Dark Blueprints at Columbia

Dark Lab Presents

An Activation by Invitation of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

Avery Hall (Wood Auditorium - Lower Level)

October 11, 2023, New York, NY

2:00-5:30pm

Columbia Architecture and Professor Mpho Matsipa invited the Dark Laboratory and Professor Tao Leigh Goffe to activate an afternoon of multi-sensorial experiences as part of the course “Questions of Architecture, Form and Representation.” Dark Lab responded by expanding on Dark Blueprints as a concept explored in the academic article “Dirge: Black and Indigenous Hemispheric Burial.” Celebrating the duality of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the context of Black Lives Matter, participants will create new critical blueprints for spatial knowledge that activates the senses of taste and hearing.

The activation will include an opening lecture, a sound bath, workshops on fermentation, and breakout group discussions. Dark Blueprints will conclude with a closing reception of food and music pairings.