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Beyond
Short stories on the post-contemporary…

On the occasion of 11th International Architecture Exhibition "Out There: Architecture Beyond Building" directed by Aaron Betsky, 
La Biennale di Venezia, SUN architecture publishers and Pedro Gadanho invite you for the launch event of

Beyond. Short Stories on the post-contemporary…
In a moment in which visual culture is clearly dominant, architecture is calling for the return of writing and critical thought. But this return is confronted with the need to compete for attention as against the seduction of the image. In this context, SUN architecture and Pedro Gadanho are working on a book series in which every new thematic volume will be composed by a collection of specially commissioned essays and short stories by emergent architectural writers and thinkers in Europe. The series intends to stimulate both writers and readers towards the experimental possibilities, to the high efficiency and to the strong appeal of a concise, creative literary formats that explicitly addresses the pleasure of reading...

WRITING BEYOND BUILDING
On Scenarios & Speculations
September 11, at 10am at the Teatro Piccolo, Arsenale

Curated & Introduced by: 
Pedro Gadanho, editor in chief of Beyond.

A round-table talk with:
YEHUDA SAFRAN teaches architecture and theory at Columbia and Cornell Universities. He was a trustee of the 9H Gallery, a Founding member of the Architecture Foundation in London and he is a member of the College International de Philosophie, Paris. He has written extensively on the theory and practice of art, architecture and film.

REED KROLOFF is the Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum and a principal at jones|kroloff. He was Editor-in-Chief of the leading and awarded Architecture magazine and became a referential commentator in the world of architecture and urban design in theUSA.

MAP OFFICE is an Hong Kong based interdisciplinary design and research platform conceived by Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie Portefaix. They work across visual art, writing and design and are the authors of publications such as City of Production: a Fabulous Opportunity to Experiment with Positive Capitalism and Unreal Estates of China.

SHUMON BASAR is an editor at fashion/culture quarterly Tank and co-founder of sexymachinery. Since 2006, is director of Curatorial Practices and Cultural Projects at the Architectural Association, London. He has written  for ArtReview, Blueprint, Sunday Telegraph and Domus.