Watch Parlour LAB 32, a compelling discussion about agency and action, disruption and creative research practice with Sam Spurr and Eduardo Kairuz.

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LAB 32 turns attention to the potential and potency of creative research practice to catalyse disciplinary transformation. What is the role of creative research in reimagining new futures, in tackling questions of social justice, climate justice and equity? How can the tools of architecture be put to work to visualise and analyse the world we find ourselves in?

Sam Spurr is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at Newcastle University. Her current research on Mining Ideology and Coal Capitalism, examines the agency of architecture to make legible the complex forces at play in the age of the Anthropocene. Eduardo Kairuz is a Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Monash University. His work is concerned with the transformative effects of crisis on space, as a means to address questions of social and climate justice.

Together, Sam and Eduardo lead the Global Extraction Observatory (GEO), a research collective that examines the effects of energy production and resource extraction through creative practice, scholarship and public engagement. Among their projects is Fossil Fables, an exhibition at The Tin Sheds Gallery in 2023, a series of installations that “analyze and communicate the influence of energy production and resource extraction in our society”.

Watch this fascinating session with Sam and Eduardo in conversation with Rebecca McLaughlan and Justine Clark.

CPD

One hour of formal CPD on completion of the CPD questions. See here for the series Learning Objectives. Purchase access below.

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  • $11 Parlour Collective
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  • $5.50 Concession (anyone who needs it – students, those not working etc)

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This session was recorded live online on Friday 22 September 2024.