WE LIKE – PLATFORM AUSTRIA

PLATFORM AUSTRIA @ HAUS DER ARCHITEKTUR GRAZ

Following the two kick-off events of PLATFORM AUSTRIA at Architekturzentrum Wien and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, PETER MÖRTENBÖCK and HELGE MOOSHAMMER, the curators of the Austrian contribution to the 17th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2020 continue their programme with a lecture at HDA Haus der Architektur Graz.

Digital platforms have become part of everyday life. They effortlessly promise us the ability to lead a self-determined, efficient and exciting life. However, their triumphant march across the globe is causing the disappearance of not only “outdated” infrastructure but also the forms of social organisation and relationships associated with them. This shift in values is particularly evident in the current planning of new urban neighbourhoods. Who will determine the relationship between public and private spheres in the future? What purpose do cities serve? Is everything, including architecture, now being driven by the provision of quick pleasures?

These are the questions posed by the project PLATFORM AUSTRIA developed by PETER MÖRTENBÖCK and HELGE MOOSHAMMER. The point of departure here is the observation that the direct and indirect collaboration of users, the number of whom should be as large as possible, forms a crucial resource in the development of platforms. It follows that we as users should assert our right to a wide-ranging discussion about our role in this new form of urban production.

PETER MÖRTENBÖCK and HELGE MOOSHAMMER give an insight into the topic of the Austrian contribution “Platform Urbanism”.

The Collapse of Scale (design: Bueronardin)

04.03.2020, 18:00-20:00Talk and discussion

HDA Haus der Architektur GrazMariahilferstraße 2
8020 Graz

Admission free

Many thanks to our co-operating partners at Biennale Architettura!

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25.11.2019, 19.00

Instantiating Opportunism

Architecture, Neoliberalism and the Archaeology of the Platform. Talk by Douglas Spencer and response by Bernadette Krejs, Architekturzentrum Wien

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26.11.2019, 19.00

SPECULATIVE IMPERIALISM

Speculative Imperialism in the Age of Natural Violence. Talk by Ross Exo Adams and panel discussion, University of Applied Arts Vienna

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09.12.2019, 19:00

WE LIKE – PLATFORM AUSTRIA

We Like - Platform Austria @ vai Vorarlberger Architektur Institut, Dornbirn

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16.01.2020, 19:00

WE LIKE – PLATFORM AUSTRIA

We Like - Platform Austria @ Architektur Haus Kärnten, Klagenfurt

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25.09.2021, 14.00

DATA MATERIALITIES

Entanglement, Extraction, and the Future of Our Built Environments - Clare Lyster (Annex) in conversation with Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer

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28.10.2021, 15.00

Intersectional Solidarity in Housing and Public Space

Ying-Tzu Lin (Slutty Urbanism), Gabu Heindl and Milagros Hurtig (Urban Femina) in conversation with Carmen Hines

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06.11.2021, 17.00

The City as Platform

Into the Black Box in conversation with Benj Gerdes and Giacomo-Maria Salerno, in collaboration with the Giudecca Art District

Research
BMKOES

WE LIKE – FINISSAGE

Speculations of the City: Reflections on Platform Urbanism. Vyjayanthi Rao and Pedro Gadanho in conversation with Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer. Saturday, 20 November 2021, 3 pm.