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Statu(t)e
of liberty. Spatial location as a blueprint of evil
Marcus Miessen
Origin: Static Issue 01
Content: PDF
“This piece of writing attempts to understand
the relationship between space and “evil acts”. It
raises the question of how far spatial conditions have influenced
and continue to affect conscious violations of Human Rights. A
few years into the 21st century, decreasing public belief in political
decision-making has made way for an overbearing universal ethics
of mediated truisms. Post 9/11 in particular, one can trace an
increasing habit of politicians to convert the mise-en-scene and
tools of spatial planning in order to create microclimates, which
do not obey any legal framework. There is evidence ...”
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Contributor:
Markus Miessen (1978) [AADipl(Hons) BArch] is a
frequent contributor to magazines across Europe, editor of the
forthcoming publication Did Someone say Participate?
(MIT Press / Revolver, 2006), and the author of Spaces
of Uncertainty (with Cupers,Verlag Müller+Busmann,
2002). A writer, researcher and architect, he acts as a spatial
consultant to the newly initiated European Kunsthalle under the
directorship of Nicolaus Schafhausen and runs the Research Design
consultancy BURROW with Matthew L Murphy.
Grown up in Bonn, he studied at Glasgow School
of Art and graduated from the Architectural Association with Honours.
He has exhibited internationally, most recently at Raumpioniere
and Urban Drift, Berlin, and the Rotterdam Biennale. In 2004,
he was unit master at the Architectural Association Summer School.
His forthcoming publication, concerned with alternative spatial
practice, will form part of the 25th anniversary show at AEDES
Berlin (Find the Gap – new heads and
paths in German architecture). Markus is currently a visiting
critic at several universities across Europe. He lives and works
in London.
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