CONTACT
carolyn.kirschner@hotmail.com
BIOGRAPHY
Carolyn
is a designer and researcher with a background in architecture. Her work
explores entanglements of humans, non-humans, bits, bytes,
ecologies and emerging technologies. Operating somewhere at the fringes of reality, her projects materialize as surreal
artifacts, animations, images, writings, and multi-sensory installations.
She currently holds teaching positions as Adjunct Professor within the School
of Design Strategies at Parsons and is part of the Designed Realities Studio,
an interdisciplinary research and teaching platform led by Dunne & Raby.
Previously she held a postdoctoral design fellowship, supported by a Sawyer
Seminar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Carolyn’s work has been
published and exhibited internationally. She completed her Master of
Architecture with distinction at the Royal College of Art in London.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Adjunct Professor / “Research & Development Methods”; “Economics & Ethics of Sustainable Design” / Strategic Design and Management (BBA) / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Aug 2020
- Jan 2021
- Jan 2021
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Adjunct Professor / “Information Visualization”; “Research & Development Methods” / Strategic Design and Management (BBA) / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Jan 2020
- Jun 2020
- Jun 2020
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Adjunct Professor / “Integrative Research & Development”; “Creative Team Dynamics” / Strategic Design and Management (BBA) / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Aug 2019
- Jan 2020
- Jan 2020
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Postdoctoral Sawyer Seminar Fellow / “Imaginative Mobilities” Interdisciplinary Seminar Series / Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation / Hosted by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility / The New School for Social Research (NSSR), The New School / New York, USA.
Aug 2018
- Sep 2019
- Sep 2019
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Designed Realities Studio Fellow / University Transdisciplinary Lab, led by Fiona Raby and Tony Dunne / The New School / New York, USA.
Aug 2018
- Sep 2019
- Sep 2019
EDUCATION
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Sep 2015
- June 2017
- June 2017
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Bachelor of Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part I), First Class Degree / University of Nottingham / Nottingham, UK.
Sep 2011
- July 2014
- July 2014
EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES
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Solo Exhibition -- Data Creatures / “At the Border” Research Program / A/D/O / Brooklyn, USA (cancelled due to COVID-19).
Mar-Apr 2020
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Exhibition -- Realists of a Larger Reality: Globes / Collaboration with Dunne & Raby / “Neurons, Simulated Intelligences” / Centre Pompidou / Paris, France.
Feb-Apr 2020
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Residency -- Cycle II: Imagining the Border / “At the Border” Research Program / A/D/O / Brooklyn, USA.
Nov 2019
- Mar 2020
- Mar 2020
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Exhibition -- Realists of a Larger Reality: Globes / Collaboration with Dunne & Raby / “Alternatives for Living: Blueprints for Haus Lange Haus Esters” / Kunstmuseen Krefeld / Krefeld, Germany
May 2019
- Nov 2019
- Nov 2019
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Exhibition -- Somewhere Around Here / “10x10 Drawing the City” / Article 25 Charity Event / Royal Institute of British Architects / London, UK.
Nov 2017
TALKS & CONFERENCES
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Talk -- “NO_POLE” / Integrated Digital Media Colloqium / Liberal Studies & Tandom School of Engineering / New York University (NYU) / New York, USA.
Mar 2020
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Talk -- “NO_POLE” / 2020 Community Share-Out / Virtual.
Mar 2020
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Talk -- “Remote Sensing, Polar Bears, and Geopolitics” / “At the Border” Research Program / A/D/O / Brooklyn, USA.
Mar 2020
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Conference -- “Remote Sensing the Arctic: An Exploration of Non-Western and Non-Human Perspectives of the Territory” / Session: Ethics and Relationality / EGSO Conference on ‘Proximity’ / Cornell University / Ithaca, USA.
Mar 2020
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Guest Lecture -- “What is Speculative Design” / Research and Development Methods Course / Strategic Design and Management (BBA) / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Nov 2019
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Panel Discussion -- Artists Navigating Digital Borders Salon / Anti-Customs Enforcement (ACE) Collective / Culture Hub / New York, USA.
Nov 2020
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Guest Lecture -- “NO_POLE” / Visual, Spatial, Material Politics Course / Department of Politics / The New School for Social Research (NSSR), The New School / New York, USA.
Nov 2020
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Conference -- “NO_POLE” / Session: Reimagining Migration and Mobility—Within and Beyond Borders / Critical Edge Alliance Conference / The New School / New York, USA.
June 2019
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Talk -- Presentation of Thesis Work / Invited Alumni Talk / Royal College of Art / London, UK.
Feb 2018
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Conference -- “AKDM—The City of Non-Existent Humans” / Session: Into the Void – Death and Non-Existence / Imaginaries of the Future Symposium: Utopia After the Human / Leverhulme International Research Network / Cornell University / Ithaca, USA.
Apr 2017
PUBLICATIONS
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Journal Publication -- Kirschner, C. / Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal / vol. 54, MIT Press.
Sep 2021
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Aug 2018
GUEST CRITIQUES
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Guest Critic / Designed Realities Studio / University Transdisciplinary Lab / The New School / New York, USA.
May 2020
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Guest Critic / Designed Realities Studio / University Transdisciplinary Lab / The New School / New York, USA.
Mar 2020
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Guest Critic / Final Thesis Presentations / Transdisciplinary Design, MFA / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
May 2019
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Guest Critic / Designed Realities Studio / University Transdisciplinary Lab / The New School / New York, USA.
May 2019
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Guest Critic / Elective: Cross-Species Test Sites / Graduate School of Architecture (GSAPP) / Columbia University / New York, USA.
Mar 2019
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Guest Critic / Industrial Design, MFA / School of Constructed Environments / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Mar 2019
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Guest Critic / Midterm Thesis Presentations / Transdisciplinary Design, MFA / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Mar 2019
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Guest Critic / Designed Realities Studio / University Transdisciplinary Lab / The New School / New York, USA.
Mar 2019
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Guest Critic / Interior Design, MFA / School of Constructed Environments / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Dec 2018
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Guest Critic / Thesis Exhibition / Transdisciplinary Design, MFA / School of Design Strategies / Parsons School of Design, The New School / New York, USA.
Dec 2018