2019.11 A Seat at the Table in the Oneiric House

This exhibition is a collaboration on the topics of space and time. The lack of space at the GSD particularly for the Mdes program has caused a lot of discussion on what it means to have space at the school, either physical or beyond. A Seat at the Table is an installation about this topic which is in conversation with The Oneiric House, an exhibition curated on ideas of domestic interiors.

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

P1. MDes students don’t get their own desks/space.
P2. MDes students would like their own desks/space.
P3. In continuation of the “Where are our MDesks?” campaign.
P4. This is a good spot for student desks.
P5. Some people love art.
P6. This is art.
C1. Let us use this space.
C2. Here are your MDesks spaces.

IN THE ONEIRIC HOUSE 

Many of the most profound revisions to the architecture of daily life are happening not in the public sphere but in how we occupy domestic interiors. And the domestic space is usually constituted by the various rooms and the different types of furniture in it. “The Oneiric House” is a site-specific exhibition, aiming at redividing Kirkland Gal- lery through time and space. The curator had been working with an ensemble of 10 researchers: Alexander Muret, Arta Perezic, Cynthia Deng, Edgar Rodriguez, Hanyu Feng, María Esteban Casañas, Selma Alihodzic, Shikun Zhu, Vita Wang. Ranging from various fields: artists, graphic designers, architects. They’ve been investigating light and space in Kirkland Gallery, through a series of text or images on the printed curtain, to rethinking a collective oneiric house. The audience is welcomed to rearrange the spaces, bringing new domestic objects, exchanging information, sleeping, writing, din- ing, working, showering, daydreaming in the room.

Jimmy Pan Was an Architect. Is still an Architect. Sometimes a cyclist. Jimmy Pan is a second year Master in Design Studies student. (reppin’ Risk and Resilience). He also loves clouds.

Anirudh Gurumoorthy Was an Architect. Wants to be an Academic. Sometimes a DJ. Anirudh Gurumoothy is a second year Master in Design Studies student. (representing HPDM).

Han Ning Tsai He is the candidate of the Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) program at Harvard. With his strong interest in urbanism and curatorial practice, he seeks to operate design as an activator as well as an agitator in the public domain. Han Ning received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and had been practicing architecture and urban design, in well-known offices. He has developed a distinctive design approach driven by technological shift and contemporary art. Most recently, he participated in the research of 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale at MIT. He is also part of an interdisciplinary collective: Common Future Lab, an experimental platform to re-connecting human in times of conflict.