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Winter 2023-24

Technological Practice as Riyaz



How do we explore technology as a form of cultural practice through the conceptual lens of Riyaz? For us at SEA, Riyaz is a systematic way of practicing a form of art or craft with a long term commitment to not just learning it but also advancing the self and the form of practice in the process. It involves routine, discipline, engagements, isolation, diligence, play, repetitiveness and experimentation, through which one arrives at and struggles with the longue durée questions. As a practice–a technological practice, be it in architecture, music, sculpture, or engineering, riyaz involves a rhythmic engagement with the self, the technological matter (body, mud, brick, textile, strings, concrete) as well as the world within which the practice is located and towards which it is addressed.

This winter cycle SEA Conversations aims to explore technological practice or techne as riyaz. We ask: In riyaz, how does one engage with matter (molding, sculpting, weaving, screwing, ramming, kneading), which is not just material but also emotions, experiences, memories, histories, dreams and desires? What kinds of rhythms are devised between the practitioner, the matter, and the world in this practice of engagement? What kinds of routines, repetitions, and intensities constitute these rhythms?  How does the material and the immaterial, shape the process and the rhythms? What kinds of asymmetries, imperfections, and unexpectedness emerge in this process? And what role do they play? How does the larger world, including the fields of art and architectural practices, within which the practice is located shape the riyaz? And lastly, how does the conceptual lens of techne as riyaz allow us to rethink the given notions of technology in the field of architectural practice and pedagogy? We explore these questions  through conversations with six invited practitioners who have been working with different mediums across different geographies.

speakers 2024

Jan 05     Neha Kudchadkar 
Jan 19     Sankalpa Sankalpa*
Feb 02     Afra Eisma
Feb 23     Sagarika Suri*
Mar 08     Asim Waqif*  <<
Mar 22    
Priyanka Narula

*sessions on campus
session 5

Woven Morphologies


by Priyanka Narula


on Friday, 22 March 2024
at 5:30 pm IST
Zoom Link

Narula believes that weaving is not only an art form, but also a way for material interaction and integration. It is a way of life and means of craft, but also a means to explore structural capabilities. Weaving can produce a small basket, as much as a building envelope. In this talk, Priyanka Narula interrogates woven morphologies via means of  craft, communities, material, scale of application and sustainability.


about

Priyanka Narula is the founder of ‘The Wicker Story’ - a research-driven design studio with an ongoing exploration of the Indian craft of weaving, founded in 2018. Based in Hyderabad, India, the Studio is known for its expansive art installations, inventive fabrications, sculptures and furniture that have trailblazed a new design language for cane and rattan craft in India.


A SEA City Initiative.

ANNUAL WEEK AT SEA


2024

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Exhibition
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FABULATIONS
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14 FEB 1600 HRS
Graduates’ Forum
IN SEARCH OF PRACTICE
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Architects’ Roundtable COMMONING ARCHITECTURE
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17 FEB 0930 HRS
International Conference
DEVISING ARCHITECTURE, AMIDST ENTANGLEMENTS AND EXIGENCIES
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