ARCH+ projekt bauhaus Datatopia | Floating University | Berlin, Germany | August-September 2018

a collaborative project by Princeton University School of Architecture (seminar: Beatriz Colomina, “Loosening the Bauhaus”) and Columbia University GSAPP (seminar: Mark Wigley, “Extreme Design”) under the directorship of Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley.

support: Magic Grant, Princeton University

curation /concept: Zulaikha Ayub, Clemens Finkelstein

participants: Beatriz Colomina, Mark Wigley, Zulaikha Ayub, Clemens Finkelstein, Jamie Lipson, Daniel Maslan, Carly Richman, Ryan Hughes, Anna Renken, Nicholas Korody, John Cooper, Deborah Garcia, José Ibarra, Clara Symes, Zherui Wang, Michaela Friedberg, William Stewart, Gregory Cartelli, Maura Chen, Sheila Lin

April-June 2017

Harvard University, Loeb Library Special Collections

historic student journals

TASK, Synthesis, Connection, for’m, The Harvard Architecture Review, re/alignment, APPENDX, Isthmus, Gamut

contemporary student journals

Association, Cornell Journal of Architecture, DATUM, de FACTO, DUE, Harvard Real Estate Review, Horizonte, HKU Architecture Papers, ISSUE:, LOBBY, lunch, MASKS, Mole, New Geographies, OBL/QUE, One:Twelve, Open Letters, Oz, Paper M, Paprika!, Perspecta: the Yale Architectural Journal, Pidgin Magazine, PLAT Journal, PNYX, POOL, Process, Revista REA, Retrospecta, Revista Diagonal, Room One Thousand, Test Plots, thresholds, trans magazin, Underscore, Urban, Very Vary Veri.

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA, USA | August-December 2016

Night Light is a series of transmedia events that occupy the architectural spaces of Harvard University with experimental performances.

curatorial team: Marielsa Castro, Andrea Carillo, Clemens Finkelstein, Anthony Morey,

participants: Anthony Morey (US) Clemens Finkelstein (GER) Andrea Carillo (US/MX) Hedvig Berglind (UK) Iman Fayyad (US) Markus Bowie (SE) Ivan Bernal (US) Magnus Ayers (SE) Joel Vargas (US) Youngjin Song (US) Monika Gruzite (NL)

Harvard University | Cambridge, MA, USA | January-March 2016

participatory performance and seminar taught by Clemens Finkelstein and Anthony Morey

Silent Veil Agency . Gallery | Berlin, Germany | August-November 2012

Botanical Garden Giessen | Giessen, Germany | June 2022 - 2025

“The participatory artwork Planetary Forest: Bring the Forest into the Garden refers to the scientific and cultural construction of worlds. Placed on a free-standing green area next to the newly built greenhouses of the Botanical Garden Giessen, the regional forest soil is relocated and recreated as a living sculpture. The planetary material originates from an ecological disturbance area in the city forest of Rosbach vor der Höhe, Hesse, which was severely affected by forest dieback. The supposedly natural forest is carried into the human made world of the botanical garden. There, it serves as an element of ethical, aesthetic, ecological, and political disruption that raises awareness for forest dieback and showcases the artificiality of our conception of nature. Like a crack in the perfectly constructed reality, the artwork sparks discussions on the harmful impacts of climate change and human societies on local forests, reflected on in a planetary context.”

curated by Clemens Finkelstein and Mathias Kessler

photo © Clemens Finkelstein | Mathias Kessler

artist: Clemens Finkelstein, Mathias Kessler, Claudia Hartl

work: Planetary Forest: Bring the Forest into the Garden

Neuer Kunstverein Giessen e.V. | Giessen, Germany | June-July 2022

curated by Clemens Finkelstein and Mathias Kessler

works by Clemens Finkelstein, Mathias Kessler, Claudia Hartl

photo © Pilar Moreno

artist: Clemens Finkelstein
work: vibrascapes

CIVA | Brussels, Belgium | May-August 2022

“Architecture and sickness are tightly intertwined. Architectural discourse always weaves itself through theories of body and brain, constructing the architect as a kind of doctor and the client as patient. Architecture has been portrayed as both a form of prevention and cure for thousands of years. With Sick Architecture, CIVA and guest curator Beatriz Colomina (Princeton University) highlight a topic that has shaped our lives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

curated by Beatriz Colomina, Nikolaus Hirsch, Silvia Franceschini

exhibition design by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

photo © Kristien Daem

artist: Clemens Finkelstein
work: sick world.building syndrome [phonon v.1] (seismic vibrations sensor, installation)

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A+D Museum | Los Angeles, CA, USA | March-July 2021

“The Future of _Space // Reflections is an exhibition aims at opening a dialogue about the shifting relationships to space we have all experienced through a year that has brought critical issues to the fore and insisted on necessary change. Our conceptions of space have all been forever changed by the social and medical events of the year. On the anniversary of the stay-at-home order in Los Angeles, the A+D Museum asked artists who participated in the first exhibition to come back to their work and create a reflection.”

artist: Â (Clemens Finkelstein and Parsa Khalili)
work: Â Space 2.0 [extended stasis]
(animation, infinite loop)

a83 | New York City, NY, USA | May-October 2020

“As we Zoom into this new normal, a83 hits pause (||) to consider what it means to work remotely. Whether locked out of schools or workplaces, the coronavirus pandemic has produced all manner of dislocations. The home has become a workplace, school, studio, gym, bar, … all taking place within the four corners of your computer screen. “Working Remotely” is an opportunity for artists and designers to share their work off-screen. a83 presses print (Ctrl+P / ⌘P) to materially document this moment and reflect on its effects in the areas of architecture and design through the production of a living archive.“

artist: Â (Clemens Finkelstein and Parsa Khalili)
work: Â (risograph print)

A+D Museum | Los Angeles, CA, USA | May-October 2020

“The Future of _Space comes as a response to the current global situation. As physical space becomes a fractured concept and experience, permeated by concern and hesitation, new means of engaging are arising. Out of this heightened awareness, we have the opportunity to pause and consider what normal means when it comes to space, and if after this rupture, we will have to or should discover a new normal. Our social norms dictated by the spatial cues we have relied on are changing. When 6 feet of space is the closest to physical propinquity we’re allowed to feel, how then do we depend on digital frameworks and mental space to cut down the space between?”

artist: Â (Clemens Finkelstein and Parsa Khalili)
work: Â Space
(drawings + text)

A+D Museum | Los Angeles, CA, USA | June-July 2017

“Architecture aims to take stock, understand the overlaps, force overlaps and begin to find our insides, outsides, and fringes of our newly defined discipline. Architecture looks not to answer questions but to discover the potentiality of understanding all the tools at hand and the various methods and means of its ideologies.”

artist: Clemens Finkelstein
work: F.A.T. triptych [sculptural painting, emergency blanket, wood, iron]

Le Corbusier | Plan Obus (1931-1942) | Algiers, Algeria

created by: Clemens Finkelstein, Zach Matthews, Anthony Morey

a composite model of Le Corbusier's Plan Obus based on plans from various years | 2' x 6' high-density foam [topography] | 3D printed resin painted white [buildings] | sanded acrylic [water]

Spring 2016 | acquired by Harvard GSD Special Collections

originally conceived for the seminar Le Corbusier: Themes/Discourse/Figures and instructors K. Michael Hays and Antoine Picon