Date: June 17th 2008 2- 3 PM
Place: Interface Culture Lab, Sonnensteinstr.11-13, 2nd floor
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Carlo Damiani, Art Director for the Venice Biennale of Architecture
Title: "Paolo Soleri’s thought on Man and Urbanism"
In this lecture Prof. Dr. Carlo Damiani, the art director of three events at the Venice Biennale of Architecture will speak about Paolo Soleri’s thought on Man and Urbanism and new theoretical lines for an International Biennale of Architecture. He will introduce new theoretical lines toward a modern & sustainable urbanistic development. An analysis of the relationship between man-landscape-habitat and memory from an historical&artistic point of view will be given.biographySince 2006 Prof. Dr. Damiani is the art director for three collateral events at the Venice Biennale, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Foundation La Biennale di Venezia is the promoter and organizer of the International Art&Architecture Exhibition which usually includes: the international exhibition; the official participations of the various countries; a limited number of collateral events which will be acknowledged as an integral and specific section of the International ExhibitionThe collateral events of the International Art&Architecture Exhibition are organized by Italian and international institutions operating in the field of art, architecture and similar disciplines. The section will include events which will have been previously examined and selected by the Director of the International Architecture Exhibition.In 2008 Prof. Dr. Damiani is organising the collateral event 52.“The City of Man” at the La Biennale di Venezia 11th International Architecture Exhibition 2008. The Interface Cultures department of the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz will participate in the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008 with the project DADAGear (students Mauro Arrighi, Anika Hirt, Onur Sönmez) and a lecture on the Interface Cultures department’s projects and connection between architecture and interaction.