This program covers a symposium, Yona Friedman: Simple, Protean, and Spontaneous, on the work of the prominent Hungarian French architect and artist held in conjunction with the exhibition Yona Friedman: About Cities on view at New York's The Drawing Center from February 24 to April 7, 2007. In this recording from February 27, 2007 artists and architects examine Friedman's influence on subsequent generations of architects, urban planners, and artists through a discussion of their own work and the fields of drawing and architecture today.


Panelists on Panel I:

Lisa Metcalf -- Acting Executive Director of The Drawing Center (introduction)

Katherine Carl -- curator of Yona Friedman: About Cities, Curator of Contemporary Exhibitions at The Drawing Center (2005-2006), co-founder of School of Missing Studies and Link: A Critical Journal on the Arts in Baltimore and the World (moderator)

Caitlin Masley -- New York-based artist

Michael Rakowitz -- artist, Associate Professor in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University

Nina Rappaport -- architectural critic, curator, educator, Publications Editor at Yale School of Architecture


Panelists on Panel II:

Joseph Grima -- Director of Storefront for Art and Architecture (moderator)

Interboro Partners -- New York City-based research and design group

Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss -- Serbian-born architect, founder of Normal Architecture Office, and co-founder of School of Missing Studies.