Book Launch | Michael Young: Reality Modeled After Images

Thursday, November 4, 2021, 7 - 9pm

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Spectral Montage 13. Image courtesy of Michael Young.

This presentation will be conducted in-person only and attendance is very limited. Registration is required for the public, please register in advance here.

The author Michael Young will briefly present the themes of his book titled Reality Modeled After Images, followed by a conversation with Edward Eigen and Lydia Kallipoliti. Drinks and lite fare will be available and the book will be for sale through Venmo and Paypal.

Michael Young is an architect and educator practicing in New York City where he is a founding partner of the architectural design studio Young & Ayata. Young & Ayata have received the Progressive Architecture award, the Design Vanguard Award, the Young Architects Prize, and a first-place prize for the design of the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau, Germany. Michael is an Assistant Professor at the Cooper Union. He has published numerous essays, and the books The Estranged Object (Graham Foundation, 2015) and Reality Modeled After Images (Routledge, 2021). Michael was the 2019-20 Rome Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.

This event is free and accessible to the public for in-person attendance in The Peter Cooper Suite. Lecture attendees are required register in advance, show proof of vaccination and wear a facial covering indoors. Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff do not need to register. 

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