Scripted Performances:
Or, the Absurd in the Man and the Machine
Ollie Palmer
09.12.2020
‘Scripts’ in design and architecture are usually
associated with computer-based design programming. However, this narrow usage
belies a rich vein of concepts intrinsic to design and authorship. This presentation
poses the script as a useful critical and methodological tool within design,
absorbing and reinterpreting ideas from behavioural psychology, computation,
dance, immersive theatre, the Absurd, and the Oulipo.
The talk is illustrated through a series of projects completed during Palmer’s residency at the Palais de Tokyo, PhD by Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and independent work, spanning dance, film, installation, and data manipulation.
The talk is illustrated through a series of projects completed during Palmer’s residency at the Palais de Tokyo, PhD by Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and independent work, spanning dance, film, installation, and data manipulation.
Ollie Palmer
Ollie Palmer is an artist and designer based in the Netherlands. He holds an AHRC-funded PhD by design from the Bartlett and was artist in residence at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris from 2015-16. His work has been exhibited around the world, including at the V&A Museum, Opera Garnier de Paris, Seoul Museum of Art, and the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is currently Pathway Leader for the Situated Design MA at St Joost School of Art & Design, and has formerly taught in the Bartlett’s Interactive Design Lab, the School of the Art Institute Chicago, and TU Delft.
https://olliepalmer.com/about
Ollie Palmer is an artist and designer based in the Netherlands. He holds an AHRC-funded PhD by design from the Bartlett and was artist in residence at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris from 2015-16. His work has been exhibited around the world, including at the V&A Museum, Opera Garnier de Paris, Seoul Museum of Art, and the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is currently Pathway Leader for the Situated Design MA at St Joost School of Art & Design, and has formerly taught in the Bartlett’s Interactive Design Lab, the School of the Art Institute Chicago, and TU Delft.
https://olliepalmer.com/about
Wednesday 9th December
Start time – 6:30pm
Themes: Technological imagination: world building counterfactuals, parallel realities
HYBRID FUTURES: Hosting a series of critical talks with leading-edge practitioners and thinkers around the interaction between humans and machines, curated and led by Dr Betti Marenko, Reader in Design and Techno-Digital Futures at the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Learn More
Start time – 6:30pm
Themes: Technological imagination: world building counterfactuals, parallel realities
HYBRID FUTURES: Hosting a series of critical talks with leading-edge practitioners and thinkers around the interaction between humans and machines, curated and led by Dr Betti Marenko, Reader in Design and Techno-Digital Futures at the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. Learn More
