TIMOTHY MORTON

BEAUTY IS HOW OBJECTS END

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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Teaching Assistant at Aarhus School of Architecture

Gonçalo André Pires

Founding director of Mary Duggan Architects

Mary Duggan

Founding Partner at Assemble

Louis Schulz

Founder and lead designer at Inside Outside

Petra Blaisse

Architectural film artists

Bêka & Lemoine

Professor at Rice University and Director of the Cool America Foundation

Timothy Morton

Architecture firm

Barrault Pressacco

Author

Haidar Ansari

Landscape architect and partner in Inside Outside

Jana Crepon

Co-founder of Limbo Accra

Dominique Petit-Frère

Activist

Ibrahim El-Hassan

Professor in sustainable and environmental architecture at Malmö University

Marwa Dabaieh

Architect & editor-in-chief of The Funambulist

Léopold Lambert

Chief City Architect in Aarhus Municipality

Anne-Mette Boye

Architect & founder of 51N4E

Freek Persyn

Founder and owner of Svendborg Architects

Johnny Svendborg

Student & self-builder

Elvira Bergman-Coates

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

Associate professor in Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University

Anette Vandsø

Co-founder of Building Diversity & In-Between Economies

Christine Bjerke

Sociologist and author

Aydin Soei

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

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

Founder of Pihlmann Architects

Søren Pihlmann

Professor MSO Sustainable Architecture at Aarhus School of Architecture

Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen

Sustainable Design Engineer and Architect at EFFEKT

Dani Hill-Hansen

Chairman at Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers

Frank Jensen

Independent architect – Pasgaard Arkitektkontor

Jens Christian Pasgaard

Chairman of Architects Without Borders

Christoffer Breitenbauch

Architect and co-owner of Vandkunsten

Søren Nielsen

Co-founder of Havnens Hænder

Karl Nørgaard

Architect & self-builder

Rikke Rohr

Editor at Politiken

Karsten Ifversen

Business Relations Manager at Saint-Gobain Denmark

Morten Roar

Architect & partner at JAJA Architects

Kathrin Gimmel

Co-founder of Andromeda8220 & student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Aysha Amin

Founder of Metropolitan Metaculture

Morten Leicht Jeppsen

Self-sufficient farmer & TV host

Frank Erichsen

Municipal politician at Aarhus City Council

Liv Gro Jensen

Professor of urban sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Aalborg University

Anja Jørgensen

Student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Kristina Foulkes

Architect & associate professor at Aarhus School of Architecture

Carolina Dayer

Architect and urban planner at SLETH

Haris Hasanbegovic

Artist

Birgitte Ejdrup Kristensen

Architect at Dissing+Weitling & Build Back Green Ukraine

Olena Ruban

Co-initiator of Retfærdig Boligpolitik and Almen Modstand

Marie Northroup Christensen

Director at Department of Technology and Environment Aarhus Municipality

Henrik Seiding

Local Member of Almen Modstand Bispehaven

Alex Young Pedersen

Teaching assistant professor at Aarhus Architecture School

Alicia Lazzaroni

Teaching assistant professor at Aarhus Architecture School

Matiss Groskaufmanis

Teaching assistant professor at Aarhus Architecture School

Antonio Bernacchi

Director at EcoCocon Danmark

Lars Keller

Director of Project Development at PensionDanmark

Mia Manghezi

Student at Aarhus School of Architecture

Siri Dueled

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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