The third edition of Utrecht Manifest

The third edition of Utrecht Manifest, UM 2009, is intended to draw attention to the question of how and where the social is produced today: not thematically, but by approaching the cultural models of which biennials are usually composed, such as the museum exhibition, the educational project, the model of the real intervention, and even the communication trajectory, primarily as social models that each raise the question of what the need and urgency of social design is.

The result of this method is that each part of the programme is specific instead of being illustrative, so that the perspective on the social emerges from the model itself. This makes it interesting for visitors to visit the whole biennial. Instead of only seeing one part, in each part they are offered a completely separate answer to a specific question and can thus experience the complexity and even the contradictions of social design. Each section has a parallel programme of its own consisting of films and videos, temporary and improvised presentations, meetings in the form of dinners or teas, and more regular lectures and debates.

UM 2009 consists of five projects

NOW ON SHOW:
User’s Manual: The Grand Domestic Revolution
A one-year real experiment in which the private space is the starting point for questions on the social in relation to the residents, the neighbours, the neighbourhood and the city. In Casco House, p/a Bemuurde Weerd OZ 18B, Utrecht (04.10.2009-03.10.2010)

ENDED:
Unresolved Matters: Social Utopias Revisited
Revisiting the shaping of the social since the 20th century. In Centraal Museum, Nicolaaskerkhof 10, Utrecht (04.10.2009-14.02.2010)

Urgent Methods: Design Education Examined
An exploration of design teaching in the Netherlands in several sharply contrasting views of the discipline. In Jongeriusvilla, Kanaalweg 64, Utrecht
(04.10.209-15.11.2009)

United Minds: Hoograven Invites You!
Analyses and visualisations of the urban area Hoograven that challenge visitors to join in thinking about social design and urban development. In De Pastoe Fabriek, Rotsoord 3, Utrecht (04.10-08.11.2009)

Unforeseen Magic
Central location of UM 2009 with activities centred on the question: What is social design? In CM Studio, Agnietenstraat 2, Utrecht (04.10.2009-18.10.2009)