The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture UK, 1975-1982

The exhibition will explore ‘A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890-1939’, a televised, third-level Arts Course first aired in 1975 by the Open University, headquartered in Milton Keynes, UK. A key experiment in new forms of higher education within the architectural realm, and an essential example to analyze the relationship between new media as a tool to transform the transmission of knowledge and its dissemination, the creation of the Open University and the A305 class will be archeologically studied as a privileged instance for the mobilization of new media environments for educational purposes, and for the convergence of mass media and mass education. The project investigates the A305 Course as a pioneer and key case study in the ongoing development of media education and towards the idea of a globally shared culture today. This exhibition is developed in partnership with the Open University.

Visits to the exhibition and the City

23 February / 5:00 p.m. / Garagem Sul: Joaquim Moreno

16 March / 10:30 a.m. / RTP - Television Studios: António Polainas

13 April / 5:00 p.m. / Garagem Sul: Domingos Caeiro, Portuguese Open University

4 May / 5:00 p.m. / Garagem Sul: Sampaio da Nóvoa

11 May / 5:00 p.m. / Garagem Sul: João Barreiros, RTP

Closing Debate

18 May / 5:00 p.m. / Garagem Sul: Artéria, Ricardo Carvalho