Planet B // PROGRAM

September 2022

Sept 19 – 23
Ignored Technology Workshop
A workshop with architects Veronika Miškovičová (UMPRUM) and Adam Hejduk (Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna)
More information HERE.

October 2022

Oct 3, 9am – 1pm (TCM UMPRUM, room 406)
Kick-Off Session
A lecture covering the thematic, conceptual and methodological foundation of the semester

Oct 3, 6.30pm (main building UMPRUM, room 115)
Zuzana Harmáčková (environmental researcher, Global Change Research Institute, CAS / Stockholm Resilience Center)
A lecture about the way environmental studies deal with uncertainty and distant time horizons

Oct 6, 10am – 12pm (Hybernská)
Edvard Sequens (environmentalist and activist, Calla), Lenka Frýbortová (nuclear physics researcher, Czech Technical University), Markéta Dohnálková (geologist, Radioactive Waste Repository Authority)
A discussion about the current issues of nuclear energy (as part of the speculative design festival Uroboros)

Oct 6, 1 – 3pm (Kasárna Karlín)
Kirsi Hakio & Tuuli Mattelmäki (designers, Aalto University)
A workshop on the personal dimension of change (as part of the speculative design festival Uroboros)

Oct 10, 2pm – 5pm (online)
MC Abbott (designer and urban planner, Harvard Graduate School of Design)
A workshop dedicated to teamwork and to the structuring of a creative process

FRIDAY Oct 14, 4 – 6pm (online)
Oct 17, 3 – 5pm (online)
Nicolay Boyadjiev (architect, Berggruen Institute / IAAC Barcelona / IKEA / formerly Strelka Institute)
A workshop on transdisciplinary research in artistic and design practice (online)

Oct 17, 6.30pm (main building UMPRUM, room 115)
Hana Janečková (curator / researcher, AVU / FAMU)
A lecture on toxic contingencies
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/509699900623136

WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY Oct 19 – 21
A field trip to the former uranium mine and research center for nuclear energy in Rožná and to the area of Horka where a permanent depository of nuclear waste may be constructed in the future

Oct 27, 9am – 2pm (online)
A symposium with artists and designers on the topic of transdisciplinary research in art and design in relation to the theme "Toxic Futures" (Lenka Veselá, Vojtěch Radakulan, Hana Komanová and Karolína Žižková, Giulia Faccin a Jitka Králová, Agnes Villette and others)
join here: https://teams.microsoft.com/_?culture=cs-cz&country=CZ&lm=deeplink&lmsrc=homePageWeb&cmpid=WebSignIn#/scheduling-form/?eventId=AAMkADNlMTNjZTliLTg1OGItNGM5NS05YzM2LTZiMzU4ZDE1YTM3MABGAAAAAAAcZ2c_70AAQIoe0LS3-o93BwCC76vmeTjnRqiWJB8SkJvUAAAAAAENAACC76vmeTjnRqiWJB8SkJvUAAATFl4NAAA%3D&conversationId=19:GFx3T8fRhyUrLS2ZtVFoNvD2XJrOGmAFPcyXNGYAz2k1@thread.tacv2&opener=0&providerType=1&navCtx=channel

November 2022

WEDNESDAY Nov 2, 6.30pm (main building UMPRUM, room 115)
Fernando Cremades (researchers and architects, MediaLab Matadero Madrid)
A lecture on radioactivity and the possibilities of decontamination beyond confinement
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1091580145057411

THURSDAY + FRIDAY Nov 3 – 4 (TCM Mikulandská, room 406)
Eduardo Castillo Vinuesa + Fernando Cremades (researchers and architects, MediaLab Matadero Madrid)
A workshop on the deployment of radiotrophic fungi in the environments affected by radiation

Nov 14, 9am – 4pm (TCM Mikulandská, room 406)
Internal Presentations of Research Trajectories

Nov 28, 6.30pm (online)
John Palmesino (architect, Territorial Agency / Architectural Association – School of Architecture)
A lecture on the “Sensible Zone”, a dramatically evolving thin layer of 200m below and 200m above sea level where complex processes regulating life on land take place

December 2022

Dec 5, 9am – 4pm (TCM Mikulandská, Cinema)
A symposium with artists and designers on the application of sustainability principles in various scales, from products to cities and landscapes (or from material research to public administration) (TBA)

Dec 15, 9am – 4pm (TCM Mikulandská, room 406)
Roundtable Presentations of Work in Progress (with invited guests)

When not specified, Mondays and Thursdays (9 – 4pm) are dedicated to teamwork, peer reviews, consultations with coordinators or guests and other impromptu activities. Additional activities and events will be announced.

Students are advised to sign up for related classes at UMPRUM such as:

• Mikrobiopolitické občanství (Michaela Pixová)
• Produktová ekologie (Vladimír Kočí)

• Současná teorie a metodologie designu (Klára Peloušková)