TIMOTHY MORTON

SOLIDARITY AND AESTHETICS

Timothy Morton is professor at Rice University (US) and Director of the Cool America Foundation. Morton has written several books on philosophy, ecology, literature, music, art, architecture, design and has worked with artists and filmmakers such as Björk, Jennifer Walshe, Hrafnhildur Arnadottir, Adam McKay, Olafur Eliasson, Pharrell Williams and Justin Guariglia. Morton also co-wrote and appears in Living in the Future’s Past, a 2018 film about global warming with Jeff Bridges.

At OPEN23, Morton will speak about aesthetics and solidarity and share they perspectives on how art and architecture can redefine and create a new solidary aesthetic.

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Architect & founder of Studio Anne Holtrop

Anne Holtrop

Founding Partner at Assemble

Louis Schulz

Architectural film artists

Bêka & Lemoine

Professor at Rice University and Director of the Cool America Foundation

Timothy Morton

Director of the Experimental Programme in Political Arts & Zone Critique

Frédérique Aït-Touati

Director of the REAL foundation & Editor-in-Chief of the Real Review

Jack Self

Professor in sustainable and environmental architecture at Aalborg University

Marwa Dabaieh

Co-founder of Limbo Accra

Dominique Petit-Frère

Architect & editor-in-chief of The Funambulist

Léopold Lambert

Founder and lead designer at Inside Outside

Petra Blaisse

Architect & Editorial Advisor to The Funambulist

Margarida Waco

Urban designer at Henning Larsen

Yalda Pilehchian

Architect & founder of 51N4E

Freek Persyn

Founder and owner of Svendborg Architects

Johnny Svendborg

Student & self-builder

Elvira Bergman-Coates

Landscape architect and partner in Inside Outside

Jana Crepon

Prorector at Aarhus School of Architecture

Kristine Leth Juul

Director and founder of GreenDozer

Jan Rohde

Professor of Architectural Technology at Aarhus School of Architecture

Marie Frier Hvejsel

Professor and head of research at the Aarhus School of Architecture

Thomas Bo Jensen

Co-founder of Building Diversity & In-Between Economies

Christine Bjerke

Director at Kilden & Hindby

Stine Hindby

Independent consultant and practicing architect MAA. Ph.D.

Boris Brorman Jensen

Owner of Linolie & Pigment

Thor Grabow

Co-owner of Home.Earth

Kasper Guldager

Industrial Phd fellow at Friis & Moltke & Aarhus School of Architecture

Heidi Sørensen Merrild

Architect and associate professor at Aarhus School of Architecture

Kari Moseng

Log Ladies

Laura Klakk

Head of Democratic Design at C.F. Møller

Cecilie Marie Busk

Architect & founder of AIM

Asal Mohtashami

Professor MSO Sustainable Architecture at Aarhus School of Architecture

Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen

Chairman at Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers

Frank Jensen

Independent architect – Pasgaard Arkitektkontor

Jens Christian Pasgaard

Chairman of Architects Without Borders

Christoffer Breitenbauch

Co-founder of Havnens Hænder

Mikkel Damgaard Nielsen

Architect & self-builder

Rikke Rohr

Editor at Politiken

Karsten Ifversen

Business Relations Manager at Saint-Gobain Denmark

Morten Roar

Architect at Dissing+Weitling & Build Back Green Ukraine

Olena Ruban

Director at EcoCocon Danmark

Lars Keller

Director of Project Development at PensionDanmark

Mia Manghezi

Director of strategy and business development at Enemærke & Petersen

Peder Johansen

Cement R&D and Innovation at FLSmidth

Bodil Recke

Student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Peer Näthke

Student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Anna-Lena Mueller

Student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Bex Browne

Student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Aria Gilani

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