Markus Miessen

Markus Miessen (born in Bonn, 1978) is a German architect and writer.

Miessen received his bachelors degree from the Glasgow School of Art (BArch), continuing his studies at the Architectural Association in London (AADiplHons) and at the London Consortium (MRes).[1] His PhD was completed at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths (London) in 2015 under the supervision of Eyal Weizman.[2]

From 2011 to 2016 Miessen held the position of Distinguished Professor in Practice at the University of Southern California, USC (Los Angeles).[3] Other teaching positions include Stiftungsprofessur at the Städelschule (Frankfurt 2011-2013), guest professor at HEAD (Geneva), visiting professor at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (Karlsruhe) at the Berlage Institute (Rotterdam), and Unit Master at the Architectural Association (London 2004-2008).[4] The Winter School Middle East was initiated by Miessen in 2008.[5] He became a Harvard GSD Fellow in 2010.[6]

Work

Studio Miessen was founded in London in 2005 and has been based in Berlin since 2008,[7] working on architectural and spatial design projects in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.[8][9][10] The studio has worked with institutional clients and collaborators such as Art Basel (Switzerland), Art Sonje Center (South Korea), b-05 Art & Cultural Centre (Germany), e-flux (USA), Government of Slovenia, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Germany), the Serpentine Gallery (UK), Witte de With (The Netherlands), Weltkulturen Museum (Germany), Institute of Modern Art (Australia), Kunstverein in Hamburg (Germany), Biennials such as the Gwangju Biennale (2011), Performa (2009, 2011, 2013), Sydney Biennial (2016), Berlin Biennale (2016), Venice Biennale (2013), Istanbul Biennale (2014) and artists such as Hito Steyerl, Dénes Farkas, Liam Gillick, Flaka Haliti, Slater Bradley and Stefanos Tsivopoulos.[11][12]

In 2006 Miessen and Hans Ulrich Obrist founded the Brutally Early Club.,[13][14] conducting conversational, salon-type meetings in post-public spaces at 6:30 AM in originally in London and later in Berlin, New York City and Paris. [15]

Markus Miessen has authored books such as ‘‘Crossbenching’’ (2016, Sternberg Press),[16] and ‘‘The Nightmare of Participation’’ (2010, Sternberg Press).[17]

In collaboration with Nikolaus Hirsch, Markus Miessen initiated and edits the ‘‘Critical Spatial Practice’’ book series at Sternberg Press,[18] publishing contributors including Keller Easterling, Beatriz Colomina, Chantal Mouffe, Eyal Weizman, Felicity Scott, Metahaven, Armin Linke, Trevor Paglen, Rabih Mroué and Jill Magid.[19][20]

Miessen has worked as a consultant to the Government of Slovenia during their presidency of the EU Council, The European Kunsthalle (Cologne), the Dutch Foundation for Art and Public Domain (SKOR) (Amsterdam), the Serpentine Gallery (London), the European Commission and the Kosova National Art Gallery.[21]

Selected Books

References

  1. ↑ "Crossbenching – Interview with Markus Miessen". Common Journal für Kunst & Öffentlichkeit.
  2. ↑ "Markus Miessen Back to the future #30". Klat Magazine.
  3. ↑ ""Werdet politischer, Architekten!"". Der Standard.
  4. ↑ "News from the Architectural Association" (PDF). ISSUE 4/SUMMER 2007.
  5. ↑ "Re: Participation -Markus Miessen and David Goldenberg". Fillip 10 — Fall 2009.
  6. ↑ "Trend zum vollen Haus". taz.de.
  7. ↑ "Markus Miessen". DLD Conference.
  8. ↑ "Studio Miessen-19 Hours at the Kiosk". Haus der Kulturen der Welt.
  9. ↑ "Performa Hub by nOffice". dezeen magazine.
  10. ↑ "Markus Miessen". Biennale of Sydney.
  11. ↑ "The Dilemma of Instrumentalization(or: From which Position is one talking?)" (PDF). tarynsimon.com.
  12. ↑ "AUSSTELLUNGSERÖFFNUNG, „STEALTH ARCHITECTURE", 7. Februar 2013, 19 Uhr/ 7th February 2013, 7 pm". Weltkulturen Museum.
  13. ↑ "Join the Brutally Early Club". Paddle8.
  14. ↑ "Obrist and Miessen at the Brutally Early Club". Ecole Du Magasin.
  15. ↑ "Brutally Early Club". brutallyearlyclub.org.
  16. ↑ "Markus Miessen Back to the future #30". Markus Miessen: Crossbenching.
  17. ↑ "Albtraum Partizipation". Zeit Online.
  18. ↑ "Podiumsdiskussion 02.07 Critical Spatial Practice – Nikolaus Hirsch, Markus Miessen und Eyal Weizman im Gespräch". Hamburger Architektur Sommer 2015.
  19. ↑ "Beyond the Nostalgia of Political Spatial Practice". ment Journal.
  20. ↑ "SUNDAY SESSIONS hosted by Nikolaus Hirsch & Markus Miessen in collaboration with PIN-UP magazine". MoMA PS1.
  21. ↑ "Markus Miessen: The Uninvited Outsider". Rupert.

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