Architempo /~ alok b. nandi design.architempo.net

See you may be at the following:

- 05 sept. 2010 - speaking at TEDxFlanders @ The Zoo, Antwerp, launch of Foodmood -http://www.tedxflanders.be/node/176

- 21 sept. 2010 - Pecha Kucha Night  Vol. 14 @ Recyclart, Brussels - Design September http://pechakucha.architempo.net/

- 30 sept. 2010 - opening design exhibition “Belgique des Autres” @ Architecture Flagey, Brussels - http://www.civa.be/sub/01_1_show.asp?agid=63

- 09 oct. 2010 - Ignite special Photo @ CC J. Franck, Brussels - http://www.ignite.architempo.net

- 11 oct. 2010 - Nuit de la Radio, Scam @ Bozar Brussels - http://www.scam.fr

- 15 oct. 2010 - speaking at “400 goûts”, Reims School of Art & Design - http://www.esad-reims.fr/blog/category/2.html

- 21 oct. 2010 - Pecha Kucha Night Interieur 2010 @ Kortrijk, Belgium - http://pechakucha.architempo.net/

- 28 oct. 2010 - opening design exhibition “Multiple Plan” @ Ruhr 2010, red dot design museum, Essen, Germany - http://www.wbdm.be/fr/actions/exposition-multiple-plan-design-crossroads-in-belgium.html

- 10 nov. 2010 - Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 15 @ CIVA - http://pechakucha.architempo.net/

This July 18th, Pecha Kucha Brussels will have artists fm Belgium perform in a special Pecha Kucha at Theâtre des Doms. If you are around, see you at 23h00, in this off pgm of the Avignon Festival.
For the Avignon Festival, check Les Doms
For the next Pecha Kucha in Brussels, check Pecha Kucha Night Brussels

June 16th had in Paris its 10th evening on Radio. Good to see how it went and great it was.
Busy preparing the Brussels one for Oct. 11th, 2010 -
Save the date.

“Les oreilles ont des murs à la Scam ! Un voyage au coeur de la censure.
Festival, Radio, Rencontre | Le mercredi 16 juin
à la Scam
Guy Seligmann, président de la Scam
Mathieu Gallet, président-directeur général de l’Ina
Pierre Bouteiller, président de la commission des oeuvres sonores de la Scam
sont heureux de vous convier à
* la Nuit de la Radio

Fidèle à sa liberté de ton, la Nuit de la Radio (10 ans déjà !) vous propose un voyage au coeur de la censure.
Des archives sonores de l’Ina s’élèvent des voix politiques, culturelles, artistiques…
Elles dessinent le portrait robot du Censeur, des années 1940 à nos jours. Une description forcément imparfaite, ce brave homme sachant montrer, selon les époques, un visage changeant…
Clair et net, il interrompt une retransmission.
Teigneux, il brouille les ondes.
Insidieux, il exile ou interdit une parution.
Soupçonneux, il incite à l’auto-censure.

Une heure et demie de pépites sonores à écouter sans modération.

Une soirée Scam / Ina avec le soutien de Radio France”

Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 13 took place on May 6th 2010, opening of Humane Cities Festival.

The speakers in Bozar Brussels were :

_ Brigitte Grouwels - Minister, Transportation and Mobility a.o., Brussels Region
_ Sergio Honorez - Editorial Director, Editions Dupuis, radio chronicler, …
_ François Jégou - Designer, SDS, an ideal Human City
_ Avi Laiser - Architect - AL/Arch, Tel Aviv
_ Emmanuel Lambion - B-1010 the 20th Brussels Borough
_ Ezio Manzini - Social Innovation and Sustainability, Politecnico di Milano
_ Anna Michalska - Visual Artist
_ Alexander Muspratt-Williams - Bespoke Bollywood
_ Josep Ma Serra - Santa & Cole, Barcelona
_ Antoine Tshitungu Kongolo - Congo BD Strip
_ BUUR, Bureau voor Urbanism, Leuven
_ Esquisse Commune - Ecole d’Architecture Horta La Cambre ULB
_ Evelyne Huytebroeck - Minister, Environment and Energy, Brussels Region
was represented by her advisers Catherine Fierens and Mathieu Berger

For the programme of the festival, check Human Cities Festival
For the next Pecha Kucha in Brussels, check Pecha Kucha Night Brussels

Alok Nandi will be speaking at the INHA conference set by Sens Public.

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL (INHA) - LE NUMÉRIQUE ÉDITORIAL ET SA GOUVERNANCE : ENTRE SAVOIRS ET POUVOIRS (28-30 AVRIL) / INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - DIGITAL PUBLISHING AND ITS GOVERNANCE : BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND POWER (APRIL, 28-30TH)

L’enjeu principal du colloque sera d’envisager le numérique comme sujet des sciences humaines et sociales. Comment le numérique façonne-t-il les pratiques ? Quels modèles économiques pourra-t-on appliquer à leur éditorialisation ? Comment penser la gouvernance des institutions culturelles numériques ?

The main challenge of the conference will be to consider the digital as subject matter for the humanities and social sciences. How does digital practice reshape art, humanities and social sciences ? What business models will support the new dissemination of knowledge and open access to data ? How does the digital reconfigure the governance and management of the cultural infrastructure ?

More on the Sens Public - INHA Conference / Colloque website.

Volcano Ash Chaos resulted in burning time which was already flying.

March 19th saw the 12th Pecha Kucha Brussels, in partnership with architecture students Box L, of Horta Architecture School.

Last week of March, Esquisse Commune, a one-week seminar by Horat Architecture School students, took place in Brussels City center - the best group will present at Pecha Kucha Vol. 13, on May 6th in Bozar.

Alok Nandi and Giovanna Massoni are selected to set the design exhibition “Multiple Plan” for end October at Red Dot Design Museum, in Essen, as part of the Ruhr European Cultural Capital activities, as well as in the programme of the EU Belgian Presidency. More soon.

April will be busy with a “non-conference” on Design Household Energy Practices, organised by ULB and Strategic Design Scenarios. The Tempocode software (an Ecocode & Architempo collaboration) will power the “conversations” in the workshop.

Alok Nandi is invited to speak on April 29th at Paris INHA (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art), in the Sens Public conference.

Brussels was on the map of the Global Ignite Week on March 3, 2010, in association with Campustalks at VUB, organised by Crosstalks. This was Ignite #02. The next Ignite is taking place on March 15th, with the exhibition opening of 1001 Brains, as part of the Brain Week.

The Hors-Pistes Festival is taking place in Paris, at the Centre Pompidou.
Alok Nandi is amongst the speakers, for a conversation about “food design”, on February 20th, at 17:00.

More on the Hors-Pistes 2010 website.

Conversation autour du food design d’Alok Nandi




Si le « design » permet la « transformation des conditions existantes en de meilleures » (Herbert Simon), la « cuisine » est un terrain approprié, et le « food design » un domaine fascinant d’exploration des goûts. 

Cuisiner et consommer sont des actes conceptuels, physiques, « expérientiels », qui demandent réflexion, qui souhaitent digestion. Cette intervention permet de voyager dans des « foodscapes », afin de révéler des attitudes design, en travaillant les « sept » goûts capitaux, dans un monde en globalisation, nous dit-on. 

Ces conversations, autour du « food design » au sens large, offrent au public l’occasion de découvrir le mystère des goûts, le travail des chefs, les mécaniques de la fabrique culinaire, l’exploration des saveurs, le voyage des épices…

The Flemish Primitives is taking place in Brugge and its second edition will gather 1200 persons, exploring themes related to food, cuisine, seasons, … Alok Nandi is amongst the guests, speaking about cuisine and India and design and taste and shape.

More on the event is on the The Flemish Primitives -

The Ignite series is launched this February 4th 2010 in Brussels, in partnership with Vrak Festival, performing arts looking at young creation. Ignite will be thematic while Pecha Kucha Brussels is working with transdisciplinarity.

The list of speakers for this first Volume is on the Ignite Brussels page - Please note that it takes place in French and registration in managed by the Festival.

About the young creation in Brussels : Vrak Festival Brussels