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We’re very excited to be launching our new book at the Values of Architecture Conference on Wednesday 12th June 5pm. Come along for a drink and to hear Andrea Phillips kick things off with the first keynote. Tickets via the link in bio. The book is: Trading Between Architecture and Art, edited by Wouter Davidts, Susan Holden and Ashley Paine, published by #Valiz, and an outcome of the Is Architecture Art #australianresearchcouncil Discovery Project. It includes a diverse collection of essays by: Angelique Campens, Guy Léon Châtel, Wouter Davidts, Mark Dorrian, Susan Holden, John Körmeling, Maarten Liefooghe, Mark Linder, John Macarthur, Phillip Metten, Sarah Oppenheimer, Ashley Paine, Léa-Catherine Szacka, Annalise Varghese, Stefaan Vervoort, Stephen Walker and Rosemary Willink. Congratulations everyone! #isarchitectureart #atch @uqarchitecture_

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Don’t miss Daniel Abramson from Boston University speak at The Values of Architecture and the Economy of Culture conference, Thursday 13 June, 5pm. Tickets $15 available at: https://www.architecture.uq.edu.au/values-architecture-and-economy-culture Daniel’s keynote address will consider Obsolescence in Architecture: Where does the idea come from that architecture can become obsolete, suddenly lose its value and utility, and so become expendable in a short period of time? This talk traces the origins of the idea of architectural obsolescence to early-twentieth-century American financial district demolitions, tax policies, and decaying cities. In mid-century, many architects worldwide responded to obsolescence positively by embracing ephemerality and short-life buildings. Others, however, sought to revalue the obsolete and reinstate permanence, for example, through an invigorated preservationism, concrete brutalism, and ecological design. The idea of obsolescence thus gave way in the 1970s to sustainability, today's dominant paradigm for conceptualising and managing change in the built environment, conserving rather than expending existing resources. Daniel M. Abramson is professor of architectural history and director of architectural studies at Boston University. His research focuses upon matters of economics, society, and architecture from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. He is the author of three monographs, most recently Obsolescence: An Architectural History, as well as being co-editor of Governing By Design: Architecture, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century with the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative, of which he is also a founding director. Current work includes projects on the American welfare state, and on evidence and narrative in architectural history. @uqarchitecture_ #atch #isarchitectureart @uniofqld

Don’t miss Andrea Phillips from Northumbria University, speak at The Values of Architecture and the Economy of Culture conference, Wednesday 12th June, 5pm. Tickets $15, available: https://www.architecture.uq.edu.au/values-architecture-and-economy-culture Andrea’s keynote address is titled: Neverminding The question ‘is architecture art?’ is underscored by an assumed categorical division supported by social constructions of value; constructions that are shaped enthusiastically and ideologically through capitalist economics. In this presentation I will attempt to pick apart the historicity of value in an Anglo-centric capitalised context, drawing attention to the relatability of value formation and form categorisation as intertwined and indispensable tools in the securitisation of power, as well as the fact of other value-forms that exist outside of ‘architecture’ and ‘art’. Using the humble form of the British Community Arts Centre and its transformation over the post-war period into an art- and architecture value creator par excellence, I will argue for the reframing of value through re-valuation, trans-valuation and even de-valuation within the prism of affective, reputational and fiscal economic mechanisms. At one side to all this, hovering in many violently disenfranchised forms, are the modes of living that start from a different place; where value is an inessential character, or, at least, one that forms part of a peaceful ecology of neverminding. Andrea Phillips is BALTIC Professor and Director of BxNU Research Institute, Northumbria University & BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Andrea lectures and writes about the economic and social construction of public value within contemporary art, the manipulation of forms of participation and the potential of forms of political, architectural and social reorganization within artistic and curatorial culture. Andrea’s forthcoming book Contemporary Art and the Production of Inequality will bring together discussions on the politics of public administration and management with recent analyses of arts institutions, alongside debates on value. @uqarchitecture_ #atch #isarchitectureart @uniofqld

Please join us for The Values of Architecture and the Economy of Culture Conference, 12-14 June, University of Queensland Brisbane City Campus. Keynotes: Andrea Phillips, Northumbria University and BALTIC, and Daniel Abramson, Boston University. Registrations Now Open via link in Bio. Keynote Tickets also available. @uqarchitecture_ #atch #isarchitectureart @uniofqld

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