Lectures

MSA

MSA is a Brussels based office involved in many kinds of projects, from the design of public space to the elaboration of masterplan for larger territories. In May 2017, MSA has received the MIES AWARD 2017 in the category „emerging architect" for the realization of a small social apartments building localized on a plot to seemed impossible to be built. Benoit Moritz who is co-founder of MSA will be telling us everything about this building and many other realised or unrealised MSA projects. A walk through the urban landscape of Brussels and its metropolitan region.

http://www.ms-a.be/

The lecture is a part of the series Belgian Inspirations, organized by Kruh
 http://kruh.info/

curatorsKRUH
placeCAMP
tags
castBenoit Moritz
cameraJanek Rous
soundJanek Rous
editingJanek Rous
playlistsKruh (Circle) of Architecture
categoryLectures
published10. 5. 2019
languageČesky / English
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To grasp the rise of new forms of authoritarianism, propaganda studies are a crucial tool, but we also must look at the particular role of propaganda art. How has the imaginary of art, theater, film, design, architecture and even games, contributed to the authoritarian imagination? And can we imagine forms of popular and emancipatory propaganda art to defend another world view?
In her work, Cornaro uses found objects imbued with symbolic potential or emotional value, which she presents in different types of display and media to reveal the subtle shifts of meaning provoked by processes of reproduction and translation.
Borrowed from domestic, decorative or functional contexts, these artefacts are often linked to Western culture as a means of power, their combination and arrangement in the artist’s work invites spectators to question the relationships between systems of representation and our understanding of the world.