Keynote Lectures on Saturday, May 6, 2023
9:15 AM Opening Keynote Lecture: Professor David Theodore, Canada Research Chair, McGill University, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, will deliver his talk on Impostor Cities: Just what is that makes imposter cities so different, so appealing?
2:00 PM Afternoon Keynote Lecture: Professor David J. Lewis, Parsons, Dean of the School of Constructed Environments, Professor of Architecture, and a founding principal at LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), will deliver his talk on the Manual of Biogenic House Sections [based on his recent book and projects, including an exhibition at the School of Interior Design, Toronto Metropolitan University.
4:30 PM Closing Keynote Lecture: Professor Philip Beesley, Waterloo University with the Living Architecture Systems Group, will discuss recent projects, including the 2022 Grove Venice Biennale film.
Exhibition and Screenings on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7, 2023
Showcasing over 30 creative works from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Ireland, Korea, New Zealand, Turkey, and The United States.
Some highlights:
Kerry and Brian Kijewski, Siblings, activists and podcasters of Outlook, covering accessibility, advocacy, and equality for blindness and all disabilities, will showcase an audio paper and exhibition.
Jonsara Ruth, Healthy Materials Lab, The New School, Parsons School of Design, includes an exhibition and book launch.
Xiaojing Yan, artist will present Mycelium sculptures and the ecology of the interior.
David Kemp, Toronto Metropolitan University, will deliver a paper !Toronto: A Non-linear and Generative Exploration of Toronto on Film, including a screening exhibition.
The following statement is Toronto Metropolitan University’s Land Acknowledgement:
“Toronto is in the ‘Dish With One Spoon Territory’. The Dish With One Spoon is a treaty between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas and Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and protect the land. Subsequent Indigenous Nations and peoples, Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into this treaty in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect.”
The “Dish”, or sometimes it is called the “Bowl”, represents what is now southern Ontario, from the Great Lakes to Quebec and from Lake Simcoe into the United States. *We all eat out of the Dish, all of us that share this territory, with only one spoon. That means we have to share the responsibility of ensuring the dish is never empty, which includes taking care of the land and the creatures we share it with. Importantly, there are no knives at the table, representing that we must keep the peace. The dish is graphically represented by the wampum pictured above.
This was a treaty made between the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee after the French and Indian War. Newcomers were then incorporated into it over the years, notably in 1764 with The Royal Proclamation/The Treaty of Niagara.
SOURCES:
Burrows, John. 1997. “Wampum at Niagara: The Royal Proclamation, Canadian Legal History and Self-Government” in Asche, Michael, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equity, and Respect for Difference. Vancouver: University of British Columibia Press.
Hall, Anthony. 2003.The American Empire and the Fourth World: The Bowl With One Spoon, Part One. Montreal: McGill-Queens.
Johnson, Darlene. 2005. Connecting People to Place: Great Lakes Aboriginal History in Cultural Context. Prepared for the Ipperwash Inquiry.