IAAC Lecture Series – Eyal Weizman
Date: Tuesday, February 22nd
Time: 19:30 CET
Title: Investigative Aesthetics
Location: Online Zoom
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Lecture Abstract:
Investigative Aesthetics
Eyal Weizman, founding director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, will join the IAAC to discuss the fundamental notion of architecture as political intervention. Looking at Forensic Architecture’s development both as a research agency and a field of practice, he will explore its approach to collaboration, development of new open source investigative techniques, and expansion into new areas of inquiry in response to an evolving digital landscape.
About Eyal Weizman
Eyal Weizman is the founding director of Forensic Architecture and Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. The author of over 15 books, he has held positions in many universities worldwide including Princeton, ETH Zurich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He is a member of the Technology Advisory Board of the International Criminal Court and the Centre for Investigative Journalism. In 2019 he was elected life fellow of the British Academy and appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to architecture. In 2020 he was elected the Richard von Weizsäcker fellow at the Bosch Academy. Eyal studied architecture at the Architectural Association, graduating in 1998. He received his PhD in 2006 from the London Consortium at Birkbeck, University of London.