Susan Schuppli

Susan Schuppli (Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths) will deliver the lecture “JUST ICE.” Claudia Tomateo will give an introduction and be joined by Marco Ferrari to provide a response following the presentation and host a Q&A session.

A screening of a selection of Susan’s films will take place in Wood Auditorium on Friday, July 12th at 5:00pm.

Susan Schuppli is a researcher and artist based in the UK whose work examines material evidence from war and conflict to environmental disasters and climate change. Current work is focused on learning from ice and the politics of cold.

Creative projects have been exhibited throughout Europe, Asia, Canada, and the US. She has published widely within the context of media and politics and is author of the book, Material Witness published by MIT Press in 2020.

Schuppli is Professor and Director of the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London where she is also an affiliate artist-researcher and Board Chair of Forensic Architecture. Previously she was Senior Research Fellow and Project Co-ordinator of Forensic Architecture. Prior to working in the UK she was an Associate Professor in visual/media arts in Canada. Schuppli received her PhD from Goldsmiths and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program after completing her MFA at the University of California San Diego. She is the recipient of the 2016 ICP Infinity Award.

Organized by the MS in Advanced Architectural Design program as part of the AAD Arguments Lecture Series.