The Order of Time

Physicist Carlo Rovelli reminds us that there is no future or past in physics. Everything understood remains ever-present. The Order of Time speaks to this understanding of time(s) as something situated and relational, examining world-building of infinite resolutions from the subatomic to the cosmological. Everything you see is your own invention.

The lecture will explore the complex relationships that necessitate examining our world through a deeper understanding of relationality. Through bridging art, science and technology an attempt will be made to explore the forces that construct our understanding of the world as something shared and collective. The conceptual apparatus of quantum physics and the algorithmic structuring of life will feature as models for participatory strategies of how we can explore more adaptive and inclusive models for our built environment. Believing that everyone should influence, and no one should control - the approach rejects the finite nature of the master plan and blueprint. Building on the work of Yona Friedman, Carlo Rovelli, and John Conway an attempt will be made to reveal the underpinning of the ordering of space, constructing our evolving relationships through direct experiential discovery that gives us agency and a deeper understanding of and in our world.

The lecture will conclude with a tour of the exhibition in the main gallery of the Architectural Association.

The Order of Time is an exhibition by Stephen and Theodore Spyropoulos. The exhibition was originally commissioned as part of an exhibition that celebrated the life and work of Yona Friedman and is produced by Le Quadrilatère - Centre d’art de Beauvais, the Centre National Edition Art Image (CNEAI=) and the Frac Grand Large - Hauts-de-France in partnership with Idem + Arts and the Frac Picardie from the CNEA Yona Friedman Foundation. The exhibition is conceived by curators and museum directors Sylvie Boulanger, Keren Detton, Lucy Hofbauer and Marianne Friedman-Polonsky. We are grateful to Lucy Hofbauer for the commission to explore the synergetic aspects of our work with the seminal figure of Yona Friedman.

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