In conjunction with the International Institute at the University of Michigan, the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is a proud co-sponsor of two lectures on Russian Architecture, Design, and Urbanism. Co-organized by Stamps School Associate Professor Irina Aristarkhova, the lectures will take place on Tuesday, April 4 and Wednesday, April 5 in the Art & Architecture Auditorium.

Grasping a Post-Socialist Agenda for Architecture: Design as Political Yeast
Speaker:  Sergei Sitar
Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 12-1:30 pm
Art & Architecture Auditorium
Room 2104, Art & Architecture Building, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd

The recollection of Sergei Sitar’s personal and professional experience, from his studying in LA’s SCI-Arc in 1991-92, and up to participating in establishing a new architectural school MARCH in Moscow, is meant to serve as a starting point for a broader discussion on the political influence of art, architecture and design; the specificity of Russia’s (postsocialist) urban and cultural landscape – in comparison with that of the US and Western Europe; the changing role of urban planning, architectural media and professional associations.

Sergey Sitar is an architect, urbanist, critic and editor of the Theory Section of Project International magazine and leader of the History and Theory module at MARCH School of Architecture.