The Austria Pavilion will host a series of conversations exploring the many different facets of platform urbanism.
Architecture
AUSTRIA: Debates on Platform Urbanism
The Future is Public: Activism in the Age of Platform Capital
Time: 11 am - 12 pm
Speakers: Slutty Urbanism (University of Amsterdam), Gerald Nestler e Sylvia Eckermann (Vienna), Into the Black Box (University of Bologna)
chaired by Carmen Lael Hines
Location: Austria Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
City on demand? Questioning the Urbanisation of Technology Capital
Time: 12 - 1 pm
Speakers: Daniel Cardoso Llach (Carnegie Mellon University), Leo Hollis (London), Jochen Becker (metroZones, Berlin), Bernadette Krejs (TU Wien)
chaired by Helge Mooshammer
Location: Austria Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
ACCESS IS THE NEW CAPITAL: How Did We Get Here, and What’s Next?
Time: 1 - 2 pm
Speakers: Tom Avermaete (ETH Zurich), Mona Mahall e Asli Serbest (HCU Hamburg, HFK Bremen), Peter Lang (Rome)
chaired by Peter Mörtenböck
Location: Austria Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
Networked Practices: Curatorial Platforms and Collective Action
Panel discussion
Time: 2 - 3 pm
Speakers: Irit Rogoff (Goldsmiths, University of London), Hae-Won Shin (curator of the Korean Pavilion), Rafał Śliwa (curator of the Polish Pavilion)
chaired by Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer
Location: Austria Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
The Austrian Pavilion will host a discussion in their pavilion about the practices of curating today, and their potential as self-initiated platforms.
THE PLATFORM IS MY BOYFRIEND: DATA BODIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES
Time: 3 - 4 pm
Speakers: Benj Gerdes (Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm), Ofri Cnaani (Goldsmiths, University of London), Lucia Babina (Bologna), Gabu Heindl (Vienna)
chaired by Carmen Lael Hines
Location: Austria Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
Labour in the Platform City
Time: 4 - 5 pm
Speakers: Saskia Sassen (Columbia University), Peggy Deamer (Yale University), Sandro Mezzadra (University of Bologna)
chaired by Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer
Location: Austria Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
This panel, organised and hosted by the Austrian Pavilion in the Giardini, will consider the question of labour in the Platform City.
