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YEAH, BUT IS IT TECHNOLOGY? Yes of Course!

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Lecture Series
Art and Architecture

Lecture Series at the Institute for Art and Architecture, WS 2023/24
Curated by Michelle Howard, Adam Hudec, Veronika Miskovicova and Eva Sommeregger in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

YEAH, BUT IS IT TECHNOLOGY? Yes of Course! asks what direction would technology have taken if skills that are normally attributed to women and other anomalies were given the attention they deserve, and proposes that by embracing the practical application of lines and threads we can build a richer and more sustainable future. Scientists now accept that humankind’s first tool was not a weapon but a carrier bag, that humans tended toward sociable collectives rather than submission to hierarchy, that whole social systems were adopted or discarded according to need. These facts are now recognised because evidence long existing has been reevaluated in less biased ways. The evidence was not difficult to find, it was just ignored. Patriarchal biases have labelled one practice technology and the other craft. Both are dependent on the practical application of knowledge, yet one attracts prestige, income, and a taste of progress while the other is deemed pretty but also pretty useless. Could an embracing of ignored technologies lead to a regenerative practice that drives environmental and societal progress? Of course it could!

Supported by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AKTION, OEAD

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    Curated by Michelle Howard, Adam Hudec, Veronika Miskovicova and Eva Sommeregger in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

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    Schillerplatz 3
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    211a

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    Curated by Michelle Howard, Adam Hudec, Veronika Miskovicova and Eva Sommeregger in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

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    Lecture by Clive Spash within the Lecture Series at the Institute for Art and Architecture, WS 2023/24
    Curated by Michelle Howard, Adam Hudec, Veronika Miskovicova and Eva Sommeregger in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    211a

    Art and Architecture

  • Textiles, Technology and Design 3000 years ago

    Lecture by Karina Grömer within the Lecture Series at the Institute for Art and Architecture, WS 2023/24
    Curated by Michelle Howard, Adam Hudec, Veronika Miskovicova and Eva Sommeregger in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    211a

    Art and Architecture

  • Wollbau

    Lecture by Folke Köbberling within the Lecture Series at the Institute for Art and Architecture, WS 2023/24
    Curated by Michelle Howard, Adam Hudec, Veronika Miskovicova and Eva Sommeregger in collaboration with the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

    Lecture

    Schillerplatz 3
    1010 Vienna
    211a

    Art and Architecture