Strelka Mag

02.11.2021, Conversations

On Frictionless Sovereignty

Ryan Bishop on the complex networks of alliances and systems that scaffold globalization.

02.11.2021, Conversations

The Politics of Chinese Infrastructure Loans

Matt Frechen on the political implications of the Belt and Road Initiative.

02.11.2021, Conversations

A Century of Disappointment: Reappraising Neoliberalism

Quinn Slobodian on the crisis and critical perspectives of global governance

02.11.2021, Conversations

Nomadic Imaginaries and Chinese Globalization

You Mi on Silk Road and our understanding of large-scale infrastructures.

15.09.2021, Conversations

Spaces for Survival: Cultural Institutions in Times of Crisis

An interview with Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Liza Dorrer, Giacomo Ardesio, Dasha Nasonova, Erica Petrillo, Vladimir Nadein.

14.05.2021, Conversations

Filming before Theorizing: Untangling the City with Bêka & Lemoine

An interview with artists and filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine.

24.03.2021, Conversations

Towards Post-pandemic Commons

An interview with the curators of the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial.

18.12.2020, Conversations

Book Design as Architecture: An interview with Larissa Kasper, Rosario Florio & Samuel Bänziger

Meet the designers behind the Swiss collective PIN.

01.04.2020, Conversations

Media Theory for the Terraforming by Jussi Parikka

An interview with media theorist Jussi Parikka.

30.01.2020, Conversations

Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli and the New Generation of Russian Architects

An interview with the curator of the Russian Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale.

12.11.2019, Conversations

Varvara Melnikova and David Basulto on the Changing Role of the Architect

A talk between Strelka Institute’s CEO and ArchDaily’s editor-in-chief.

08.07.2019, Conversations

‘The average affordable home will be a coffin’: Reinier de Graaf on the decline of social housing

Dutch architect and OMA partner Reinier de Graaf talks about the decline in social architecture—and points a way to the future.

20.06.2019, Conversations

Architectures of Discrimination: Geoff Manaugh’s Guide to Quarantine

The author of the bestselling book A Burglar’s Guide to the City, Geoff Manaugh, investigates how the uncertainty of quarantine creates legal loopholes allowing for atrocities and the abuse of power.

30.01.2019, Conversations

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.

10.12.2018, Conversations

Is technology failing millennials?

The author of "Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials," Malcolm Harris, spoke to Strelka Mag about millennials’ relationship with technology and the future of work.

16.11.2018, Conversations

Dunne & Raby: From Futures to Realities

Design duo Dunne and Raby, professors at The New School / Parsons, spoke to Strelka Mag about the evolution of speculative design.

09.11.2018, Conversations

‘Good design is anesthetic’: Mark Wigley & Beatriz Colomina on trauma of technology

Architecture theorists Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley explore the ever-evolving relationship between design and humans. They believe that our tools shape us to the same extent that we shape them. Strelka Mag spoke to Mark and Beatriz to try to understand how our technology transforms us.