[architecture] in the age of [digital] reproduction

“The Making of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin is a pivotal essay in the history of visual arts. His question of art in the 20th Century as original object was instrumental to a palpable modernist movement. Similarly, the position of [ARCHITECTURE] in the age of [DIGITAL] reproduction creates opportunities for the evolving practice of architecture. This conference seeks design projects and papers that explore technology as a medium of change. What and how is technology being used in architecture as object/space? Does the use of technology challenge our notions of authorship? Can artists and architects collaborate using technology as a material for making? Keynote Speakers: Bill Massie, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Ken Kaplan and Ted Kruger, Columbia University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Conference Co-Chairs: Erik M. Hemingway, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Allison Warren, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign https://www.acsa-arch.org/conferences/08WCFallConf.aspx