[PLEASE NOTE: This program is now SOLD OUT!]

On Wednesday 4 December 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht proudly presents a lecture by Distinguished Professor David Harvey. The lecture focuses on the theory and practice of Urban Front, a transnational urban consultancy co-founded by Harvey and Associate Professor Miguel Robles-Durán.

Urban Front, launched during the Chicago Architecture Biennial in 2019, is made up of independent associates around the world. The network provides trans-disciplinary research support, tactical directions, and critical advice to diverse governments and organizations aiming to confront the contradictions of neoliberal urbanization and to develop new visions for the well-being of its citizens. In his lecture, Harvey addresses the theoretical proposition of Urban Front and opens a discussion on new forms of institutional practice within the neoliberal condition.

This lecture is part of a two-day program with Urban Front (David Harvey and Miguel Robles-Durán), taking place at BAK on 4 and 5 December 2019 as part of Trainings for the Not-Yet (14 September 2019–12 January 2020). The program includes two additional events on Thursday 5 December 2019: a training, Disrupting Neoliberal Urban Governance: New Organizational Forms for the Immediate Future, during the day (14.00–19.00 hrs) and a panel discussion Urban Practices and the Future of the City on Urban Front’s practice in the evening (19.30–21.00 hrs).

On David Harvey

David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Geography and Anthropology at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York. He works in the fields of anthropology, geography, Marxist studies, political-economy, urban studies, and cultural studies. For decades, Harvey has been dedicated to the production and transfer of critical knowledge: his online lectures on Marx’s Capital and his co-produced animation on the crisis of capitalism are widely popular. He has published 26 books, many of them influential pieces in the humanities, social sciences as well as art and design. Harvey lives and works in New York.

Tickets:

€10 regular/€7,50 student discount

Solidarity tickets: BAK provides solidarity tickets for those who would otherwise not be able to attend. These tickets provide free entry. If this applies to you, please choose the option Solidarity Ticket in Eventbrite.

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Image: Urban Front: Auditing Illegal Red Carpets in Barcelona’s Fira Montjuïc, 2019 Custom electronics, documentary film. Commissioned by the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Photo: Miguel Robles-Duran