Winterwerkschau 2023: Projects

Project information

submitted by
Kitman Pik Chee Yeung

Co-Authors
Denise Sawade, Amy Zimber, Aela Norris, Nim Schotanus , Blanca Rodríguez, Ciara Davitt, Yang Shen, Dania González Sanabria, Jovan Turcinovic, Lisa Spoeri, Sabah Abouelhadid, Tilman Böhnke, Jemma Woolmore, Lalicha Lalitsasivimol, Kitman Yeung, Anil Aydinoglu, Yumi Mita, Amelia Eickhoff, Alex Toland,

Mentors
Alexandra Regan Toland

Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Art and Design,
Media

Degree programme:
Architecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Urban Planning (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Civil Engineering [Construction, Environment, Building Materials] (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Public Art and New Artistic Strategies (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)),
Product Design (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)),
Productdesign (Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Visual Communication (Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Art and Design/Fine Art/Media Art (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)),
Media Art and Design (Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)),
Media Art and Design - Study programme Integrated International Media Art and Design Studies (IIMDS) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.)),
Media Art and Design -Study programme Media Art und Design (MAD) (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)),
Media Management (Master of Arts (M.A.))

Type of project presentation
Exhibition

Links
https://www.spatial.io/s/Listeni...

Contributors:
Denise Sawade,
Amy Zimber,
Aela Norris,
Nim Schotanus ,
Blanca Rodríguez,
Ciara Davitt,
Yang Shen,
Dania González Sanabria,
Jovan Turcinovic,
Lisa Spoeri,
Sabah Abouelhadid,
Tilman Böhnke,
Jemma Woolmore,
Lalicha Lalitsasivimol,
Kitman Yeung,
Anil Aydinoglu,
Yumi Mita,
Amelia Eickhoff,
Alex Toland,

Project description

In response to Elizabeth Povinelli’s (1995) essay, “Do Rocks Listen?”, this course investigates on the one hand the witnessing potential of rocks and on the other hand the listening potential of humans in their interactions with and in the lithosphere. The second installment in the seminar series by the chair of arts and research, Environmental Entanglements and Epistemologies (EEE), focuses on different ways of knowing and engaging with stone formations in built and natural environments. We are specifically interested in the socio-political, legal, and cultural agency of geologic entities, how they are studied and understood, how they are used, and how they are represented, honored, and defended in an age of increased anthropogenic change. Furthermore we are interested in acts of listening as means of multi-species and more-than-human understanding. We will dig into the history, philosophy and sociology of the lithosphere, exploring concepts of e.g. weathering, deep time, sedimentation, geontology and animism, by authors such as Elizabeth Povinelli, Kathryn Yussof, Jussi Parikka, Tim Ingold and others. We will also hear from artists and artist researchers about their understanding of lithospheric worlds and visit research institutions and geologic sites of importance. The facilitation of the course is fundamentally participant-oriented, non-hierarchical, with a focus on experimentation and critical thinking.