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Markus Miessen 170531 Centre for Research Architecture Goldsmiths College / University of London PhD Title: Crossbenching Subtitle: Towards a proactive mode of participation as a Critical Spatial Practice Author: Markus Miessen Upgrade Jurors: Prof. Dr. Andrea Phillips Dr. Andy Lowe Final Examiners: Prof. Dr. Adrian Lahoud Dr. Marko Daniel Mentor: Prof. Dr. Eyal Weizman May 2017 Declaration I, Markus Miessen, declare that this dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing, which is the outcome of work done in collaboration except as declared in the text. Information derived from the published and unpublished work of others has been acknowledged in the text and a list of references is given in the bibliography. It is not substantially the same as any that I have submitted, or, is being concurrently submitted for a degree or other qualification at Goldsmiths College or any other University or similar institution. Markus Miessen, Berlin, May 2017 2 Acknowledgements Firstly I would like to thank Eyal Weizman, who – beyond being a continuous source of inspiration and mentor – has provided invaluable and on-going support and supervision throughout my PhD. I would also like to thank Keller Easterling, who – especially during the early phase of my research – acted as sparring partner and feedback loop, which I greatly appreciated. Particular thanks must go to the ground-control team at Goldsmiths, mostly to Susan Schuppli and Joanne Dodd, who always kept things under control. A very special thanks goes to all contributors of the four books, which I have submitted as part of my PhD. Amongst them, Chantal Mouffe and Eyal Weizman have been continuous conversation partners regarding my thoughts, ideas, and writing, be it within the remit of the PhD research, or outside of it, and deserve special mention. Regarding the reading of my work, I am particularly indebted to Patricia Reed, who has been fantastically critical in the most productive way imaginable, while being a lot of fun to spend time with. I would especially like to thank Nikolaus Hirsch for continuous and highly appreciated advice as well as being a great friend and partner in crime. I am indebted to all of those people that took time out to meet me, discuss ideas, and develop new angles on my work. Throughout my PhD I have developed a really supportive international network of friends, peers and colleagues, whom I would like to thanks for their support over the years: Stefano Boeri, Tom McCarthy, Erhard Eppler, Andrea Phillips, Shumon Basar, Celine Condorelli, Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vriesendorp, Carlos Villanueva Brandt, Olafur Eliasson, Alenka Suhadolnik, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Katherine Carl, Johanna Billing, Armin Linke, Wilfried Kühn, Peter Sloterdijk, Fulya Erdemci, Sunny Rahbar, Douglas Coupland, Sally Tallant, RoseLee Goldberg, Barbara Steiner, Stephan Trüby, Franz von Stauffenberg, April Lamm, Tirdad Zolghadr, Alexander Kluge, Josef Bierbichler, Christoph Schlingensief, Martin Wuttke, Mihnea Mircan, Sören Grammel, Adam Budak, Oren Lieberman, Hou Hanru, Felix Vogel, Bryan Boyer, Dorothee Richter, Friedrich von Borries, Emiliano Gandolfi, Aaron Levy, Can Altay, Alessandro 3 Petti, Bettina Pousttchi, Andre Buchmann, Elke aus dem Moore, Kyong Park, Ashkan Sepahvand, Vincent Normand, Ingeborg Lüscher, Una Szeemann, Zahra Ali Baba, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Vanessa Joan Müller, Nina Köller, Philipp Misselwitz, Paul Shepheard, Liam Gillick, Karl Schlögel, Terence Koh, International Festival, McKenzie Wark, Francesco Careri & Stalker, Crimson Architectural Historians, Edwin Heathcote, Zdenka Badovinac, Eda Cufer, IRWIN, Viktor Misiano, Erzen Shkololli, Nedko Solakov, Kazys Varnelis, Sislej Xhafa, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Martin Tröndle, Philipp Oswalt, Tobias Rapp, Paul Davies, Paddy Ashdown, Shamim Momin, Orchard, Ayzit Bostan, Lynne Cooke, Christoph Keller, and Taryn Simon. During the development of my PhD, several institutions and indivuals offered greatly appreciated help and support in regard to creating social situations in which ideas could be tested and discussed in public: Chantal Mouffe and the Democracy Club (London); Eyal Weizman at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths (London); Mohsen Mostafavi at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA); Mark Cousins at the London Consortium (London); Roemer van Toorn at the Berlage Institute (Rotterdam); Brett Steele at the Architectural Association (London); David Graham Shane, Felicity Scott and Mark Wasiuta at Columbia University (New York); Teddy Cruz and the Political Equator team (San Diego/ Tijuana); Kristina Podesva at Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Vancouver); Ute Meta Bauer at MIT (Cambridge, MA); Adi Shamir at Van Alen Institute (New York); Sarah Herda at the Graham Foundation (Chicago); Melanie O’Brian at Artspeak (Vancouver); Arno van Roosmalen and Jane Huldman at Stroom (The Hague); Bart Witte and Luc Janssens at Expodium (Utrecht); Binna Choi at Casco (Utrecht); Camille Louis at Le 104 Centquatre (Paris); Deborah Hauptmann and Warren Neidich at the TU Delft; Tim Rieniets at the ETH (Zurich); Stefano de Martino and Bart Lootsma at the University of Innsbruck; Huib Haye van der Werf at NAi (Rotterdam); Annick Kleizen at Museum De Paviljoens (Almere); Michael Krichman at inSITE (Tijuana); Markus Bogensberger and Vilja Popovic at Haus der Architektur (Graz); Gianni Jetzer at the Swiss Institute (New York); Michael Shamiyeh at DOM Research Laboratory (Linz); Carin Kuoni at the New School, Vera List Center for Arts 4 and Politics (New York); Joshua Decter at Roski School of Fine Arts (Los Angeles); Jesko Fezer at ZHdK (Zurich); BAVO at Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht); Renate Ferro at Cornell (Ithaca, NY); Suzanne Lacy at Otis (Los Angeles); and the Strelka Institute, Moscow. As described in my PhD, during the research phase, I have worked closely with book publishers as well as other producers of contemporary printed and non-printed matter as sounding boards for my ideas and work. I am particularly thankful to Cynthia Davidson and Tina Di Carlo at LOG Journal (New York); Tim Griffin and Michelle Kuo at Artforum (New York); Alessio Ascari and Chiara Costa at Kaleidoscope (Milan); Jörg Koch at 032c (Berlin); Monica Narula, Sarai, and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (Delhi); Jeff Khonsary, Kristina Podesva, Antonia Hirsch and Amy Zion at Fillip journal (Vancouver); Max Andrews and Mariana Canepa Luna at Latitudes (Barcelona); Max Dax at Spex (Berlin); Pelin Tan at Muhtelif (Istanbul); Stephanie White at On Site (Calgary); Pedro Gadanho at Beyond (Amsterdam); Carmella Jacoby Volk at Block (Tel Aviv); Roger Conover at MIT Press (Cambridge); Felix Burrichter at Pin-Up (New York); Vanessa Joan Müller at Beton Brut (Düsseldorf); Chiara Figone at Archive Journal (Berlin/Turin); Eva Munz at Der Zeit (Berlin); Julia Grosse at TAZ Die Tageszeitung (Berlin); Cao Fei at People’s Monthly (Beijing); Aurélien Gillier at FaceB (Paris); Fabrizio Gallanti at Abitare (Milan); Joseph Grima at Domus (Milan); Arjen Oosterman at Volume/Archis (Amsterdam); Beatrice Galilee at Icon (London); Nina Rappaport at Yale Constructs (New Haven); Lisa Farjam and Negar Azimi at Bidoun (New York); Jesko Fezer at AnArchitektur (Berlin); Renate Ferro and Tim Murray at Rhizome (New York); Anthony Barnett at openDemocracy (London); Georg Schöllhammer at Documenta Magazine online Journal (Kassel); Nikolaus Kuhnert and Anh-Linh Ngo at archplus (Berlin); James Westcott at Art Review (London); Christian Höller at Springerin (Vienna); Christoph Laimer at Derive (Vienna); Michele Robecchi at Contemporary (London); Xerxes Cook and Shumon Basar at Tank (London); Veronika Leiner at Eurozine (Vienna); sexymachinery at sexymachinery (London); Paolo Priolo at Klat (Milan). 5 I would also like to thank Caroline Schneider of Sternberg Press for being an exceptionally supportive, long-term publisher; Matthew Evans for being an incredibly thorough, knowledgeable, forthcoming, and sincere editor; and Tatjana Günthner and Melinda Braathen for keeping the world in order. Thanks also to Tom Lamberty at Merve Verlag, Chiara Figone at Archive Books, Ethel Baraona Pohl and César Reyes Nájera at dpr editorial, Semih Sökmen at Metis Kitap, and Hu Fang at Vitamin Creative Space, Bogna Świątkowska at Bęc Zmiana Foundation, Edgar Jager at Editie Leesmagazijn, as well as Justin McGuirk at Strelka Press. Throughout the several publication projects along the development-path of this work, several designers have supported me in a challenging and exciting manner: thanks to Zak Kyes and Grégory Ambos for continually surprising me. I am very thankful for the early support and collaboration with Åbäke, who, right from the beginning of the “Participation project” set the pace for an unorthodox visual language of the project. Thanks to Metahaven and Matthias Görlich for knowing how to turn content into form. I would like to thank my family, first and foremost my parents, who have always been a great source of inspiration, generous supporters, and have allowed me to be where I am today; my daughter, Milly, for being the little sunshine in my life even during difficult times. My final thanks go to Lena, my partner, who I met during a very difficult part of my life. She has always been a great source of support, stability, and unconditional love. And to our little boys Lino & Jona – who have enriched our life ever since they arrived in this world and have brought along a fantastic family life that I do not want to miss. 6 Abstract Welcome to Harmonistan!
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