Privacy in Ephemeral Borders

Royal Danish Academy - Center for Interior Studies  and Center for Privacy Studies at Copenhagen University are inviting you to join a seminar. The seminar will focus on the dynamics of temporary urban art and architecture, to explore how ephemeral representations—such as façade painting and textile construction—impact personal expression and public engagement. 

Discover how historically temporary façades and city edges like rivers serve as vibrant platforms for diverse media and performances, mediating tensions between public and private realms. 

The speakers, Alexis Culotta, Anna House, and Solmaz Sadeghi will share their research from painted façades in Renascence Venice and Rome to London’s Frost Fairs on the Thames. 

Targeted at interdisciplinary students and scholars, the event emphasizes the significance of temporality for sustainable societal and artistic rebuilding. It aims to integrate historical insights into contemporary discussions on the coexistence of publicness and privacy. For more details, please see here.

Speakers

• Alexis Culotta, Professor of Practice, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University 
• Anna House: Associate Professor, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina
• Solmaz Sadeghi: Marie-Curie Fellow,  Royal Danish Academy - Institute of Architecture and Design

Programme

14:00     Welcome and Introduction on PRIVACY by Mette Birkedal Bruun (Director of PRIVACY)
14:20     Proto-Individuality on the Thames by Solmaz Sadeghi 
14:40     Public Facing, Private Meaning by Alexis Culotta 
15:00     Painting in the Streets by Anna House (online presentation)
15:20     Questions & Discussion
15:40     Event Wrap-Up by Peter Thule Kristensen (Core Scholar at PRIVACY) 
16:00     Wine Reception

Registration: Please send an email to mrp@teol.ku.dk