Participants
Kim FörsterHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Born 06.10.1973, he studied English and Geography at Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster (1995 - 1996) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1997 - 2002). Was an exchange student at University of Toronto (1999/ 2000) with a focus on literary and cultural theory, theories of the sign, urban and critical geography, and popular culture. Wrote his thesis on "Literarische Landschaften. Über die Repräsentation von urbanen Räumen in Paul Austers The New York Trilogy", which will be published soon in a shortened version. Passed the Erstes Staatsexamen in December 2002. Works on concepts of text and space, on urban landscapes, including the production and appropriation of urban space, as well as on literary and artistic representations of everyday life. Is currently involved in co-editorial contributions for the Berlin-based magazine An Architektur. Produktion und Gebrauch gebauter Umwelt [www.anarchitektur.com].
Publications:
Kim Förster 2000: Discursive and Practicle Spatialities. Anti-loft, in: on | site review 03/ 2000, 8.
Kim Förster [co-ed.] 2002: An Architektur 01: Material zu: Henri Lefebvre, Die Produktion von Raum, June 2002.
Kim Förster [co-ed.] 2003: An Architektur 04: US Naval Base Guantánamo Bay: Recht und Raum, February 2003.
Upcoming Publications:
Kim Förster 2003: Literarische Landschaften. Über die Repräsentation von [urbanen] Räumen in Paul Austers The New York Trilogy, in: Werkbericht des Forschungsprojekts Die literarische 'andere Moderne' New Yorks: Stadträume als Kontaktzonen kultureller Übersetzung, Zentrum für Literaturforschung, Berlin.
An Architektur 2003: Extra-territorial Spaces and Camps. Judicial and Political Spaces in the "War on Terrorism" (written and illustrated by Oliver Clemenz, Jesko Fezer, Kim Förster & Sabine Horlitz), in: Ausstellungskatalog zu der Ausstellung Territories in den Kunstwerken - Institut für Gegenwärtige Kunst, Berlin.
Paper: Reading New York City and Other Cities in Novel Ways. The Construction of New Meanings of Urban Spaces in and through Paul Auster's New York Trilogy (Session VI)
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