The Knight’s Move: Joris Landman (in Amsterdam)

Woensdag 23 november 2016, 20 uur
(deuren open: 19.30 uur)
Locatie: De Nieuwe Anita, Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, Amsterdam
Voertaal: Engels
Moderator: Sietske Roorda
www.theknightsmove.nl

On the surface the teapot seems to be a functional object. However, since the 1950s it has come to symbolise the precarious balance between reality and belief. In his article "Is there a God?", thinker and scientist Bertrand Russell famously compared the belief in God to the belief in a teapot orbiting the sun. Russell used the teapot to approach the reasoning behind agnosticism and atheism. If it is impossible to disprove the claim, therefore it must be true?

The image of a Celestial Teapot has since moved from literature to online visual canon, jumping through culture in unexpected and often entertaining ways. For his lecture, graphic designer Joris Landman will specifically be speaking about his own Celestial Teapot Project in which he traces the trajectory of this iconic teapot, and you will see some of the new and unexpected meanings that the teapot archetype has acquired over the past decades.

Joris Landman is a graphic designer and co-founder of Harris Blondman. In various collaborations, he works on projects and research in the fields of art and design, with a focus on digital media and culture. With his projects, Landman investigates how individuals and communities store meaning, identity, and knowledge in stories, images, and technology.

LINKS
www.jorislandman.com
www.harrisblondman.nl

The Knight's Move
The Knight's Move is een serie ontmoetingen met toonaangevende, inspirerende en soms ontregelende internationale gasten. Voor iedereen die zich bezig houdt met de toekomst van de stad en Den Haag in het bijzonder. Verhelderend, verontrustend en inspirerend. Zoals het paard - the knight - zich grillig over het schaakbord beweegt, over lopers, koningen en torens heen springend, zo wil Stroom het gesprek over de stad vanuit onverwachte posities nieuwe impulsen geven.

The Knight's Move is een initiatief van Stroom Den Haag en wordt dit jaar georganiseerd in samenwerking met The Hague International Center for Civic Hacks, het Nationale Toneel & Babel en LAPS Amsterdam en wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door het Haagse Bluf Fonds (via Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds) en Gemeente Den Haag.

Overzicht lezingen The Knight's Move 2009-heden

Joris Landman