Unidentified Facility was part of the Cumulus conference Design Culture(s) | Cumulus Roma 2021. Cumulus is a global association to serve art and design education and research. Aligned with the vision of Cumulus Association and its commitment for sharing design knowledge and practices in a global and multidisciplinary perspective, Sapienza University of Rome will host the Annual Cumulus conference with the aim to house and to foster the international debate on the current cultural, social, and economic challenges in design. In particular, the conference is calling designers, academics and experts to tackle the relationship between Design and Culture, with the purpose of valorizing interdisciplinarity and diversity in Cumulus community.
The working title of the Conference is “Design Culture(s)” and it is aimed to map the most advanced research and education in design, by reflecting on the idea of design as a form of culture, while drawing its field and opening to new directions. Unidentified Facility was part of track REVOLUTION and presented during online round table presentations and took part in the conference exhibition in the Museo dell’Arte Classica in Rome.
UFO shared the Drift film and project State of Unsettlement set up with Anne Vaandrager and Lisa Mandemaker on practice engaging in the political matter of Brexit. These projects format are essential in practice to create space for engagement, build thought and bridges on human matter that design is engaged in. As Unidentified Facility we took part to speak further on the importance of new methods for investigation.
https://cumulusroma2020.org
State of Unsettlement - project by Lisa Mandemaker, Anne Vaandrager and Judith van den Boom
DRIFT In search of Practice - project by Fabrizio Cocchiarella and Judith van den Boom, film development by IDIDTHISFILM