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Presentation of the book “Hacking Urban Furniture” with the book’s editor Miodrag Kuč

On November 4, the Laboratory of Critical Urbanism of the European Humanities University invites students, faculty, and everyone interested in the contemporary aspects of urban studies and sociology to the online-presentation of the book “Hacking Urban Furniture”, featuring book’s editor Miodrag Kuč. The webinar will be moderated by Assoc. Prof. Siarhei Liubimau.

Bus stops, city toilets, benches, trash cans, info boards …Urban furniture in combination with outdoor advertising has had a defining influence on the public space of metropolises for more than 30 years. The book HACKING URBAN FURNITURE (2020, Berlin: ZK/U Press) investigates the history, present and future of urban furniture in collaboration with artists, urban explorers, administrators, politicians, activists and researchers, in order to open up new horizons for the spatial public service design in the city.

NB! Webinar starts on November 4 at 5 PM (Vilnius time) / 6 PM (Minsk time). Click here to sign up

For your comfortable participation in the webinar please download Zoom in advance.

Miodrag Kuč is an interdisciplinary artist and urban theorist trained as an architect / urban planner in various cultural settings. His work explores the role of ephemeral structures in uncertain urban conditions and spatial appropriations of marginal social groups. As an independent urban researcher, he moves at the intersection of urban studies, performative-planning, artistic interventions, and micro politics. Currently, he runs the educational department of ZK/U (Centre for Art and Urbanistics) Berlin, exploring new ways of knowledge production through the lens of critical urban pedagogy. He is a member of the EHU Laboratory of Critical Urbanism since 2011.

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