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NIKOLAUS HIRSCH, MARKUS MIESSEN (EDS.) What Is Critical Spatial Practice?
No full textIn September 2011, Nikolaus Hirsch and Markus Miessen invited protagonists from the fields of architecture, art, philosophy, and literature to reflect on the single question of what, today, can be understood as a critical modality of spatial practice. Most of the sixty-four contributions presented in this volume were composed concurrently with the evictions of many of the Occupy movements, sustained turmoil in countries of the Arab Spring, and continued spasms in the global financial system, which, interestingly, all pointed at the question and problematic of whether architecture and our physical environment can still be understood as a res publica. A response by the editors takes the form of a conversation.
This book is first in a series on critical spatial practice developed alongside the Städelschule program of the same name. Each edition includes work by invited artists—the first includes newly commissioned work by the photographer Armin Linke, who documented the Occupy camp around the European Central Bank in Frankfurt
MARKUS MIESSEN, CHANTAL MOUFFE The Space of Agonism
No full textThe second volume in the Critical Spatial Practice series presents a selection of conversations between Markus Miessen and political philosopher Chantal Mouffe. Taking place intermittently between December 2006 and October 2011, the dialogues attempt to unpack current dilemmas and popular mobilizations in terms of consensus-driven formats of political decision making. The conversations were alternately driven by Miessen’s specific concerns regarding his ongoing investigation into conflict-based forms of participation as an alternative (spatial) practice in democratic systems, and Mouffe’s understanding and theory of a “conflictual consensus.” Thinking in terms of agonism and “demoicracy”—a union that acknowledges the plurality and permanence of its different populations—the book proposes new approaches to countering and responding to the globalizing thrust of neoliberalism
Plädoyer für eine neue Planungsinfrastruktur
No full textIn the context of the ESCH22 cultural capital project, Bauwelt magazine launched a special issue on “Europe in Transition”, which featured an interview and urban walk through Esch with Markus Miessen in conversation with Alexander Stumm. Photography by Séverin Malaud
Bidoun
No full textINTERVIEW issue, guest-edited by Markus Miessen
Since 2004, Bidoun has filled a gaping hole in the arts and culture coverage of the Middle East, pioneering a distinctive voice that is intelligent, critical, and original. From the beginning, Bidoun has served as a platform — for new questions, images, and ideas about the Middle East. Bidoun’s activities fall in three primary areas: publishing, educational, and curatorial.
Contributors: Lisa Farjam, Tirdad Zolghadr, Deena Chalabi, Robert Shapazian, Thomas Keenan, Markus Miessen, George Pendle, Ahdaf Soueif, Kamran Rastegar, Lex ter Braak, Nav Haq, Naeem Mohaiemen, Mai Abu Eldahab, Curtis Brown, Bruce Hainley, Mustafa Zikri, Hugh Macleod, Basak Senova, Christopher de Bellaigue, Mauricio Guillen, Vahid F. Parsa, Sheila Whitaker, Antonia Carver, Nat Muller, Emily Speers Mears, Kathryn Garcia, Ioannis Mookas, Abdellah Karroum, Bassem Mansour, Regine Basha, Niels Henriksen, Murtaza Vali, Hassan Khan, John C. Welchman, Mike Kelley
The Nightmare of Participation
No full textItalian Translation of The Nightmare of Participation
Welcome to Harmonistan! Berlin-based architect/writer Markus Miessen tackles the pervasive contemporary overuse of the concept of ''participation'' in the final part of his paradigm-changing trilogy. Supported by a nostalgic veneer of worthiness, phony solidarity and political correctness, participation has become the default of politicians withdrawing from responsibility. Miessen argues for an urgent inversion of participation, reflecting cogently on the limits and traps of its real motivations. He dreads breeding the next generation of facilitators and mediators, insisting on conflict as an enabling, instead of disabling, force. With refreshing candor, this internationally known architect and professor outlines a format for acting as uninvited irritant, forcing entry into fields of knowledge that arguably benefit from exterior thinking. Sometimes, Miessen writes, democracy has to be avoided at all costs
14 Tage. Ein Reisebericht
No full textIn „14 Tagen“ berichtet der Architekt Markus Miessen in Tagebuchform von seiner Thailandreise. Zwei Wochen hat der Autor durchgemacht, was Land und Touristenleute für ihn bereithielten. Für jeden der in Thailand war, erst gar nicht hinwill oder in Betracht zieht, dort Urlaub zu machen. Entspannung pur auf 80 Seiten.
„Was mache ich hier?“ Arthur Rimbaud
„Das ist nicht The Beach“ Danny (2)
„Was soll das?“ Ulrich Wiegand
„Kein Homo Faber“ Maria von Hartman
Crossbenching, Publics, and Their Assemblies
No full textMany architects are seeking ways to respond to a world that suffers from overbuilding, yet where millions remain homeless and lack rudimentary infrastructure. Beyond the built form, these practitioners are expanding their focus to quotidian objects, basic resources, issues of race and gender, daily routines, and maintenance protocols. Featuring contributions by architectural designers, historians, and theoreticians, as well as scholars in fields such as cultural geography, environmental anthropology, political philosophy, and sociology, this book chronicles how the everyday has influenced contemporary approaches to architecture and urbanism, triggering the rise
of a new ethics and aesthetics.
With a foreword by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley
Photos by Ciro Miguel
Contributions by Caitlin DeSilvey, Geisa Garibaldi (Concreto Rosa), Vanessa Grossman, Anna Heringer, Andrés Jaque (Office for Political Innovation), Guillermo López and Anna Puigjaner (MAIO), Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Markus Miessen (Studio Miessen), Ciro Miguel, Mouraria 53, Djamila Ribeiro, Renzo Taddei, Ilze and Heinrich Wolff (Wolff Architects
Verb Crisis
No full textVerb Crisis examines architectural solutions to the extraordinary conditions of an increasingly dense and interdependent world.It presents innovative projects and research through original photos, essays, and exclusive interviews with key figures from architecture and urban planning to environmental, economic, and global affairs. Confronted by shifting densities and uncharted urban transformations, Crisis tackles the conflict between the physical limits of architectural design and the demands on the practice for an updated social relevance. Featuring: FOA, Teddy Cruz, Shigeru Ban, Elemental, Boris B.Jensen, Hilary Sample, John May, Jacobo García Germán, Markus Miessen, Interboro Partners, MVRDV, and Takuya Onishi
inbook outbook ifbook
No full textLibrary/IFbook is an open platform on contemporary artist books, designed by young French designer Maël Veisse (Metz, 1985) in collaboration with a+m bookstore and viaindustriae; the project consists of eleven mini-setups, conceived as “work pods” presenting editorial works by eleven artists: Banu Cennettoglu, Daniela Comani, Celine Condorelli, Documentation Celine Duval, Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson, Daniel Eatock, Dora Garcia, invernomuto, Markus Miessen, Helene Sommer, The Iinfinite Library (Epaminonda & Cramer)
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