Test Sites: Experiments in the History of Space

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One of the panels from the conference “Test Sites” (L-r: Jorge Otero-Pailos, Marcos Sanchez, Greg Castillo, and Mark Wasiuta)


A symposium hosted by the Division of Architecture MAAD in History, Theory, Experiments (MAAD HTX)
with support from the Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies
October 12, 2013, Timken Auditorium
Organized by Irene Cheng and David Gissen
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California

Test Sites: Experiments in the History of Space gathered leading scholars and critics for a one-day conference to investigate what lies outside the dominant modes of architectural and urban history, exploring alternative practices such as reconstructions, counterfactual histories, new media, critical conservation, and even destruction. Speakers presented specific projects as examples or “test sites” for experimental historical practice.

Participants included
Lucia Allais
Amy Balkin
Keller Easterling
Nicholas de Monchaux
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Marcos Sánchez
Mark Wasiuta

Conference website

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