Virtual Design Festival week two includes SO-IL, Ron Arad and Beatie Wolfe
Week two of Virtual Design Festival features an architecture photography festival, a celebration of Earth Day, interviews with SO-IL and Ron Arad and a live music performance by Beatie Wolfe. Here's what's coming up this week.
Click here for the full schedule of everything taking place between 15 April and June 30, or view weekly previews here. See last week's highlights. All times are UK times.
Monday 20 April
VDF x MAAT
Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) takes over VDF for the day, presenting three exclusive videos about the Beeline installation by SO-IL and the accompanying exhibition Currents – Temporary Architectures by SO-IL, plus a live interview with SO-IL founders Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu.
11:00am Exclusive video about SO-IL's Beeline installation
1:00pm Premiere of SO-IL documentary
2:00pm Live interview with SO-IL
4:00pm Video about SO-IL's Currents exhibition
Tuesday 21 April
VDF x Zoomed In
We team up with new architecture photography festival Zoomed In for a series of talks and screenings celebrating architecture's image-makers.
11:00am Photographing infrastructure panel discussion
2:00pm Talk about the human landscape in architecture
5:00pm Panel discussion on images and the media
7:00pm Screening by View Pictures
Wednesday 22 April
VDF x The World Around x Earth Day
The World Around curates a celebration of Earth Day on Dezeen. The World Around founder Beatrice Galilee will host a series of interviews with architects and visionaries working on environmental issues around the world.
1:00pm Live interview with The World Around curator Beatrice Galilee
2:00pm Broadcast of part one of the symposium, titled Rethink
4:00pm Broadcast of part two of the symposium, titled Reimagine
6:00pm Design Earth interview by Carson Chan
7:00pm Earth Day illustrations by Mona Chalabi
8:00pm Broadcast of part three of the symposium, titled Recreate
9:30pm Premiere of The Transscalar Architecture of COVID-19 short film
Watch all the talks here.
More details: theworldaround.com
Thursday 23 April
VDF x Ron Arad
Ron Arad will present a digital version of an exhibition called DFWTM (top image) that was due to be held at OTI gallery in Los Angeles, but which has been cancelled due to coronavirus.
11:00am Premiere of Arad's short movie about DFWTM
2:00pm Live interview
VDF x Terreform One
In a live discussion taking place at 5:00pm, Mitch Joachim of non-profit architect Terreform One brings together authors Eran Chen of ODA, Julia Watson and Paul Miller AKA DJ Spooky to discuss their new books and how they address sustainability in a post-covid world.
5:00pm Live discussion and book launch
Friday 24 April
VDF x Beatie Wolfe
Beatie Wolfe, who has been described as a "musical weirdo and visionary," shares her music and artworks with VDF, and will conduct a live interview and performance.
11:00am Online premiere of Orange Juice for the Ears documentary
1:00pm Exclusive preview of Red to Green, an environmental protest piece
3:00pm Essay on the power of music
5:00pm Live interview and performance