Virtual Design Festival week two includes SO-IL, Ron Arad and Beatie Wolfe
Benedict Hobson | 20 April 2020 Leave a comment
Week two of Virtual Design Festival features an architecture photography festival, a celebration of Earth Day, interviews with SO-IL and Ron Arad and a live music performance by Beatie Wolfe. Here's what's coming up this week.
Further details will be added as we confirm them. Click here for the full schedule of everything taking place between 15 April and June 30, including links to things that have already happened. See last week's highlights. All times are UK times.
Monday 20 April // VDF x MAAT
Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) takes over VDF for the day, presenting three exclusive videos about the Beeline installation by SO-IL and the accompanying exhibition Currents – Temporary Architectures by SO-IL, plus a live interview with SO-IL founders Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu.
11:00am Exclusive premiere of video about SO-IL's Beeline installation
1:00pm Premiere of a documentary about MAAT's Currents exhibition about SO-IL
2:00pm Live interview with SO-IL and MAAT executive director Beatrice Leanza
4:00pm Sneak peek of the Currents exhibition of SO-IL's temporary work
Tuesday 21 April // VDF x Zoomed In
We team up with new architecture photography festival Zoomed In for a series of talks and screenings celebrating architecture's image-makers.
11:00am Photographing infrastructure panel discussion
2:00pm Talk about the human landscape in architecture
5:00pm Panel discussion on images and the media
7:00pm Screening by View Pictures
Wednesday 22 April //VDF x The World Around x Earth Day
The World Around curates a celebration of Earth Day on Dezeen. The World Around founder Beatrice Galilee will host a series of interviews with architects and visionaries working on environmental issues around the world.
More details: theworldaround.com
Thursday 23 April // VDF x Ron Arad
Ron Arad will present a digital version of an exhibition called DFWTM (top image) that was due to be held at OTI gallery in Los Angeles, but which has been cancelled due to coronavirus. More details TBC.
Friday 24 April //VDF x Beatie Wolfe
Beatie Wolfe, who has been described as a "musical weirdo and visionary," shares her music and artworks with VDF, and will conduct a live interview and performance. More details TBC.
