Wham City presents:
They Should All be Destroyed
A Jurassic Park Play

10PM

A cinematic, play-within-a-play version of Mozart's 1791 opera in two acts, directed by Ingmar Bergman and commissioned by Swedish TV for airing during the holiday season in 1974. Bergman studied the staging of the original Viennese performances before making this film, from the costuming to the theatrical devices, to the use of the Drottningholm Court Theater. Featuring the leading Swedish opera singers of the 70s: Hakan Hagegard as Papageno and Ragnar Ulfung as Monostatos.

For the second installment Melissa Frost will be delivering a short introduction philosophically questioning computer as creator followed by Kristen Smith (of PennDesign) presenting her well informed take on algorithmic design: “More commonly associated with problem solving strategies in mathematics and computing, algorithms have now taken on a central role in contemporary design theory and material fabrication. This new strategy for design follows in the tradition of process and rule based artisans like Jackson Pollack and Sol Lewitt that engage in a system whereby the executor follows the instructions while the outcome is not foreseen. By rejecting traditional canons and compositional methods, algorithms along with advanced computation allow for a rigorous method of achieving complexity, intricacy and formal variation. This talk will focus on the transformational role that algorithms play on the historical, philosophical and aesthetic implications to the discipline of architecture.“

Faculty-member Brandon Joyce shares his inexpert opinions on how it is action that anoints architecture with meaning. Calling on street-skating as a high model, he’ll speak about how use, misuse, and transformation can override— or even negate— intent and expression in architectural design.

The talk will be short and followed by a discussion on the topics.

Coffee will be served.
8PM

Some selections include: Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, and more. Sugary cereal is included, bring your own bowl and spoon.

A lecture addressing the work of Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto. To be discussed: his first international Tokyo/London fashion show (1971), Kabuki costume and theater devices, Ziggy Stardust, Hess's in Allentown, and the influence of kimono in western fashion. Lecture by K-Fai Steele.

FINALLY.... an exhibition of ALL of the collaborative drawings from the past YEAR of Pen16 drawing club meetings. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DRAWINGS BY OVER 60+ ARTISTS. 8-12pm (during the regular club meeting time) Bring friends. Be Prepared to Draw.

In this first of a two part series, Faculty member Brandon Joyce will be presenting a broad overview of central Nietzschean ideas.

Begins at 8PM. Coffee will be served.

Inside the headbanger's crypt (formally The Scarea), the Institute welcomes Earth Crown and Secret Abuse for an evening of scummy noise music.

Also appearing: M Ax Noi Mach and Dick Neff

9pm
Donations welcomed.

New Ideas in Architecture + Making in Pursuit of the Radical. How do we enage the world.
Architectural dreaming via Virginia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Rwanda, Liberia, and Austria. www.umbauschoolofarchitecture.org

9PM