Archi-TEXTS features Laura Di Fiore’s installation and essay entitled Theatres of Omosis which contrasts Medieval and Contemporary art and theater. Each form of expression asks the participant to investigate social ideals through a journey of thought. Through the exploration of three-dimensional space the observer is capable of obtaining heightened consciousness and elevated thinking.
Kathryn Schwartzkopf will defend her thesis “No Common Ground: Atlas of Resistance and Control during the 2010 Toronto G20 Summit” on Monday January 19th at 6pm in the Lecture Hall. Her work focuses on how crowds moved through and appropriated space in downtown Toronto during the protest demonstrations, examining how the security apparatus reconfigured the space of the city in order to control public movement.
Shuyin Wu is a winner of the inaugural Moriyama RAIC student scholarship for her essay in response to the question “Why Do I Want to be an Architect?” Wu writes about her desire to transform the Chinese cave dwellings known as yaodong through movement and light. “I want to be an architect to reconceive Yaodong as a new shelter – a spiritual as well as a physical shelter.”