SYMPOSIUM FOR DESIGNS ON US

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

 
AV Set-Up/Introductory Remarks, 4.15-4.25                   

Panel One, 4.30-5.15

1. Adea Guldi (Visual Culture and the Politics of the Largest Animal Consumption Populace on the Planet)

2. Kate Rannels (Afrofuturism vs. Futurism/ generative vs futurological presents)

3. Layla Dong

 Q & A

SHORT BREAK -- 5.15-5.20

Panel Two, 5.20-6.05

1. David Boo (Futuristic cities in film, esp. Gilliam) (failed utopias, green urbanity texts)

2. Whitney Humphreys (gendered machines)

3. Colleen Donovan (cameras/prosthetic subjectivities)

Q & A

LONGER BREAK -- 6.05-6.20

Panel Three, 6.20-7.05 {futurism in games - video - fiction}

1. Ni Pan

2. Wengzhe Wang

3. Tian Fang Yu

Q & A

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

AV Set-Up/Introductory Remarks, 4.15-4.25                   

Panel One, 4.30-5.15

1. Samantha Hensel (Race And/As Tech, Manifesto for Cyborgs) zine/video

2. Mengmeng Lu (Manifesto for Cyborgs/photography)

3. Mengjiao Zhang (Swan Lake/design-gender-choreography)

Q & A

SHORT BREAK -- 5.15-5.20

Panel Two, 5.20-6.05

1. Susan Lai (Smart Cities/Architecture)(sustainability as/vs efficiency/profit)

2. Haley Toyama (Hong Kong)(Failed Utopias/What Counts As Planning? Man Who Mapped Manhatten)

3. Stan Song

Q & A

LONGER BREAK -- 6.05-6.20

Panel Three, 6.20-7.05

1. Giuliana Funkhouser (tech and religiosity)

2. Katie Curry (toys, gender and pedagogy)

3. Arthur Gies

Q & A