Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is proud to present the Urban Field Speakers Series.
Alessandro Petti
with Sara Graham
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 PM
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 124
Toronto
Alessandro Petti is an artist, architect and scholar based in Bethlehem who examines the re-use, re-inhabitation and subversion of colonial structures. For his participation in the Urban Field Speakers Series, he speaks about Decolonizing Architecture, a collaborative research project that explores the problems and potentiality associated with the reuse of Israeli colonial architecture after Israeli occupation and settlers’ evacuations. The event is moderated by artist Sara Graham.
About Alessandro Petti
Alessandro Petti is a professor at the Bard/Al-Quds University in Abu Dis-Jerusalem, where he serves as co-director of CAMP (Centre for Architecture Media and Politics). He is also director of the collaborative architectural research office, decolonizing.ps, and a research fellow at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of the books Future Archaeology (2009) and Archipelagos and Enclaves (2007). His recent essays include “Dubai Offshore Urbanism” in Heterotopia and the City (2008), “Temporary Zones: Alternative Spaces or Territories of Social-spatial Control?” in Post-it City (2008), and “Asymmetries of the Globalized Space” in The Impossible Prison (2008). He co-curated various research projects on the contemporary urban condition, including Borderdevices (2002–07), Stateless Nation (with Sandi Hilal, 2002–07), and Uncertain States of Europe (with Multiplicity, 2001–03), and exhibited in various museums and biennales, including the 11th International Istanbul Biennale (2009). His projects have been published in national and international newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Il Manifesto, Al Ayyam, Al- Quds, Art Forum and Archis. He is currently working on a research project titled Atlas of Decolonization.
About Sara Graham
Sara Graham is an artist living in Toronto. Her interest is in the philosophical, practical and political aspects of the design and depiction of cities and city systems through urban and suburban cartographies and topologies. She has upcoming exhibitions at MKG127 (Toronto), Museum London (London, Ontario), and MOCCA (Toronto).
About the Urban Field Speakers Series
Programmed by Janine Marchessault and Scott McLeod and presented by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
The Urban Field Speakers Series centres on the role of art in transforming the experience of the city. Through lectures, audio-visual presentations and discussions, it explores how creative practices can help improve the quality of urban life and planning in Toronto and around the world. This series of monthly events brings together an array of international and local participants, including artists, architects, curators, designers and scholars, who are working at the intersections of technology, communications and aesthetics. Reflecting a broad range of perspectives and practices, the events build upon each other to inspire dialogue on the role of the city in art, and art in the city. Upcoming speakers include Ou Ning and Saskia Sassen. For more information, please visit.
Ticket Sales
Series passes are available in advance or at the door. Tickets to single events are available only at the door, with ticket sales beginning thirty minutes in advance of the event. Seating is limited and guaranteed to sell out, so be sure to arrive early.
Series Passes
$20 Prefix Photo subscribers, students & seniors
$30 Regular
Single Events
$7 Prefix Photo subscribers, students & seniors
$10 Regular
For purchases, press inquiries or to schedule an interview with the speakers, please contact Tamara Toledo, Public Programs Manager, at:
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 124
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5V 3A8
T 416.591.0357
F 416.591.0358
E info@prefix.ca
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Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is a registered charitable organization that fosters the appreciation and understanding of contemporary photography, media and digital arts through exhibitions, publications and related activities. For the presentation of the Urban Field Speakers Series, Prefix gratefully acknowledges the support of its staff, volunteers and patrons, as well as its Official Catering Sponsor à la Carte Kitchen and its Official Hotel Sponsor the Sutton Place Hotel. Prefix also acknowledges the assistance of the Jackman Foundation, the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.
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