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𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗦 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺
We are delighted to announce '𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ — a focused two-day international symposium at MICAS, Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana.
The MICAS International Symposium is conceived as a focused two-day research event, bringing together architects, architectural historians, curators, museologists, and sociologists to examine how contemporary art institutions emerge within historically layered environments, with particular attention to the relationship between architecture, museum formation, and public cultural presence. In small island and small-state contexts, public aspiration places specific demands on cultural institutions and their architectural form.
Taking place at MICAS, Malta International Contemporary Art Space, the symposium draws on this and other institutional examples to consider how these demands are negotiated in practice, and how architecture engages existing spatial and material structures to produce new forms of institutional and cultural presence. The programme moves from the structural forces shaping such institutions, through questions of formation and architectural intervention, to the curatorial negotiation of historically layered sites and the role of practice in giving form to spaces for contemporary art.
Alongside these institutional questions, the symposium engages with broader questions of architectural practice — about the conditions under which architecture responds to the specific character of existing places, and about where, in the current moment, the conditions for genuine architectural experimentation are most likely to be found.
These discussions are anchored locally through an architectural walkthrough of the site led by the project architects and brought into focus through moderated discussion and a concluding research roundtable.
Programme: Moderated by Vicky Richardson
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘁 — Professor Emeritus, historian of museums and cultural heritage, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼 — Professor Emeritus, architectural historian, critic, and longstanding editor of Casabella, IUAV Venice
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲 — Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University and Director of Villa I Tatti, Florence
𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗼 — Professor of Architecture and Construction, ETH Zürich; founding partner, Caruso St John Architects
𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆 — Artistic Director, MICAS; formerly senior curator, Royal Academy of Arts, London
𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗼 — Professor of Sociology, University of Malta
𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 - Vice-Chair and Chair of the Education Committee, MICAS
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶 — Professor of the History of Architecture, University of Ferrara
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶 — Professor of Architectural Design, University of Florence; founding partner, Ipostudio Architects; architect of the MICAS galleries
We are delighted to announce '𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ — a focused two-day international symposium at MICAS, Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana.
The MICAS International Symposium is conceived as a focused two-day research event, bringing together architects, architectural historians, curators, museologists, and sociologists to examine how contemporary art institutions emerge within historically layered environments, with particular attention to the relationship between architecture, museum formation, and public cultural presence. In small island and small-state contexts, public aspiration places specific demands on cultural institutions and their architectural form.
Taking place at MICAS, Malta International Contemporary Art Space, the symposium draws on this and other institutional examples to consider how these demands are negotiated in practice, and how architecture engages existing spatial and material structures to produce new forms of institutional and cultural presence. The programme moves from the structural forces shaping such institutions, through questions of formation and architectural intervention, to the curatorial negotiation of historically layered sites and the role of practice in giving form to spaces for contemporary art.
Alongside these institutional questions, the symposium engages with broader questions of architectural practice — about the conditions under which architecture responds to the specific character of existing places, and about where, in the current moment, the conditions for genuine architectural experimentation are most likely to be found.
These discussions are anchored locally through an architectural walkthrough of the site led by the project architects and brought into focus through moderated discussion and a concluding research roundtable.
Programme: Moderated by Vicky Richardson
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘁 — Professor Emeritus, historian of museums and cultural heritage, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼 — Professor Emeritus, architectural historian, critic, and longstanding editor of Casabella, IUAV Venice
𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗲 — Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University and Director of Villa I Tatti, Florence
𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗼 — Professor of Architecture and Construction, ETH Zürich; founding partner, Caruso St John Architects
𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘆 — Artistic Director, MICAS; formerly senior curator, Royal Academy of Arts, London
𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗼 — Professor of Sociology, University of Malta
𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 - Vice-Chair and Chair of the Education Committee, MICAS
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘇𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶 — Professor of the History of Architecture, University of Ferrara
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶 — Professor of Architectural Design, University of Florence; founding partner, Ipostudio Architects; architect of the MICAS galleries
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Where is it happening?
Ospizio Complex, Bieb il-Pulverista, Triq Joseph J Mangion, , FRN1830 Floriana, Malta, Valletta, Malta
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