Design often adds value or desirability to an object. When we add technology to design, it often implies that something becomes easier or empowers us to do things that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to. But the act of designing technologies can also be an act of (sometimes political) critique, for instance by experimenting with partly provocative and absurd solutions to tricky problems.
In the course “Design as a critical practice” master’s students from Aarhus University have done this; in this exhibition you can explore their design projects. In this hands-on exhibition you will encounter physical prototypes under the theme “Post-Factual Design 2027”. The exhibition will question what role technologies could have in society in 2027, and speculate on which social, cultural and political challenges that might bring. The design projects speculate on diverse complex issues such as: pixels and surveillance, mental illness and self-diagnosis, genetic engineering, technological rituals, and navigating public spaces.
Led by PhD student Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard and associate professor Lone Koefoed Hansen, Aarhus University, the students will be available to tell you more about how we might understand design as a critical practice enabling discussions on present and future societal issues that most people often find it hard to participate in.
Come join us at our exhibition opening Thursday 15:00-17:00 at Torvet, DOKK1.
Organizers:
Nikolaj Christian Mikkelsen
Anne-Sofie Udsen
Sebastian Højholm
Arne Knutinge-Kaas
Mads Møller Larsen
Julie Marie Mikkelsen
Bjarke Vognstrup Fog
Thomas Pedersen
Jonas Lund Petersen
Marie Naja Lauritzen
Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard
Lone Koefoed Hansen
Danish and English