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HOPE Mock Up |
STORY Biblioteket |
MOVEMENT Projektrum 2 |
URGENCY Projektrum 3 |
IMAGINATION
IMAGINATION
Every path forward seems equal parts necessary and inadequate. Addressing polycrisis in entirety, to whom do we lend our ears? And how can we move in multiple necessary directions at once?
Every path forward seems equal parts necessary and inadequate. Addressing polycrisis in entirety, to whom do we lend our ears? And how can we move in multiple necessary directions at once?
Location: Didakteket
09:30-10:30 (EN)
MARINA OTERO VERZIER | AS PIXELS WASH ASHORE
What happens to architecture when territory, sovereignty, and memory become digital? Through the case of the Polynesian island state of Tuvalu, which is at risk of disappearing and becoming a fully virtual and digitised nation, Otero addresses the fragility of environments and communities, and their care, custodianship, preservation, and eventual loss in the face of climate catastrophe. How do we handle data, digital storage and the unsustainable legal practices of the data storage industry?
Marina Otero Verzier (ES): Architect, Researcher and Curator
Moderator: Alicia Lazzaroni (IT): Associate Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture
11:00-12:00 (EN)
ROSETTA S. ELKIN | PORTRAITS OF CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS
Elkin challenges one of the deepest assumptions inherited from modernism: that architecture’s role is to stabilise, conquer, and improve nature. Her work suggests almost the opposite: that landscapes are dynamic, and that architecture must become a participant in ecological processes rather than their master. Drawing across history, fieldwork, citizenship, and geography, Elkin explores a beautiful but politically difficult concept. Who decides who is going to retreat, and at whose expense?
Rosetta S. Elkin (CA/US): Professor and Director of Graduate Landscape Architecture, Pratt Institute
Moderator: Katrina Wiberg (DK): Associate Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture and Head of the Centre for Emerging Landscapes
13:40-14:40 (EN)
IBRAHIM MAHAMA | COLLABORATIVE CANVASES
From his open studio in Tamale, Ghana, Mahama transforms collective labour and everyday materials into monumental architectural works, exposing the enduring legacies of colonialism and the hidden systems that continue to shape global trade, migration, and memory. Through large-scale collaborations, he turns the act of making into powerful social and political gestures. Widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in contemporary art today, Mahama points to new ways forward, suggesting that beauty should be found in justice, collective labour, and historical truth.
Ibrahim Mahama (GH): Artist and Founder, SCCA Tamale
Moderator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen (DK): Curator and Cultural Theorist
15:00-16:00 (EN)
BRUTHER | NEW MODERNISMS
Founded in Paris in 2007 and later in Zürich, Bruther belongs to the generation of European architects who launched their careers at the beginning of the recession, a condition reflected in the way they define architecture: like a Swiss Army knife, a tool to be used in the most disparate circumstances, an aid that reconciles all fields of knowledge. Their recent projects suggest a delicate balance between strategy and form, rigour and freedom, the specific and the generic, immediacy and evolvability in what could be called a new modernism, reigniting the legacy of the post-war welfare state.
Stéphanie Bru (FR): Architect and Founder, Bruther
Alexandre Thériot (FR): Architect and Founder, Bruther
Moderator: Matiss Groskaufmanis (LV): Teaching associate professor, Aarhus School of Architecture
