[SWAG] Meeting Minutes July 2013
Meeting July.2013 2013.07.04 4:00PM Ward Room Meeting Minutes In Attendance – May Wu, Connor O’Grady, Mark Tam, Miriam Ho, Vikkie Chen, Caitlin Perry (skype), Boian (drop-in to report on Nostalgia Tour) 1. Pecha Kucha Progress This term’s graduate Pecha Kucha will happen in early August, the exact date will be announced within the next two weeks. We are still working on becoming an official Pecha Kucha City so before that happens this event will be...
UNCOVERED: Field Guide by F_RMlab – Thursday, July 11th @ 12:30pm in F_RMlab (Rm 2019)
‘Field Guide’ – Designing Interactive Components – an Uncovered Lecture by F_RMlab Thursday, July 11th @ 12:30pm in the F_RMlab (Rm 2019) Field Guide is an interactive installation composed of an intricate modular surface which is manipulated by an embedded digital infrastructure. Programmed to respond to the motion of passing viewers, the installation provokes our participation and dynamic engagement with everyday spaces. F_RMlab created the installation Field Guide for the Gladstone Hotel’s Grow Op exhibition...
UNCOVERED: Unlocking the Aerial Perspective by David Schellingerhoudt – Thursday, July 4th @ 12:30pm in the MAIN LECTURE HALL
‘Unlocking the Aerial Perspective’ – an Uncovered Lecture by David Schellingerhoudt Thursday, July 4th @ 12:30pm in the MAIN LECTURE HALL I plan to give a two part presentation about my master’s thesis project ‘hack: reclaiming the commons’, focusing on the power of aerial perspective, its historic control and the implications for its universal accessibility – made possible by inexpensive remote control devices. Then I would like to offer a show and tell, as an introduction to...
UNCOVERED: Full Circle by John Hofstetter – Thursday, May 23rd @ 12:30pm in the WARD ROOM
FULL CIRCLE – an Uncovered Lecture by John Hofstetter Thursday, May 23rd @ 12:30pm in the WARD ROOM* John Hofstetter has a long-standing career in the visual arts. A graduate of the Fine Arts programme at the University of Waterloo, John’s experience includes printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, art education and graphic design. His work explores the association between the manufactured and natural environment and the affinity artefacts of human activity develop for their surroundings over time....
UNCOVERED: Manufacturing Architecture by Mark Cichy – Monday, March 25th @ 12:30pm in the Main Lecture Hall
Manufacturing Architecture – an Uncovered Lecture by Mark Cichy Monday, March 25th @ 12:30pm in the Main Lecture Hall Design It Mill Inc. (DIM) specializes in the execution of complex geometric architectural forms. The unique parametric modeling process empowers DIM to rationalize complex curvilinear geometries and generate the required connection details. DIM collaborates with the world’s leading architectural firms and general contractors to realize their projects in built form. DIM is currently working on...
UNCOVERED: Scapegoat 04 Launch FEAT. Andrew Herscher
Unreal Estate: a conversation about the relationship between architecture, landscape, and value. March 21, 2013 / 12:30-1:30pm / Auditorium / School of Architecture University of Waterloo, 7 Melville Street, Cambridge Ontario. Andrew Herscher, author of The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit Chris Lee & Adrian Blackwell, editors of CURRENCY, Issue 04 of Scapegoat: Architecture/ Landscape/ Political Economy. Moderated by Etienne Turpin, Scapegoat Editorial Board Scapegoat’s new issue CURRENCY, illustrates the foundation of...
UNCOVERED: Shane Neill and Virginia Fernandez
The winter term UNCOVERED lecture series begins Monday March 11th, with a talk by UWSA graduate students Shane and Virginia about their 2013 Come Up to My Room installation 15,000 Rosaries.