Ballardian

Geoff Manaugh of BLDGBLOG fame is giving a lecture tonight at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, home of the innovative built-environment module, Unit 15, led by Nic Clear and Simon Kennedy. I’m sure Ballard will pop up somewhere in Geoff’s talk. Not only have I previously interviewed Geoff about the intersections between JGB and architectural practice, but I’ve also noted Nic and Simon’s current Unit 15 program here on the site.

The U15 program is called ‘Crash: Architectures of the Near Future’ and for me it’s a bit of a wet dream come true, given that it aims to ” ‘research ’synthetic space’, that is spaces that exist as hybrids of the ‘actual’ and the ‘virtual’, by examining speculative, narrative architectures, based on the work of the writer J G Ballard.”

PS: A selection of short films made by Nic, Simon and other Bartlett staff and students is now available online. I presume these are a result of the course, but in any case they are unreservedly recommended.