2015 IAPA conference
Talk to Me by Jasmeen Patheja: one of the finalist pieces in the IAPA exhibition.
Makoko Floating School, designed by Kunlé Adeyemi.
The Pallet Pavilion in Christchurch City.
The 2015 International Award for Public Art conference will take place from 1 - 4 July. This symposium, which also incorporates an exhibition and an awards ceremony, is hosted by the Elam School of Fine Arts at the National Institute of Creative Arts & Industries (NICAI), University of Auckland. Shandong University of Art & Design, Shandong Province, China (SUAD) co-host the event. This is the first time a New Zealand university has worked alongside partners in China to investigate ideas on the linking of urbanism and art.
The 2015 conference, Cities in a Climate of Change: Public Art and Environmental and Social Ecologies, will bring together artists, architects, urban planners and museum directors from across the world to discuss art and its relationship to urban development. The conference will be bilingual, with talks in both English and Chinese.
Keynote speakers are:
- Alejandro Haiek Coll: a Venezuelan working as far afield as Christchurch. Coll’s work specialises in the resuscitation of inactive landscapes.
- Owen Hatherley: British architecture, regeneration, and popular culture critic. Author of A New Kind of Bleak, contributor to Building Design, Frieze and the Guardian.
- Mary Jane Jacob: Professor of Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jacob is a leading figure in the field of socially engaged art and the discussion around public space.
- Philip Tinari: Director of the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing. Recently named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, contributing editor to Artforum and member of the Guggenheim Asian Art Council.
- Bruce Sheridan: New Zealand-born Chair of Cinema Art + Science at Columbia College, Chicago. Focused on creativity as fundamental, with particular emphasis on improvisation and collaboration.
- Pan Lusheng: President of Shandong University of Art and Design and director of the Institute of Design, China National Academy of Arts.
Information and registration can be found on the 2015 IAPA website. For full programme please see here.
The NZIA are offering Continuing Professional Development Points for architects to attend the conference and to lead workshops and studio activities. For NZ architects chosen as a Cities in a Climate of Change speaker with a session/academic paper up to 40 CPD points are available.
For further information on professional accreditation at IAPA, see here.