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<pre wrap=""><big><font face="Gill Sans"><big><big><big><b>HTC Forum Spring 2009: Outside</b></big></big></big>
<big>The HTC Forum this Spring explores the relationship between
landscape and urbanism, public/street art,
and the role of criticism from outside of traditional print media.</big>
Organized by the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and
Art at MIT with the generous support of the Lipstadt-Stieber Fund.
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John Dixon Hunt</b></big>
<big>How to Write a Critical History of the Venetian City Garden
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Thursday, March 19
6:30 pm
Room 3-133
In conjunction with his forthcoming publication The Venetian City Garden: Place, Typology, and Perception (July 2009), Hunt will discuss the role of method (and the limitations of theory) in exploring the material factors and social circumstances that have influenced the design of Venice’s gardens, courtyards, squares, and parks.
<i>John Dixon Hunt is professor of the History and Theory of Landscape in the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous articles and books on history and theory of gardens and the picturesque.</i>
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<big><b>C. Ondine Chavoya</b></big>
<big>Tactics of Ephemerality: Interventionist Public Art in Los Angeles</big>
Tuesday, March 31
6:30 pm
Room 3-133
Chavoya will examine the influence of art collective Asco’s urban interventions and conceptual art practices on the work of LA-based artists, focusing particularly on the mobilization and performance of muralism and graffiti.
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C. Ondine Chavoya is Associate Professor in the Art Department and Latino Studies Program at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. In addition to curating exhibitions for the Williams Museum of Art, Chavoya has contributed writings on art and urban space in Southern California to numerous books and journals.</i>
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<big><b>Javier Arbona, Mark Jarzombek, and Kazys Varnelis</b></big>
<big>Blogitecture: Architecture on the Internet
The state and influence of architectural criticism in an age of digital networks
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Tuesday, April 7
6:30 pm
Room 3-133
“Has a blog actually had a significant impact on a building in the process of being designed or built? What was the outcome? ...But even if this were the case, I'm not sure that blogs have actually changed much of the way theory is written or performed.”
―Javier Arbona, Javierest (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://javier.est.pr/">http://javier.est.pr/</a>)
"Blogs have, thus far been both anti-theory and anti-history. I think they've played a role in that regard."
―Kazys Varnelis (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.varnelis.net">http://www.varnelis.net</a>)
Mark Jarzombek will moderate a discussion between bloggers Javier Arbona and Kazys Varnelis on the state and influence of architectural criticism in an age of digital networks, from their respective positions as producers of criticism and scholars of architecture.
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Javier Arbona is a PhD candidate in geography at UC Berkeley and a former chief editor at Archinect.com. He blogs at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://javier.est.pr/">http://javier.est.pr/</a>.
Kazys Varnelis, PhD, is Director of the Network Architecture Lab at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. He blogs at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.varnelis.net">http://www.varnelis.net</a>.
Mark Jarzombek, Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture and Associate Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT, will moderate the discussion.</i>
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All lectures will be held at <big>6:30pm</big> in <big>3-133</big> at MIT, 77 Mass Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139, see <a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu">http://whereis.mit.edu</a>
Please see the attached poster. If you administer a list, please forward this to your students and faculty.</font></big></pre>
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Kate Brearley
Administrative Assistant
History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art
Department of Architecture MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 3-303
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 258-8439
<a href="http://architecture.mit.edu/htc">http://architecture.mit.edu/htc</a>
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