Damjan Kokalevski
Damjan Kokalevski is postdoctoral associate at the Architekturmuseum der TUM in Munich, leading the Digital Archive. His doctoral dissertation “Performing the Archive: Skopje. From the Ruins of the City of the Future,” completed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 2018, investigates the neglect of the architectural knowledge gained during the rebuilding of Skopje following the 1963 earthquake, focusing on the United Nations’ involvement in the process. He contributed to the exhibition “Metabolism: The City of the Future” at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2012), curated the exhibition “Performative Archive: Skopje, Discussing Urban Reconstruction” with gta Exhibitions Zurich (2014), and co-curated “Living With Water: Southern Fringe of Ljubljana” at the Museum of Architecture and Design, MAO Ljubljana (2018), and “Unfolding Cities. The Photobook as Archive” at AFF Gallery Berlin (2021). He is the author of the book “Skopje Walkie Talkie” together with Susanne Hefti, published by Spector Books in 2019, the editorial assistant of “The Industrious City. Urban Industry in the Digital Age”, together with Hosoya Schaefer Architects Zurich, published by Lars Müller Publishers in 2021, and the co-editor of the “Future Architecture Book” published by MAO Ljubljana 2021. Working as an architect, curator, writer, and activist led him to co-found City Creative Network, a citizen initiative and an urban research center in Skopje. In 2015 together with a group of students, they realized the project “Nautilus Construct: Building an Open Stage for Skopje” as a reaction to the recent nationalistic remaking of the city center. As a frequent collaborator on architectural projects, he most recently co-designed “Komitet”, an LGBTQI+ community center in Skopje, as a donation, and the urban concept for “Prespa Forum for Political Dialogue” located at the shores of Prespa Lake near the North Macedonia-Greece border.
His recent thematic interest lies in a critical recontextualizing of architectural and technological histories by examining their digital futures and devising intersectional frameworks for ‘making things visible’.
Ringvorlesung vom 28.06.2022: