“ON ENCHANTMENT”

LECTURE BY IAN ERICKSON

@ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY

FOR THE 2023 CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE “BOOKSCAPES” CURATED BY MARYA KANAKIS

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A lecture performance by DISC’s founding editor-in-chief, Ian Erickson, on the past, present, and future of his enchantment with printed matter. Ben Denzer joined as a remote interlocutor, connecting digitally to two receipt printers that output a continuous 32-foot ribbon of thermal paper as his “live footnote” commentary on the lecture in real-time.





ISSUE 2.0 “INTIMACY”

LA LAUNCH PARTY @ MATERIALS & APPLICATIONS

DESIGNED BY OFFICE PARTY

“Commissioned by DISC, Office Party was invited to develop a pair of events to celebrate the launch of the publication’s second issue centered around the theme of intimacy. The two events, one hosted in New York City and the other in Los Angeles, explore opposing models of intimacy unique to two common party environments: the dance and the dinner party. The respectively loud and quiet spaces of each gathering calibrate the terms of interpersonal engagement—how close do you need to be to speak with someone, what kind of body language is appropriate, what can other people see you do, and what can slide unnoticed, masked by the distractions of the party.”



ISSUE 2.0 “INTIMACY”

NYC LAUNCH PARTY @ BUNGEE SPACE

DESIGNED BY OFFICE PARTY

DJ @PIZZANOBONE
“Commissioned by DISC, Office Party was invited to develop a pair of events to celebrate the launch of the publication’s second issue centered around the theme of intimacy. The two events, one hosted in New York City and the other in Los Angeles, explore opposing models of intimacy unique to two common party environments: the dance and the dinner party. The respectively loud and quiet spaces of each gathering calibrate the terms of interpersonal engagement—how close do you need to be to speak with someone, what kind of body language is appropriate, what can other people see you do, and what can slide unnoticed, masked by the distractions of the party.”