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21.03, Speculative Urbanism
Strelka Mag open call
Submit your essay, project, or film that explores the new urban conditions and socio-political dimensions formed by emerging technologies.
22.03, Bookshelf
The Re-enchantment of Humanism: An Interview with Sylvia Wynter
Strelka visiting lecturer Patricia Reed recommends this in-depth interview with Sylvia Wynter, one of the foremost Caribbean decolonial thinkers, as an introduction to Wynter’s multifaceted life and work.
11.03, Cities
Go off the rails: 7 Russian Railways properties to buy right now
Russian Railways owns hundreds of thousands of real estate properties across Russia. Strelka Mag has examined the catalog of its properties for sale right now and has selected seven of the most intriguing offerings.
09.03, Bookshelf
The Xenofeminist Manifesto: A Politics for Alienation
The Strelka team recommends a manifesto for a new futuristic feminism by Laboria Cuboniks as an ultimate must-read on International Women’s Day.
02.03, Architecture
Russian pavilion makes it to top three at Triennale di Milano
The Wax Bee award went to the Russian team for their project “The Moscow River Age.”
25.02, Bookshelf
Scientific Cosmology and International Orders
Writer and artist Patricia Reed recommends a book by Bentley B. Allan to trace how cosmological narratives define politics.
22.02, Cities
A look at 5 historic Russian lighthouses
As lighthouses, water towers, and abandoned dungeons are becoming increasingly popular tourist attractions in Russia, the Nam Svetlo project is bringing beacons across the country into the spotlight.
21.02, Bookshelf
Plague Hospitals: Public Health for the City in Early Modern Venice
Writer Geoff Manaugh recommends a book by Jane L. Stevens Crawshaw to look at how architecture has been shaped by quarantine practices.
20.02, Bookshelf
Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post-Anthropocene
A book recommended by the Strelka team that explores the new typology of the post-human and shows how technology and artificial intelligence are now computing, conditioning, and constructing our world. Edited by Liam Young.
19.02, Cities
Ice & Light: Vladivostok architects create winter public space to spotlight derelict park
An architecture firm based in Russia’s Far East has taken advantage of the region’s bitterly cold winters to create an unusual installation in an abandoned park.
13.02, Education
Meet the third cohort of The New Normal researchers at Strelka
The third and final year of The New Normal speculative urbanism think-tank has started at Strelka Institute.
30.01, People
Mapping the Digital Earth
Art historians Leonardo Dellanoce and Arthur Steiner co-initiate a research program to map the technological complexity of the planet, working with artists and designers from across Asia and Africa.
30.01, Strelka KB
International architects offer new typology of Russian standard housing
Five projects submitted by architects from around the world won the standard housing competition organized by Strelka KB.
21.01, People
Do machines dream of the Pergamon Altar?
Merging classical antiquity with artificial intelligence, multimedia artist Egor Kraft reflects on the broader anthropological perspectives of technology.
09.01, Strelka KB
A new Garage Summer Screen Cinema design is revealed
The design proposal by the Russian architecture practice Syndicate has been announced as the winner of the open competition for a new Garage Screen Summer Cinema in Moscow.
25.12.2018, Bookshelf
Excerpt: ‘AI Aesthetics’ by Lev Manovich
Will AI replace professional cultural creators? Media theorist Lev Manovich discusses cultural uses of AI in his new book.
24.12.2018, Cities
No city is an island: Simulating environments for more inclusive urbanism
A group of The New Normal researchers prototype a deep learning tool for smart cities based on a simulation of the urban environment.
21.12.2018, Cities
What makes a good public space?
What are the essential components of human-centered design that can foster vibrant community life? A group of young Russian architects explored one of the best public spaces in the UK to find the answers and to see what solutions can be applied across national and cultural borders.
19.12.2018, Architecture
MIT’s Hashim Sarkis appointed curator of 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale
The next biennale of architecture will be curated by the dean of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning.