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'The knowledge of impermanence that haunts our days is their very fragrance.'听鈥� Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus: Part Two, XXVII听

鈥楤ecoming鈥� represents the inevitability of transience 鈥� what the Germans call 痴别谤驳盲苍驳濒颈肠丑办别颈迟. It exists in the space between change and flow, between vanitas and futility, between Buddhist impermanence (anitya) and the 鈥榝eeling of things鈥� of Japanese aesthetics (mono no aware). This idea extends to performance art, appearing in both artistic and philosophical manifestations as the concept of the 鈥榥ow鈥�, or 鈥榥ow-ness鈥�.听

As it attracts and frustrates, due to the difficulty of defining the true nature of time, the concept of 鈥榥ow鈥� and/or 鈥榥ow-ness鈥� takes on elusive, provocative and fruitful connotations. It has crossed cultures and civilisations, people and places, and countless interpretations have been proposed to unveil and reveal. For example, the nature of the relationship between being and time, or more recently, with 鈥榩resent-ness鈥� 鈥� a kind of fleeting sense of reality. This concept has crossed and informed movements such as Impressionism and the Japanese Ukiyo-e.听

Join The Bartlett School of Architecture for a series of presentations and a roundtable event as we consider what is the 鈥榥ow鈥� for architects today. Speakers will explore various notions of time, ranging from flowing time (chronos), to transcendent time (aion), to the qualitative aspect of time (kairos). How do we, as architects and designers, relate to the actuality of our experiences of the world? How does architecture present itself as an agent for change, anticipation or cure? How can designing, building and intervening in today鈥檚 environment resonate with our anthropogenic habitats and cities? And how does this align with our experience of the present and future?听听

Please note this event is first-come, first-served and is limited capacity.听

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• Charlotte Skene Catling: Architect, author and co-founder of Skene Catling de la Pe帽a
• Jonathan Wolff: Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, Oxford University
• Petar Bojani膰: Professor of Philosophy, University of Belgrade and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Kh艒rein Journal
• Andrea Canclini: Lecturer, Lancaster University and editorial board member of Kh艒rein Journal听
• Lidia Gasperoni: Associate Professor and Co-Director of Design, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL听
• Stelios Giamarelos:鈥疉ssociate Professor, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL听
• Aya Jazaierly: Lecturer, Loughborough University and Member of Kh艒rein Journal Editorial Board听听
• Mpho Matsipa: Associate Professor and Co-Director of Spatial Justice, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
• 听Sne啪ana Vesni膰: Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade and听Co-Editor-in-Chief of Kh艒rein Journal 听

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Image:听Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden, Stainless steel spheres in听Tadao Ando's Benesse House Museum, Valley Gallery in Naoshima, Japan. Photograph by听Aya Jazaierly