Festival of the Commons in Architectural Writing

The festival is a collaboration with the Just Environments Cluster, researchers from In-Commons (research project between BSA and the University of Melbourne) and from Between the Text and the Edit (BSA in collaboration with the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg). It includes staff members, current students and alumni from MA Situated Practices, including participants of Critical Spatial Practice: Site-Writing module, with workshops led by BSA PhD candidates Sarah Akigbogun, (architect, film-maker and actor) and Tumpa Husna Yasmin Fellows (architect, academic, design researcher, founder of Female Architects of Minority Ethnic – FAME Collective), and a Latin American roundtable, Weaving Webs in Common, hosted by MASP alumna Andrea Izurieta.

Programme 

Part 1, 9:00-12:00, online via Zoom
9:00: Introduction
9:15: The Book of Common Spells, with the participation of Hélène Frichot, Ela Egidy, Virginia Mannering, Alex Zambelli and Eleanor Suess
10:25: Between the Text and the Edit, with the participation of Polly Gould, Jhono Bennet, Zen Marie, Bettina Malcomess, Brigitta Stone-Johnson
11:30: A State of Fiction in Everyday Life by Albert Brenchat Aguilar and Ato Isaac Jackson
11.40: Pedagogic Experiments through Architectural Writing by Thomas Aquilina
Register for the morning session: https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/RuYHdNdRSyi5RcDeesgULw#/registration

Part 2, 13:00-18:00, in person, IAS Common Ground, UCL
13:00: Introduction
13:15: Improvisation workshop led by Sarah Akigbugon
13:45: Site-Writing in Common, hosted by Jane Rendell, with performative readings from participants of the site-writing module, including Sarah Akigbogun, Nasser Al-Khalidi , Luzan Al-Munayer, Ilayda Coksaygili, Casper Meurisse, Xici Qu (Cleo), Shuangyu Xu (Winfur), Zhibai Zhang, and curation of the Site-Writing in Common tables Xici Qu and Zhibai Zhang.
14:15: Weaving Webs in Common, Latin American Practices event curated by Andrea Izurieta
15:30: Open slam facilitated by Tumpa Fellows, Jane Rendell, Lidia Gasperoni opening with Tim Waterman, and Fawzeyah Alsabah, and Ievgeniia Gubkina addressing 20 June as World Refugee Day.
Register for the afternoon session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1399745198569

View the Bartlett webpage for the full programme

Image credit: A Water Weaving (Co-)Writing Medium. Source: Lidia Gasperoni