MIRRORING EFFECTS book launch (edited by Marc Angelil and Cary Siress)

Marc Angélil and Cary Siress in conversation with Hans Frei and Something Fantastic CONCEPT AND REALISATION Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planning Prof. Milica Topalovic & Prof. Marc Angélil, ETH Zürich Department of Architecture The event is part of the lecture series SESSIONS ON TERRITORY—URBANISM AND THE ANTHROPOCENE SESSION ON TERRITORY is a series of public debates on the political economy of architecture and territory. Focusing on how the epoch of the Anthropocene reframes our conceptions of the urban and shapes new ecologies, the seminar’s objective is to unravel contemporary forces at work in the formation of the built and natural environment. Every intervention by a guest speaker is followed by a panel discussion with invited respondents. The Sessions on Territory are a collaboration between the professorships of Marc Angelil and Milica Topalovic. Please find all lectures here: https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/projec... 06.05.2019 MIRRORING EFFECTS BOOK LAUNCH Marc Angelil and Cary Siress in conversation with Hans Frei and Something Fantastic Mirroring Effects: Tales of Territory, written by Marc Angélil and Cary Siress, investigates political and economic practices concerning environment-making in the contemporary world. The presented case studies unfold as real-life tales chronicling mutually reinforcing processes that bind urbanization to capitalism. Taken together, the tales narrate the ongoing restructuration of built and lived spaces in diverse regions of the Global North and Global South, charting the course of capital-led development in settings such as Addis Ababa, Mumbai, Cairo, São Paulo, Berlin, Paris, and Shanghai. The stories told, if casually overheard, could just as easily be misconstrued as the stuff of incredible fables. But real they are.