Clemens Finkelstein (Ph.D.)
is a researcher and curator whose work engages the technoscientific, post/colonial, and planetary histories of the built and natural environments

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coming & recently
Surrogate Sites
cfp, conference session
SAH 2027
Surrogate Sites
cfp, conference session
SAH 2027
cfp, conference session
SAH 2027
Exodesign
research grant, VolkswagenStiftung
Exodesign
research grant, VolkswagenStiftung
research grant, VolkswagenStiftung
M+M x25 || Media and Modernity Exhibition
exhibition, M+M
Princeton University SoA
M+M x25 || Media and Modernity Exhibition
exhibition, M+M
Princeton University SoA
exhibition, M+M
Princeton University SoA
Blank Space in the Perception & Epistemology of Maps
gd:c, workshop, moderation
Blank Space in the Perception & Epistemology of Maps
gd:c, workshop, moderation
gd:c, workshop, moderation
Global Knowledge Architectures
teaching, seminar, LMU
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Global Knowledge Architectures
teaching, seminar, LMU
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
teaching, seminar, LMU
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Worlds in the Lab (JulY 20-24)
summer school, gd:c, cfp
KHK global dis:connect
Worlds in the Lab (JulY 20-24)
summer school, gd:c, cfp
KHK global dis:connect
summer school, gd:c, cfp
KHK global dis:connect
gd:c colloquium winter term 25/26
presentation
Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect
gd:c colloquium winter term 25/26
presentation
Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect
presentation
Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect
Architecture & Film Symposium Oct 23-25
symposium, editorial board
Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Architecture & Film Symposium Oct 23-25
symposium, editorial board
Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design
symposium, editorial board
Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design
gd:c bridging conference
conference
Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect
gd:c bridging conference
conference
Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect
conference
Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect
“Designing for a Planetary Politics: From Cohabitability to Cogenesity” (Oct 8-10)
presentation, conference
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P)
“Designing for a Planetary Politics: From Cohabitability to Cogenesity” (Oct 8-10)
presentation, conference
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P)
presentation, conference
Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P)
“Wave Architectures: Conservation Techniques and Oceanic Deconstruction on the S.M.S. Planet”
presentation, conference
“Wave Architectures: Conservation Techniques and Oceanic Deconstruction on the S.M.S. Planet”
presentation, conference
presentation, conference
“The Vibration Sense”
publication, book chapter
“The Vibration Sense”
publication, book chapter
publication, book chapter
“Planetary Palimpsest: Earthly Vibrations & Architectural Recorders” (Jun-26)
presentation, guest lecture
“Planetary Palimpsest: Earthly Vibrations & Architectural Recorders” (Jun-26)
presentation, guest lecture
presentation, guest lecture
Terms of Engagement: “Planetarity” (June 24, 2025)
presentation, guest lecture
Terms of Engagement: “Planetarity” (June 24, 2025)
presentation, guest lecture
presentation, guest lecture
“Speculative Spaces: (Re)Presenting Global Architectural Histories”
teaching, workshop
“Speculative Spaces: (Re)Presenting Global Architectural Histories”
teaching, workshop
teaching, workshop
The Planetary Garden
teaching, curation, institution building, workshop
The Planetary Garden
teaching, curation, institution building, workshop
teaching, curation, institution building, workshop
“Planetary Disequilibrium”
publication, book chapter
“Planetary Disequilibrium”
publication, book chapter
publication, book chapter
Magic Architecture: The Story of Human Housing
publication, book, research assistant
Magic Architecture: The Story of Human Housing
publication, book, research assistant
publication, book, research assistant
“Colonial Waves from Apia to Yap: Technoscientific Network Architectures of German Expansionism in Oceania”
publication, book chapter
“Colonial Waves from Apia to Yap: Technoscientific Network Architectures of German Expansionism in Oceania”
publication, book chapter
publication, book chapter
“Alien Resonances: Probing the Vibratory Continuum of Life-Lyfe”
presentation, symposium
ICI Berlin
“Alien Resonances: Probing the Vibratory Continuum of Life-Lyfe”
presentation, symposium
ICI Berlin
presentation, symposium
ICI Berlin
Roots to Skylines Session @ SAH 2025 Atlanta
conference session
Hilton Atlanta
Roots to Skylines Session @ SAH 2025 Atlanta
conference session
Hilton Atlanta
conference session
Hilton Atlanta
“Planetary Abstraction, c. 1898: Transscalar Frontiers of Vibration”
conference, presentation
Harvard Graduate School of Design
“Planetary Abstraction, c. 1898: Transscalar Frontiers of Vibration”
conference, presentation
Harvard Graduate School of Design
conference, presentation
Harvard Graduate School of Design
“Le regard constructif”
publication, book review
Transbordeur
“Le regard constructif”
publication, book review
Transbordeur
publication, book review
Transbordeur
Planet as Method Workshop - JLU Giessen / PU Marburg / TU Darmstadt
presentation, workshop
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Planet as Method Workshop - JLU Giessen / PU Marburg / TU Darmstadt
presentation, workshop
Justus Liebig University Giessen
presentation, workshop
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Coded Objects Symposium - Florence, IT
presentation, symposium
Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai
Coded Objects Symposium - Florence, IT
presentation, symposium
Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai
presentation, symposium
Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai
Parsa Khalili “Constructions” - Vienna, AT
presentation, gallery talk
Bildraum 07
Parsa Khalili “Constructions” - Vienna, AT
presentation, gallery talk
Bildraum 07
presentation, gallery talk
Bildraum 07
Planet B: Architectures of Planetarity - Hamburg, DE
teaching, workshop
Deichtorhallen
Planet B: Architectures of Planetarity - Hamburg, DE
teaching, workshop
Deichtorhallen
teaching, workshop
Deichtorhallen
“Vibration als Phänomenotechnik in den Umweltkonzeptionen der Moderne”
publication, book chapter
“Vibration als Phänomenotechnik in den Umweltkonzeptionen der Moderne”
publication, book chapter
publication, book chapter
The Aesthetics of Geopower: Imagining Planetary Histories and Hegemonies - Amsterdam, NL
presentation, conference
Universiteit van Amsterdam
The Aesthetics of Geopower: Imagining Planetary Histories and Hegemonies - Amsterdam, NL
presentation, conference
Universiteit van Amsterdam
presentation, conference
Universiteit van Amsterdam
“Rewilding” BookLaunch of Planetary Forest (DISTANZ 2024)
presentation, book
THE NEW INSTITUTE
“Rewilding” BookLaunch of Planetary Forest (DISTANZ 2024)
presentation, book
THE NEW INSTITUTE
presentation, book
THE NEW INSTITUTE