Date: August 8th 2008

The Permanent Temporary City
Nader Vossoughian

Sunday August 10, 6pm
at common room 2

Please join us for us for a talk by Nader Vossoughian, the final installment of Universal Fittings Ltd. (Fresh lemonade and cucumber sandwiches will be served).

Nader Vossoughian (nvossoug@gmail.com) is a curator, critic and theorist whose research interests center on the relationship between politics, architecture and the city. He studied philosophy, cultural studies and German literature at Berkeley, Swarthmore, and the Humboldt University (Berlin) before receiving his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture from Columbia University. His articles have appeared in Bidoun, Metropolis, Design Issues, Volume, the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Architect's Newspaper, and Transnational Associations. He has recently contributed essays to Boyd Rayward (ed.) "European Modernism and the Information Society", Elisabeth Nemeth, et. al. (eds.) "Otto Neurath's Economic Writings", and Iris Meder (ed.) "Josef Frank 1885-1967 – Eine Moderne der Unordnung." His curatorial credits include "Urban Disobedience: The Work of Santiago Cirugeda," and "After Neurath: The Global Polis," the latter of which took place at Stroom den Haag earlier this year. His first book, "Otto Neurath: The Language of the Global Polis," was recently released by NAi Publishers (Rotterdam). Currently, he is a lecturer at the Museum of Modern Art and an assistant professor of architecture at the New York Institute of Technology.

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This talk is taking place as part of Universal Fittings Ltd in conjunction with the exhibition Universal fittings by Rey Akdogan at common room 2.

Universal fittings is a print project by Rey Akdogan that features a selection of propositions for the lobby space at 465 Grand Street/common room 2. Each Sunday during the months of July and August Universal Fittings Ltd will be located at 465 Grand Street and is proud to invite you to a series of performances, talks and screenings.

July 6, 8pm: Rachel Mason - The Last Days of Saddam Hussein
July 13, 8pm: Craig Buckley - Screening: Alain Resnais: My American Uncle (1980)
July 20, 2pm: Alex Kitnick - Putting our heads together
July 27, 6pm: Meredith TenHoor - Vacuum Suction Conveyance, part 1
August 3, 2pm: Eric Anglès - open edition 2N7
August 10, 6pm: Nader Vossoughian - The Permanent Temporary City

at common room 2
June 29 - August 15, 2008

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common room 2
465 Grand Street - rear lobby
New York, NY 10002
tel.: 212.358.8605
www.common-room.net

open hours: mon-fri 9am - 6pm
or by appointment

Directions:
Take F train to East Broadway stop. Exit at rear of platform if coming downtown or front of platform if coming from Brooklyn. Walk East on East Broadway just past Pitt Street. Use Rear Entrance on East Broadway.

Map link:
http://www.onnyturf.com/subway/?address=465+Grand+St,+New+York,+NY+10002

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common room
465 grand street 4c
new york, ny 10002

t: 212.358.8605
f: 212.358.8609

www.common-room.net