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Papers by Tor Lindstrand

Occupations de bâtiments universitaires a Amsterdam et Londres, greves des enseignants precaires ... more Occupations de bâtiments universitaires a Amsterdam et Londres, greves des enseignants precaires aux universites d’York et de Toronto. Manifestations et echauffourees a Montreal.1 Depuis quelques semaines, on peut se demander si Mai 68 est de retour. En fait, ce n’est pas si simple.

Perspective se tourne ici vers un vaste territoire – l’espace nordique européen, étendu au Danema... more Perspective se tourne ici vers un vaste territoire – l’espace nordique européen, étendu au Danemark, à la Finlande, à l’Islande, à la Norvège et à la Suède – dont il s’agit d’interroger à la fois la pertinence, l’extension et les spécificités en tant que construction culturelle et historique dont les contours ont fluctué au cours du temps. Peut-être faudrait-il plutôt parler des Nords, une dimension plurielle prise en compte notamment dans un débat autour de l’identité samie et l’histoire récente des pratiques des artistes autochtones. S’il s’agit de donner la parole aux créateurs issus des pays nordiques dont la démarche relève des arts visuels ou du design, ce volume est également l’occasion d'inviter chercheurs et conservateurs à explorer ensemble l’histoire et le présent de la discipline, tout en conviant des personnalités singulières à retracer leur parcours personnel. La construction des identités nationales, des généalogies intellectuelles et artistiques, comme la déconst...

Architecture and culture, 2017

From Modernism to Postmodernism, from international style socialdemocracy to global neoliberalism... more From Modernism to Postmodernism, from international style
socialdemocracy to global neoliberalism. In this paper we will read this
shift through the stratification of space, promoted by theorists such
as Henri Lefebvre and Michel de Certeau. Both criticized modernist
architecture and the social planning that went along with it for being too
abstract; either seen from above perspective or conceived through two
dimensional planning. While the shift from modern to postmodern might
coincide with the advent of neoliberalism, the most effective critique
against modernist architecture came from contemporary radicals; longing
for a dense, vibrant city with unexpected meetings around the corner.

This paper focuses on the collaborative, society engaged practices of several Nordic architects t... more This paper focuses on the collaborative, society engaged practices of several Nordic architects that formed a joint-venture called “At Work With” at the Nordic pavilion, Venice Architecture biennal ...

Once upon a time there was this hole. It always has been and still is. But now it is a hole into ... more Once upon a time there was this hole. It always has been and still is. But now it is a hole into the future. We are going to dump so much through this hole into this world that everything will change in it. Life will be different. It will be fair. Everyone will have everything he needs

Before the Renaissance and before the invention of linear perspective, spatial experience was det... more Before the Renaissance and before the invention of linear perspective, spatial experience was detached from imagery. Once the tools to depict three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface were developed, architecture and the understanding of space leaped into a new era. The possibility for a viewer to imagine him/herself walking around inside a painting opened up a whole new chapter in

Public Art Agency Sweden, 2019

Paper as part of the project Konst Händer. This paper follows the process of the work In Purple b... more Paper as part of the project Konst Händer. This paper follows the process of the work In Purple by artist Johanna Billing.

Sous les pavés, les pavés! Sous les paves, la plage! Under the pavement, the beach! This famous... more Sous les pavés, les pavés!

Sous les paves, la plage! Under the pavement, the beach! This famous statement by the Situationists evoked the dormant opportunities ever present and parallel to the current order of the city. It was a call to imagine and activate the city in new, different and subversive ways. The drive, or drifting, was seen as a technique for opposing the existing order, a subversive action undermining the authority of the regime embedded in the city. However carefully public space was planned and designed, there were always openings that could be exploited and used in non-prescribed ways. Since the Situationists, this way of refusing and opposing the ideology of discipline underpinning all public spaces can be traced in various urban subcultures: from punk, street art, skateboarding, and parkour all the way to movements such as Right to the City and Occupy. Urban public spaces have always been a key arena for the political: this is demonstrated in the phrase " Bread and Circuses, " in the medieval street theaters heckling the king to hunger marches, Kristallnacht, public executions or standing in front of a tank. The capacity of the public arena to produce powerful images has always had the potential to send shock waves through the system, and those in power have at the same time always tried to mold public space in their interest, such as in the agoras of Athens, the Colosseum, the exercise fields of Nürnberg or Haussmann's boulevards. At the heart of public space, as we know, there is this flow of movements and counter movements — from the conceived over the

Architecture and culture, 2017

Public Art Agency Sweden, 2019

Sous les pavés, les pavés! Sous les paves, la plage! Under the pavement, the beach! This famous... more Sous les pavés, les pavés!