DIS-COURSE operates as an independent research platform connecting international universities, artists, architects, and theorists. We bypass traditional institutional gatekeeping through open-access symposia, public keynotes, and permanent digital archives.
Our broadcasts serve as live public rehearsals of new ideas across visual culture and spatial theory, uniting academic centers with an active global public.
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Next Broadcast: Synthetic Media
Scheduled for October 24 at 18:00 GMT. Panel featuring international visual culture theorists on machine agency in contemporary art.
Keynote 001: Algorithmic Urbanism
Live broadcast commencing on the 11th October 2026. Dr. Elena Rostova (Zurich Institute of Spatial Theory) presents new research on computational spatial architectures.
Upcoming Keynotes
Post-Photographic Memory
Professor Marcus Thorne (Royal College of Art) examines AI-generated archives and the destabilization of historical photography in contemporary visual culture.
Structural Tensions in Architecture
Architectural theorist Ana Silva (ETH Zürich) presents new research on raw concrete materiality, structural memory, and urban climate adaptation.
Featured Archival Broadcast: 'Monolithic Forms and Digital Ephemerality' by Prof. Jean-Luc Moreau. Open access video recording and full transcript now available.