of the outstanding Generator and Japan Net projects
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