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CAFx Manifesto Reading Club Vol. III: Revisiting the Situationists with David Pinder

Join the third edition of CAFx Manifesto Reading Club — a détournement into the situationist city and urban utopia

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CAFx Manifesto Reading Club Vol. III: Revisiting the Situationists with David Pinder
May 10, 2023 4:30 PM
Europe/Copenhagen
Halmtorvet 27, 1700 København V

Join the third edition of CAFx Manifesto Reading Club — a détournement into the situationist city and urban utopia

Time
16:30
—
19:00
Venue
CAFx Halmtorvet 27
Halmtorvet 27, 1700 København V
Language
English
Architectural History
Community
Politics

In the 1950s, the modernists dreamt of reshaping the urban landscape, creating the ideal city from scratch and envisioning new spaces and new ways of living. Their utopian approach was underpinned by political interests, desires and anxieties that affected architecture and urban planning, as well as human life and free mobility.

During the Architecture and the Art of Agitation exhibition, we will take a closer look at the situationist 'counter-urbanism' of Constant's manifesto Another City for Another Life and of Ivan Chtcheglov's Formulary for a New Urbanism, challenging the megalomaniac modernism of the period.

Tonight's manifesto reading group will be guided by David Pinder, professor in Urban Geography at RUC and author of the book Visions of the City: Utopianism, Power and Politics in Twentieth-Century Urbanism (2005). Pinder will share his deep insight into the situationist and surrealist movements, introducing the ideals behind the utopian urban planning of modernism and discussing its encounter with the ideas of the situationists.

Afterwards, the floor will be open for a joint discussion on the potential of utopianism and the manifesto today.

You can download tonight's two manifestos, read them in advance and prepare for the Q&A session here:

Ivan Chtcheglov, Formulary for a new urbanism, originally written in 1953. First published under the pseudonym Gilles Ivain in Internationale Situationniste #1 (1958); translated by Ken Knabb.

Constant, Another city for another life, Internationale Situationniste #3 (1959). Translated by Paul Hammond.


Program:
16:30 - Doors open
17:00 - Contextual reading by David Pinder
17:45 - Joint discussion of the two manifestos
- 19:00 Enjoy the exhibition and drinks

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Price: 30 DKK for non-members, 0 DKK for CAFx Community members

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Check out other events from the CAFx Manifesto Reading Club Series:

27 April Exhibition Opening and CAFx Manifesto Reading Club Vol. I: Le Corbusier vs. Koolhaas‍

2 May CAFx Manifesto Reading Club Vol. II : The New Neighbourhood Manifesto

16 May CAFx Manifesto Reading Club Vol. IV: Patrik Schumacher’s Libertarian Parametricism and Anna Heringer’s Call for a Humane Design Culture

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