PROVISIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Traumnovelle // Brussels

Visualizing post-covid possibilities.

Offered as a parallel investigation into the themes developed by contributors to Provisions: Observing and Archiving Covid-19, “Provisional Advertisements” investigates the politics of architecture. This series of images aims to highlight the oxymorons behind architecture’s social narratives by setting up dual readings through referenced architectural imagery and impactful statements. Each image deconstructs some of the field’s self-righteous beliefs and untold shortcomings.

Inspired by THE GREAT AWARENESS by Andres Colmenares

Inspired by PLAYING YOUR COLLECTIVE POLITICAL POSITION by Bianca Wylie

Inspired by INDIGENOMICS by Carol Anne Hilton

Inspired by SITOPIA Carolyn Steel

Inspired by RADICALIZING CARE Elke Krasny

Inspired by A NEW ERA OF SOCIAL IMAGINATION by Hans Ulrich Obrist

Inspired by IT’S TIME TO REDRAW THE WORLD by Jennifer Cutbill

Inspired by FOOD SYSTEMS by Johnny Drain

Inspired by LEST WE FORGET by Kanika Verma & Shrashtant Patara

Inspired by BLIZZARD CONDITIONS by Kaviq Kaluraq

Inspired by TRANSFORMATIONAL SLOWNESS by Lori Brown

Inspired by SURVEILLANCE AS INFRASTRUCTURE by Matthew Shafer

Inspired by MUSICAL GATHERINGS by Naomi Woo

Inspired by THE ESSENTIAL GENDERED LENS by Nicole Kalms & Gill Matthewson

Inspired by THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY by Sascha Hastings

Inspired by INSTITUTIONAL REASON / LIMITATION by Sean McDonald

Inspired by THE SUSPENDED AND THE WEEPING by Xiaowei Wang

Author Bio:

Traumnovelle is a militant faction founded by three Belgian architects: Leone Drapeaud, Manuel Leon Fanjul, and Johnny Leya. Traumnovelle uses architecture and fiction as analytical, critical, and subversive tools to emphasize contemporary issues and dissect their resolutions. Traumnovelle alternates between cynicism and enthusiasm all the while advocating for critical thinking in architecture. Traumnovelle champions a multi-disciplinary approach with architecture at the crossroads. Traumnovelle distances itself from current forms of naive architecture and refuses to glorify the mundane. Traumnovelle sides with those who have not sacrificed ambition and criticism.