International Research Center

Dis-Course Public Forum

International conversations in art, design, photography, architecture, media, and (visual) culture.

Institutional Mandate

Public Intellectual Exchange

DIS-COURSE operates as an independent research platform connecting the public, students, universities, artists, architects, and theorists. We bypass traditional institutional gatekeeping through open-access symposia, public keynotes, and permanent digital archives.

Our broadcasts serve as live public rehearsals of new ideas across visual culture and spatial theory, uniting academic centers with an active global public.

Broadcast Signal

Live Transmission Portal

Next Broadcast: Synthetic Media

Scheduled for October 24 at 18:00 GMT. Panel featuring international visual culture theorists on machine agency in contemporary art.

Keynote 001: Algorithmic Urbanism

Live broadcast commencing on the 11th October 2026. Dr. Elena Rostova (Zurich Institute of Spatial Theory) presents new research on computational spatial architectures.

Scheduled Symposia

Upcoming Keynotes

November 02, 2024

Post-Photographic Memory

Professor Marcus Thorne (Royal College of Art) examines AI-generated archives and the destabilization of historical photography in contemporary visual culture.

November 14, 2024

Structural Tensions in Architecture

Architectural theorist Ana Silva (ETH Zürich) presents new research on raw concrete materiality, structural memory, and urban climate adaptation.

— Archival Record

Featured Archival Broadcast: 'Monolithic Forms and Digital Ephemerality' by Prof. Jean-Luc Moreau. Open access video recording and full transcript now available.