Monday, March 17, 2008
7:00p9:00p
Location:
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=N51-337&mapsearch=go>N51-337,
(Joan Jonas Performance Hall)
ZONES OF EMERGENCY - Border Matters & Critical Design
Tad Hirsch & Moises Gonzales
ZOE
Blog:
<http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/>http://www.zonesofemergency.net/event-calendar/
Lecture Poster
Link:
<http://web.mit.edu/vap/about/lecture.html>http://web.mit.edu/vap/about/lecture.html
Border Matters and Critical Design will explore
infrastructure in border areas and design
applications for underserved communities.How can
critical design practice and technology generate
new paradigms and alternative approaches to policy and planning?
Tad Hirsch is a researcher and PhD canddate in
the Smart Cities Group at MITs Media Lab, where
his work focuses on the intersections between
art, activism, and technology. He has worked
with Intels People and Practices Research
Group, Motorolas Advanced Concepts Group and
the Interaction Design Studio at Carnegie Mellon
University, and has several years experience in
the nonprofit sector. Tad is also a frequent
collaborator with the Institute for Applied
Autonomy, an award-winning arts collective that
exhibits throughout the United States and
Europe. He publishes and lectures widely on a
variety of topics concerning social aspects of
technology, and has received several prestigious
commissions and awards. Tad holds degrees from
Vassar College, Carnegie Mellon University and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Moises Gonzales is currently a Loeb Fellow at
the Graduate School of Design at Harvard
University and an urban planner who works in
Sandoval County just to the north of
Albuquerque, New Mexico. He grew up in La Merced
to Canon De Carnue, one of the many land grant
communities (ejidos) of New Mexico. Moises spent
the early part of his career dealing with rural
issues and the preservation of cultural
amenities and traditions in his and similar
small settlements with strong ethnic connections
to the earliest history of the state. More
recently, he has been focusing on urban planning
issues, out of the conviction that if the city
of Albuquerque becomes a more vibrant and
exciting place, fewer people will want to flee
to the sprawling suburbs. Governor Bill
Richardson has appointed him to the Our
Futures, Our Communities Task Force on Smart
Growth. His work at the county has focused on
new zoning and planning regimens that will
encourage increased density within the city of
Albuquerque and more concentration of
development around transit nodes. As a Loeb
Fellow, Moises will study patterns of urban
development around the world, with a
concentration on methods others have used to
protect fragile natural landscapes and limit sprawl.
Directions
The Visual Arts Program at MIT is located at 265
Massachusetts Avenue (building N51) adjacent to
the MIT Museum. Enter through the grey door on
Front Street and take the elevator to the third
floor. Exit the elevator to your left and go
down the ramp. The Joan Jonas Performance Hall,
room N51-337, is located through the glass doors on the right.
By Public Transportation
Take the Red Line to Central Square. Walk four
blocks along Massachusetts Avenue towards Boston
and the Charles River. The Visual Arts Program
at MIT is located at 265 Massachusetts Avenue
(Building N51), adjacent to the MIT Museum. Or
take the #1 bus to the stop on Massachusetts
Avenue at Pacific Street, across from the MIT Museum.
This event is presented in conjunction with
courses 4.381/4.366 : Intro to Online
Participatory Media: Zones of Emergency -
Networks, Tactics, Breakdown taught by Professor
Amber Frid-Jimenez and 4.370/4.371 : Research as
Artistic Practice: Module 1: Zones of Emergency:
The FEMA Trailer Project taught by professors Ute Meta Bauer & Jae Rhim Lee.
Special thanks to
This lecture series has been made possible with
a special grant by the Office of the Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
MIT Visual Arts Program
James Pollack
Assistant to the Director
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Direct line: (617) 253-5229
Fax: (617) 253-3977
265 Mass. Ave., Bldg. N51-328
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA
further information and news
<http://web.mit.edu/vap/flash.html>http://web.mit.edu/vap/
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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