Understanding Derivatives

[A TAXONOMY OF THE INTERNET]

IF the Right To The City is been chopped of, we might as well, in all patheticness, take over the Internet.

[LOW LEVELS OF SUBTRACTION, DIRECT MEANS OF ACTION]

[FIRST AND FOREMOST, SPIT THE CHEWING GUM IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY]

Client Brief

(1) Do what you are asked for

(2) Make sure you understood what you were asked for

 (2.1) Make sure you are not providing perceived further solutions to seemingly requested, but not  stated needs. Never agree to the non-obvious, always state the obvious.

(3) Proceed accordingly, making sure you have understood the Brief (aka God)

[WHY MIGHT YOU WANT TO FEAR YOUR CLIENT?]

(1) The delivery of a Project, is a two way conversation, in which you give, take back, perform, and reform.

(2) This mimics the dynamic of any University Architecture Studio, but with a slight difference; the client has the final say, and is much more direct in his requests. The talk is not conceptual anymore, but about specific items that need to be delivered.

(3) For this reason production is no about making it to the deadline, but being prepared with material that is admittedly processual.

(4) Communication with the Client is vital, and by all means needs to be free-flow, free-glow. And by this I mean that you need to be concise and precise.

[PHYSICAL IS ALWAYS MORE ATTRACTIVE]

(1) The Client always hopes to get physical, hes hoping to have a solution now, to fix the hinge of the door with a bitta' oil, and he hopes it to work. You should then be prepared. 

[TWO IS MULTITUDE, ONE IS SOLITUDE]

(1) We live in a apparently hyper-connected society, here in the developed World. You need to be able to deliver both in physical and digital, and they both need to respond to the necessities of the corresponding mediums. 

(2) Therefore, no one wants to be alone, or be seen alone, if you Boss is going to talk to you he is seeking a conversation, you need to be full of options. We have entered a Milieu of choice.

[LEAVE THE ROOM ELEGANTLY]

(1) The client needs to feel that you have been a problem solver, or a good catch up. You need to make sure he is wanting to see you again, and best if its soon. 

(2) The performative role of presenting work (immaterial labor) is as important as the food on the plate. Make sure that your moves are exuberant if you are being filmed (they want a show), and that your material speaks this very same language (here is where you are up for examination in terms of conceptualisation/realisation/documentation/presentation)

(3) A cheerful see ya' soon! always helps.

hehe
all by me. You better quote me

Better to Live, than to be dead alive.

Date: 17/11/2014
Time: 18:00:00
Venue: Lecture Hall

UniversalAssemblyUnit produces projects that focus on the topics of space and digital storytelling in an age of multi-platformed, hyperlinked experiences. The label "space animation" aims to communicate visual content in the form of digitally augmented physical spaces. Their talk will focus on the reasons behind setting up their own practice and their trajectory from architectural education to working in digital arts and production.
UniversalAssemblyUnit was formed by AA graduates Oliviu Lugojan-Ghenciu (AADipl2011), Samantha Lee (AADipl2012), William Gowland (AADipl2013) and Zhan Wang (AADipl2014). Together they explore projects at the nexus of technology, arts and spatial practice. Recent projects have included live visuals and stage production at the Royal Festival Hall and Barbican Theatre, a series of 3d scanned fashion editorials for Tank Magazine, and web based projects that explore interactive digital landscapes.



Date: 25/11/2014
Time: 18:00:00
Venue: Lecture hall

The 20th century taught us that utopian thinking can have precarious consequences, wagering the fate of mankind on the uncertain outcome of grand intellectual speculations. But, if the course of history is dialectic, what follows? Does the 21stcentury mark the absence of utopias? Isn’t that equally dangerous, if not more?


What are the risks of realism? What ensues in the wake of an almost universal realization that what is good and what works are not necessarily the same? What are the dangers of a world that embraces a definitive divorce between what is just and what is effective?


Reinier de Graaf is a partner of OMA. He directs the work of AMO, the research and design studio established as a counterpart to OMA’s architectural practice. De Graaf has taught research studios at Strelka, The Berlage Institute, and is currently a Visiting Critic at PennDesign, the graduate program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Things I found interesting from the Antwerp School


Standard optional subjects in English

• Paper events. Het kunstenaarsboek als alternatieve ruimte/ The Artist's Book as Alternative Space - Johan Pas - (3 credits) NL-ENG
• Beeld en beeldcultuur / Image and Visual Culture - Hans Theys - (3 credits) NL-ENG
• Performance in beeldende en podiumkunsten / Performance in visual arts and theater - Thomas Crombez - (3 credits) NL-ENG

Masterclass
4 — All Animals Are Equal But Some Are More Easy To Catch And More Delicious To Eat.
Brecht Vandenbroucke
inhoud
Who is the boss? Who has the power? What are the rules? Do you accept
the money? What are you fears? Do you feel beaten down? Do you trust
the police? Are you outraged? Do you put it on your twitter? Do you use
the hashtag and join the conversation? Do you read the news? How many
different sources? Who defines the truth? Is the Bible right? Is the Koran
right? Is Charles Darwin right? Is Martha Stuart right? Was George Orwell
right? Are all animals equal? Is freedom just another word for nothing left
to lose? Does underground exist in an instant-digital-world? Can you keep
a secret? From google? Is it good to keep secrets and mysteries for your own
advantage? How many pictures of you did other people put on the internet?
How many likes did they get? How many followers do you have? Can we
express ourselves if we all have the same facebook lay out? Does your
mother know best? Do you eat meat? Can art bring change? What change?
Visually? Mentally? In galleries and museums? Do you think a master arts
degree will help you find a job? Are your teachers telling you what’s right
and whats wrong? Do you listen?
Question the powers that be. How far can you go? Fear, outrage, anger or
frustration; does it lead to chaos and confusion? An attempt to create from
critical and reactionary thinking
or
23 — The read and the unreadable
Bas Rogiers



Graphic visualisations
http://nodebox.net/



Thesis
Obv. enviro+critical praactice+cultural theory+urbanism+performance+construction

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"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking".- Albert Einstein

This I wanted to attend last year. They were suggested by my dissertation tutor. 
I find them very theoretically seductive, might you have appetite for some...

Lecture 5.  November 19, 6-8pm. PSH (New Academic Building) LG01.
The Long Journey to Self-Esteem: How Human Capital Blossoms

Lecture 6. January 28, 6-8pm. RHB Small Cinema
Thank You for Sharing: The Social Life of Human Capital

Lecture 7. March 11, 6-8pm. PSH (New Academic Building) LG01.
When Human Capital Rebels: The Case for Embracing Our Neoliberal Condition

Lecture 8. April 29, 6-8pm. PSH (New Academic Building) LG01. 
Investee Activism: Another Speculation is Possible 


Not sure whether the workshop is actually happening...
The first workshop will convene Jnuary 23nd in RHB 312 1-3pm.

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit".-Aristotle