Speaking of architecture
In conjunction with the exhibition Everything Loose Will Land—on view through November 9 in the Yale School of Architecture Gallery—Sylvia Lavin presents a talk September 12 titled “Architecture that is Near and Architecture that is Far.” A leading figure in contemporary architectural history, theory, and criticism, Lavin is director of critical studies in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA. The exhibition, reframing Frank Lloyd Wright’s famous quip, “Tip the world on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles,” explores the intersection of architecture and art during the 1970s in Los Angeles. Other lectures this fall include Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina, “Current Dichotomies and the Predicament of the Whole,” October 14; and Toni L. Griffin, “Detroit Future City,” October 31.
Putting architecture on display
Exhibiting architecture is inherently problematic: how do you exhibit something as large and complex as a building or a city, and how can you represent an architectural experience that unfolds in space and time? The fifth annual J. Irwin Miller ’31 Symposium will bring together historians, curators, and practicing architects to explore how architecture has pushed exhibition as a medium in its own right and how exhibitions have shaped the discipline of architecture by posing questions that are historical, theoretical, and critical. Convened by Associate Professor Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen ’94MEnvD in collaboration with David Andrew Tasman ’11MArch and Carson Chan, the symposium will feature an opening lecture by Paris-based architect Philippe Rahm and a keynote lecture by Barry Bergdoll, professor of architectural history in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. “Exhibiting Architecture: A Paradox?” takes place October 3–5.
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