Observational Practices Lab

Archive as Method:
Radical Records of Nature
Transdisciplinary Studio Class Fall 23

UTNS 5143 Critical StudioSelena Kimball & Pascal GlissmannWednesday 9:55-10:45pm Field notes, cyanotypes, sound recordings, frottage, virtual simulations—the history of observing and…

Practices of Observation

Publication 2022

The class “Practices of Observation” is part of the University Lecture Program that instigates a transdisciplinary dialogue across graduate programs…

Atlas of Looking at Water

Fall 2021

LOOKING AT WATER: Conversations with artists and scientists Observational Practices Lab @ Parsons The New School University, New York City…

Field School:
Dig Where You Stand
May 24—29th, 2021

Field School: Dig Where You Stand is a collaboration between the Observational Practices Lab, Parsons, and the Laboratory for Art…

Atlas of
Everyday Objects
In the age of global social Isolation

— #objectsofmyisolation The Atlas of Everyday Objects (Social Media Aggregation) @Instagram | @facebook | @twitter —

Archive of
Observation Scores
since 2017

Ways of seeing everyday objects anew. A transdisciplinary approach to unlearn what we think we know.

OBJECT AMERICA
Online Publication
since 2018

As a response to recent changes in the political landscape, the lab initiated the research project OBJECT AMERICA

Museum of Capitalism
Artifact Drive
Oct 4, 2019

On Friday October 4th, as a part of the 100 year anniversary Festival of the New celebration at The New…

New School University
Fellowship
2019-2021

Co-Directors of the Observational Practices Lab join inaugural cohort of New School University Fellows.

Field School Berlin

Dec 16-22 2019

A site-based approach to interdisciplinary research, we will engage Berlin as a living laboratory and the subject of critical and…

Practices of Observation

Publication

The class “Practices of Observation” is part of the University Lecture Program that instigates a transdisciplinary exchange across graduate

OBJECT AMERICA lecture at “Global Control” in Riga
September 2018

Hybrid war, fake-news, post-trough, surveillance, immersion and artificial intelligence – these are just a few of critical

OPL at Cumulus Conference in Paris
April 2018

The Observational Practices Lab will present OBJECT AMERICA at the Cumulus peer-reviewed conference in Paris in April.

OBJECT AMERICA @ “Beyond Change” in Basel
March 2018

The Observational Practices Lab will present OBJECT AMERICA at the peer-reviewed conference “Beyond Change” in Basel.

OBJECT AMERICA workshop in Berlin
February 6, 2018

This is the lab’s first workshop situated outside of the US. As an experimental Berlin-based satellite, it serves a platform…

OBJECT AMERICA III
Public Talks
December 1, 2017

Observation through the Speculation. Parsons School of Design, New York Panelists: Anuja Bagul, Benjamin Rubin,

OBJECT AMERICA II
Public Talks
November 3, 2017

Observation through Specialized Instruments. Parsons School of Design, New York Panelists: Sumita Chakravarty, Lisa George, Victoria Hattam, Roarke Menzies, Mara…

OBJECT AMERICA I
Workshop @The New School
October 13/14, 2017

Observation through the Senses. “But what sort of sense is constitutive of this everydayness? Surely this sense includes much that…

OBJECT AMERICA I
Public Talks
October 13, 2017

Observation through the Senses. Parsons School of Design, New York Panelists: Michael J. Barany, Cindi Katz, Fernando Kawai, M.D., Katie…

Talking About Seeing — Publication
May 12, 2017

The documentation of the Symposium “Talking About Seeing” is now available. The publication combines a transcript of the panel discussion…

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