Lecture: In Our “Extreme Present” Time

Taken from The Age of Earthquakes (Blue Rider Press): Trevor Yeung, Laughing Tears.

In Our Time is an architecture and design lecture series presenting the best thinkers, makers, and builders of today.

Shumon Basar, co-author of The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present is joined by architect Keller Easterling and writer Kari Rittenbach.

Discussion hosted by Hrag Vartanian, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic.

This lecture is made possible by William Pordy M.D.

Presented in collaboration with Hyperallergic.

Shumon Basar is a writer, thinker, and cultural critic. He is co-author of The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present with Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Penguin/Blue Rider, March 2015). His edited books include Translated By, Cities from Zero, and Hans Ulrich Obrist: Interviews, Volume 2. He is Commissioner of the Global Art Forum in Dubai, editor-at-large of Tank magazine and contributing editor of Bidoun magazine, director of the FORMAT program at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, and an advisor to Miuccia Prada and the Fondazione Prada, Milan.

This event is part of MetFridays: New York’s Night Out.

Assistive listening devices are available.

Title: Lecture: In Our “Extreme Present” Time
Type: Lecture
Website: http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-speaks/free-lectures/in-our-time-basar
Organizers: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
From: November 13, 2015 06:00 PM
Until: November 13, 2015 07:30 PM
Venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Address: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA