Energy as Form - A Daring Investigation at the Forefront of World Energy Issues
- Architectural Association School partners Venice to launch new initiative -

PRESS CALL

10:00-13:00hrs, Friday 5 June 2009. The Bauer Hotel, San Marco 1459, 30124 Venice

10:30hrs: Official launch and presentation by Brett Steele, Director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and Stefano Rabolli Pansera, Curator, Energy as Form

In the presence of On. Stefano Saglia, Undersecretary for Energy, Italy, On. Massimo Cacciari, Mayor of Venice, Luana Zanella, Deputy Major for Cultural Production Venice, Giuseppe Caccia, City Councelor Venice and Pieralvise Zorzi

Energy as Form is a ‘creative laboratory’ engaging a variety of disciplines including art, architecture and science, to address one of the world’s most pressing issues. Led by by Stefano Rabolli Pansera, its focus on the theme of global energy derives from the urgency with which the issue has been raised in political, economic and cultural debates but not in architectural ones. It demonstrates the AA School’s commitment to leading rather than reacting to contemporary world challenges (full brief attached).

Interview Opportunities:


# Brett Steele, Director, AA School on his incredible vision for the AA School - his belief in architecture as profession, culture and form of human enquiry and the way in which the School is working in a radical way on cross-disciplinary collaborations to really set the agenda for major issues
#

Stefano Rabolli Pansera, Curator on Energy as Form – a groundbreaking series of workshops, installations, exhibitions, discussions and debates over the next two years with internationally renowned collaborators from the fields of art, architecture and science