Engaging with Movement One: Interior, Jessica Thalmann’s lightbox images on UTM campus, this program considers health and wellness through architectural and artistic practice. It asks: How does the built environment support illness and recovery? Who is the imagined subject, and where are its shortcomings? How are qualitative and experiential qualities of architecture planned and measured?

The event will open with a screening of artist Eva Kolcze’s short film All That is Solid (2014), follwed by a discussion between Kolcze and architecture professor Terri Peters. Deriving its title from Karl Marx’s famous statement, “All that is solid melts into air […]” Kolcze’s film questions the solidity of modern architecture through filmic decay. Conditions of Life is a phrase found later in Marx’s famous quip—in this program, it is a framework to examine the legacies of modern architecture, their impacts on care practices, and new movements in design for health.

This is a drop-in event; registration is not required. Refreshments will be provided.