LITRA : Laboratory for Inhabitable Theories And Research in Architecture ::

<body onLoad="maXimize()"> <table width="500" height="500" background="data/picts/biblio_dark2.jpg" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" valign="middle"> <tr> <td colspan="3" width="500" height="140" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> <td colspan="3" height="25" width="450" align="justify" valign="top"> <p><b>b i o</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="335" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> <td width="440" height="335" align="justify" valign="top"> <p>The Laboratory for Experimental Research into Inhabitable Theories is located in Berlin. It is the base of the architect/artist Claudia Westermann from where she engages in various projects and collaborations.</p> <p> Claudia Westermann's works have been exhibited and presented internationally including at the Venice Biennale for Architecture, the Moscow International Film Festival, Isea Symposium for the Electronic Arts in Japan, the ZKM in Karlsruhe - Germany, the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York - USA, the Ciberart Symposium in Bilbao - Spain and the Consciousness Reframed Conference in Beijing - China. She regularly contributes to conferences worldwide and has been published internationally. Since 2001 she is part of the administration team of the Syndicate Network for Media Culture and Media Art. </p> <p>recent works include: <a href="http://www.ezaic.de/update/you_are_synopsis.html">you_are</a> and <a href="http://www.ezaic.de/update/waiting_synopsis.html">waiting</a> </p> <p>extended biographical information can be at: <a href="http://www.ezaic.de/data/data_c.html">claudia westermann - cv </a></p> </td> <td width="10" height="400" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="500" height="525" background="data/picts/biblio_dark2.jpg" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" valign="middle"> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="500" height="5" align="justify" valign="top"><img src="picts/transparent.gif" width="25" height="5"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> <td colspan="3" height="25" width="450" align="justify" valign="top"> <p><b>p u b l i c a t i o n s</b> (selection)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2006:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "waiting" in <a href="http://architecture.mit.edu/thresholds/" target="blank">Thresholds</a>, bi-annual critical journal of architecture, art and media culture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, no. 31, Ephemera, spring 2006 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="30" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., book review: <a href="http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/reviews/books.html" target="blank">"Situationist International" by Simon Ford</a> for Leonardo, MIT </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="30" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "Spaces and Non-Spaces", in: Conference Proceedings, Altered States, International Conference, Plymouth, UK, 2005 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2004:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C. and Nezvanova, N., "Greed. Love. Wisdom, and Labeling of the Self", in: Conference Proceedings, Qi and Complexity, International Conference, Beijing, China, 2004 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2003:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "Tactics for the Urban and the Virtual Space. Play." (in Portuguese translation) - in:Redes Sensoriais, Contra Capa Livraria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003; ISBN 85-86011-74-6 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2003:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "Who Plays The Nightingale?", in: Ascott, Roy (ed.), <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/ppbooks.php?isbn=184150128X" target="_blank"> Engineering Nature, Art and Consciousness in the Post-biological Era, intellect books, 2005 - ISBN 184150128X</a> </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2001:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C. and Reed, S., "zone_01", in: Conference Proceedings, Cast01 - Living in Mixed Realities, International Symposium, Bonn, Germany, 2001 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2001:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "format" (video installation), in: S/He'll survive, Exhibition at the Montevideo Institute for Media Art Amsterdam, CD-ROM, HfG Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2000:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "city" (4 digital images), in the catalogue: Città:Terzo Millennio, La Biennale di Venezia, Marsilio Editiori, Italy, 2000; ISBN 88-208-0416-6 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="30" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>1999:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C. and others, MUZARC, CD-ROM on the theme of music and architecture, SELEKTION, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 1999 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>1997:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "Moving Information Belt" (architectural proposal), in: Tampereen Arkkitehti - Osasto 9, TTKK/TUT, Finland, 1997; ISBN 951-722-827-9 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="45" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>1997:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Westermann, C., "La petite ceinture - Centre for Cultural Exchange" (architectural proposal), in: la ville oubliée - la petite ceinture à Paris, TTKK/TUT, Finland, 1997; ISBN 951-722-828-7 </p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="500" height="500" background="data/picts/biblio_dark2.jpg" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" valign="middle"> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="500" height="130" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> <td colspan="3" height="25" width="450" align="justify" valign="top"> <p><b>t e a c h i n g</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Presentation, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, USA</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="30" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Presentation, HfG Karlsruhe (Hochschule für Gestaltung im ZKM), Germany; in cooperation with NN</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="70" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2003:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Visiting Lecturer, seminar: "Bauplatz Netz", University of Innsbruck, Austria, Faculty for Architecture</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> <td colspan="3" height="25" width="450" align="justify" valign="top"> <p><b>c o n f e r e n c e  p r e s e n t a t i o n s</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Transmodalities, International Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Altered States, International Conference, Plymouth, UK</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2005:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> New Media, Spirituality, and Identity, Symposium, Dallas, USA</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2004:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Qi and Complexity, International Conference, Beijing, China</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2004:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Ciberart Bilbao, International Symposium, Bilbao, Spain</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2003:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Sensorial net, International Symposium, Fortaleza, Brazil</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2003:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Consciousness Reframed, International Conference, Newport, Britain</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2001:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Living in Mixed Reality, International Conference, Bonn, Germany</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="500" height="115" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="500" height="500" background="data/picts/biblio_dark2.jpg" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" valign="middle"> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="500" height="230" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> <td colspan="3" height="25" width="450" align="justify" valign="top"> <p><b>c o m p e t i t i o n  a w a r d s</b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="30" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>2001:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> Competition for a university building in Holzminden, Germany; first purchase; in coop. with Planum Architects</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" height="15" align="left" valign="top"> </td> <td width="40" align="left" valign="top"><p>1997:</p></td> <td width="400" align="justify" valign="top"><p> A Monument for the Karhumäki Brothers, Kuorevesi, Finland; first purchase</p></td> <td width="10" align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="500" height="200" align="justify" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </body>