Oase #114 2023 Modernism and Sonja Lau

and Sonja Lau

iconic photographs of people holding up signs with written personal confessions or thoughts – entitled Signs That Say What You Want Them to Say and Not Signs That Say What Someone Else Wants You to Say (1992–93) – to her latest video Bully (2010) in which the roles of victims and perpetrators

Deutsche & Japaner (Germany)

groups and norms

Oase #114 2023 Modernism and Sonja LauDespite climate catastrophes, increasing inequality and growing geopolitical instability, architecture remains stubbornly optimistic about the future. More than this: it usually sees itself as the discipline best capable of showing society a way out of disaster. Optimism seems to be a genuine strategy that strongly shapes architectural and urban design practice. We can hardly imagine a different and hopefully better built future if we are not