Tom Gauld
iPSA maintains regular discussions on topics of mutual interest. These spin–off to stand–alone projects involving research, conferencing, and work with other groups. Topics reflect the members’ scholarly and clinical interests as well as their involvement in architectural practice and teaching. Projects normally follow the three–part schMOOZ design of (1) sessions for free discussion, (2) session(s) with invited critics, and (3) formal conferences open to the public where presentations and papers are made available before sessions to allow maximum time for discussion. All projects aim to add to the group’s archive of published essays, interviews, and videos. schMOOZ conference materials can for the basis for a special theme issue of Pysche Extended, iPSA’s on-line journal, or a book project.
current projects
TWENTY QUESTIONS. In this impromptu survey aimed at architecture educators and educatees (students), the game of “twenty questions” solicits our pedagogical colleagues to construct a raw list of that might point to new directions in iPSA theorizing, zooming, and publishing.
THE BOOK THE BOOK. The question has been, up to now, “What Do You Want to Know about Architecture but Are Afraid to Ask Lacan?” Now, after successful zooms on such topics as the imaginary and alethosphere, iPSA is in the position to turn the tables and ask “What Is It You Want to Know about Lacan but Were Afraid to Ask Architecture?” This book proposal invites iPSAistas and friends to contribute to a book aimed to join the family of Lacan scholarship published by Palgrave Macmillan.
LACAN & CASSIRER. Angie Voela, organizer. Group: Francesco Proto, Don Kunze, Berrin Terim. Prospective guest speakers: Chris Bell, Antoine Mooij, Donald Phillip Verene.
ZUMTHOR’S THERME VALS. Francesco Proto (Producer), narrated by Tim Martin (YouTube video).
THE STENDHAL SYNDROME. Don Kunze, investigator. Kōan Jeff Baysa, MD, Claudio Sgarbi, et alia
MAGIC+ARCHITECTURE (PROPOSED). An invitation to a three-part zoom on magic’s extensive overlaps with architecture.
PSYCHIC COMICS (PROPOSED). Francesco Proto, Don Kunze, Susan Squire (?), et alia; how comic strip logic intersects with psychoanalysis. Krazy Kat, Tom Gauld, and more to Marvel at!
SHADOW CONFERENCES (PROPOSED). For Magic+Architecture session, chaired by Prof. Thomas Mical, main feature at The Seventh International Meeting of the EAHN, 2022, in Madrid, 15-19 June 2022; ALSO: Clinic/Culture Conference, Duquesne University, Prof. Derek Hook, Director (Fall 2022).