practices and politics of representation
Project information
submitted by
Mona Mahall, Yelta Köm, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Lea Maria Wittich
Co-Authors
Bareen ., Giurin Alessandra, Hikmet Arin Aydin, Manuel Heredia Behne, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Emily Tsz Ching Cheung, Luisa Christa, Iole Alessandra Leonide Giurin, Sabah Khaled Abouelhadid Elsay Hassan, Camila Isabel Hernandez, Elif Kalender, Franco Ezequiel Lanzillotta Katz, Abdullah Yunus Kinik, Frank Kuresaar, Yelta Köm, Mona Mahall, Giuliana Marmo, Mailin Rose Meierhof, Elena Athina Mertens, Kuba Mleczko, Domiziana Morelli, Anton Nicolas Müller, Tymoteusz Bartlomiej Pluta, Olivia Pussert, Seyedi Zhina Sadat, Tomás Alfonso Gomez Salas, Cloe Vilagran de Santiago, Zuzanna Maria Solowiej, Nils Erik Spettmann, Julia Zuzanna Stefanik, Angelika Szydlowska, Ho Hao Nhien Tran, Corinne Tsou, Kudriavceva Uljana, Daniel Juma Wandere, Nina Elisa Wernecke, Hayston Wines, Lea Maria Wittich, Kitman Pik Chee Yeung, Probst Casimir Yusuki, Amelie Zillmann, Anna Zoldos
Mentors
Mona Mahall, Yelta Köm, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Lea Maria Wittich
Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism
Degree programme:
Architecture (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Architecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Urban Planning (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Urban Studies (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
MediaArchitecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Public Art and New Artistic Strategies (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)),
Visual Communication (Master of Arts (M.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 and Design (MAD) (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Type of project presentation
Exhibition
Semester
Summer semester 2025
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building
(R021, Corridor, Oberlichtsaal)
Available during summaery opening hours
Project description
The exhibition in the corridor, Room 021, and Oberlichtsaal presents the continuous processes of three courses: "Mapping as Critical Practice", "One Forest, Many Species: Understanding Spatial Imaginations in Postcolonial Science Fiction", and "Open Threads (Practice-Based Research and Project Discussion)". Drawing on multiperspective knowledges from architecture, art, and theory, the displayed works share a common interest in transcultural exchange, as well as a common aim: to question dominant forms of spatial, artistic, and epistemological imagination and representation. The works critically address cartographic thinking, examine postcolonial spatial speculations, and investigate both material and institutional practices.
What is shown —works, fragments, and finds— are traces of ongoing processes, shaped through regular interaction between an international and interdisciplinary group of participants, who adopt various and shifting roles to engage with diverse distinct approaches, methods methodologies, and practices. This collaborative learning format is based on active participation and contributions from all involved, encouraging critical, inclusive and reflexive practices.